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Harper, Espinosa HRs lift Nats pats Braves, 8-4 (Yahoo! Sports)

Michael — Sun, 27 May 2012 02:46:41 +0000

ATLANTA (AP) Washington relied on its offense for its second straight win over Atlanta, leaving manager Davey Johnson feeling relaxed and happy. Bryce Harper homered and Danny Espinosa added a three-run shot to help Washington strengthen its hold on first place in the NL East by beating the struggling Atlanta Braves 8-4 on Saturday. Following [...]

Teixeira delivers big hits again as Yankees win (Yahoo! Sports)

Michael — Sun, 27 May 2012 02:46:39 +0000

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Mark Teixeira paused ever so briefly from describing his dynamite day to cough and clear his throat. It’s no longer the debilitating, bothersome coughing and bronchial illness he experienced early in the season – and his increased strength of late sure shows in his power swing. Three home runs and seven RBIs [...]

AP Source: O’s, Jones agree to deal through 2018 (Yahoo! Sports)

Michael — Sun, 27 May 2012 02:46:37 +0000

BALTIMORE (AP) The Baltimore Orioles and center fielder Adam Jones have agreed to an $85.5 million, six-year contract through 2018, a person familiar with the negotiations said, the largest deal in Orioles’ history. The person spoke Saturday on condition of anonymity because the deal, which starts next year, had not yet been announced. The Orioles [...]

Red Sox manager Valentine calls out Rays’ coaches (Yahoo! Sports)

Michael — Sun, 27 May 2012 02:46:34 +0000

BOSTON (AP) Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine called out the Tampa Bay Rays’ coaching staff a day after the teams were involved in a benches-clearing scrum. Valentine said the Rays’ staff escalated the tense situation in the ninth inning of Tampa Bay’s 7-4 win on Friday night after Red Sox reliever Franklin Morales hit Luke [...]

Hamilton homers in 13th, lifts Texas to win (Yahoo! Sports)

Michael — Sun, 27 May 2012 02:46:32 +0000

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) Even under the weather, Josh Hamilton is tough to stop. Hamilton hit a two-run homer in the 13th inning as the Texas Rangers rallied to beat the Toronto Blue Jas 8-7 Saturday. Nelson Cruz, Yorvit Torrealba and Mitch Moreland hit consecutive homers for Texas in the sixth inning. Hamilton’s game-ending homer, the [...]

NFL Rumors: Chicago Bears Shouldn’t Let Matt Forte’s Knees Stall Extension

Michael — Sun, 27 May 2012 02:46:28 +0000

The Chicago Bears have built one of the NFL‘s better ground attacks around four-year veteran Matt Forte. He’s been the only consistent force on their offense, and the front office is about to make a huge mistake by not offering him a market-competitive offer. Mike Tice, the new offensive coordinator, and the Bears are looking [...]

NFL Coaches To Raise Money For Heimerdinger Foundation

Michael — Sun, 27 May 2012 02:46:27 +0000

FRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) – Washington coach Mike Shanahan, St. Louis coach Jeff Fisher and Houston coach Gary Kubiak will be taking part in a silent auction and golf tournament raising money for a foundation named for their late friend, the former NFL assistant coach Mike Heimerdinger. The dinner and silent auction is set for June [...]

HGH testing agreement nowhere near complete

Michael — Sun, 27 May 2012 02:46:25 +0000

Posted: 04:32 PM ET May 26, 2012 By Josh Katzowitz | NFL Blogger There are still plenty of disagreements between the NFL and the NFLPA. There was a time — oh, about 10 months ago — when we were told HGH testing for NFL players was drawing near. Although this was before the lockout ended, [...]

Laying odds for New Jersey against the NFL OPINION TIM DAHLBERG – Wilkes Barre Times

Michael — Sun, 27 May 2012 02:46:24 +0000

Hard to fault New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie for following the time-honored tradition of politicians everywhere: When in doubt, give the people what they want. Turns out what they really want in the Garden State is to be able to bet 100 bucks on the Jets in the sports book at the Meadowlands race track [...]

Rangers’ Lundqvist devastated after loss

Michael — Sun, 27 May 2012 02:46:20 +0000

Lundqvist kept coming back to the same words. He was “disappointed,” “empty,” “hurt,” and still couldn’t make sense of a gut-punching, game-ending play that just happened too fast to make proper sense of it. “Honestly, I don’t even know what happened. I don’t even remember,” Lundqvist said. “It was just a big scramble in front. [...]