KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — David Ortiz homered and drove in four runs, and Josh Beckett allowed two runs over six innings to lift the Boston Red Sox to a 9-2 win over the Kansas City Royals 6-2 Wednesday night. Jason Bay and Jacoby Ellsbury each drove in two runs and Ortiz had a run-scoring […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Former Tennessee Titans wide receiver David Givens claims the team failed to tell him about a defect in his knee that led to an injury and eventually ended his career. Givens claims in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that a doctor discovered a defect in his knee during a physical around the […]

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Derek Jeter got enough extra free time last fall to realize he hated it. With the New York Yankees’ return to the top of the AL standings after one unfamiliar year in the middle, their captain is grateful to know he’ll be busy into October yet again. Jeter had never missed […]

ATLANTA (AP) — So many scenarios. So many good players. So much money on the line. Tiger Woods is keeping it so simple. He tees it up Thursday in the Tour Championship against a 30-man field at East Lake. His goal is to shoot the lowest score. “You always have the same approach and same […]

NEW YORK (AP) – Bobby Cox will retire as manager of the Atlanta Braves after next season, ending an illustrious career in which he guided the team to 14 consecutive postseason appearances and the 1995 World Series title. The 68-year-old Cox, a four-time Manager of the Year, agreed to a one-year contract extension for 2010, […]

EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (AP) — Could the New Jersey Nets become the Nyets? The basketball team once known as the New Jersey Americans is a step closer to being owned by Russia’s richest man, Mikhail Prokhorov, who on Wednesday said he has a deal to buy 80 percent of the NBA team and nearly […]

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Opponents wasted no time pressuring Tom Brady. On his first play of the season, the three-time champion was rushed by Buffalo Bills tackle Marcus Stroud and wrapped up by end Aaron Schobel. His pass fell incomplete. His shoulder pad popped out from his jersey. On the first series of his second […]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Superman. The Wildcat Originator. Michael Vick has the nicknames ready. All he needs is a chance to play. After spending 18 months in federal prison and sitting out the first two games as the final league penalty for his role in a dogfighting ring, Vick is eligible to play his first regular-season […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Former Tennessee Titans wide receiver David Givens claims the team failed to tell him about a defect in his knee that led to an injury and eventually ended his career. Givens claims in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that a doctor discovered a defect in his knee during a physical around the […]

ATLANTA (AP) — So many scenarios. So many good players. So much money on the line. Tiger Woods is keeping it so simple. He tees it up Thursday in the Tour Championship against a 30-man field at East Lake. His goal is to shoot the lowest score. “You always have the same approach and same […]