KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Trey Hillman thinks Zack Greinke should make room in his trophy case for the Cy Young Award. Greinke bolstered his Cy Young credentials by holding Boston to two hits in six scoreless innings, leading the Royals to a 5-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night. “I am […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Former Super Bowl hero and Michigan State star Plaxico Burress apologized to his family and tearfully kissed his pregnant wife and young son goodbye Tuesday before he was led away to prison to begin serving a two-year sentence on a weapons charge. Burress, at the time a star receiver with the […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA’s president of basketball operations is confident replacement officials would perform well if they are needed when games begin. The players aren’t so sure. The NBA and its referees union have failed to reach an agreement on a new contract, so the league will begin training replacements this week. Without […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Sports officials responded in a low-key manner to security warnings that terrorists would like to attack stadiums, saying Tuesday that they have already boosted precautions so much the latest alerts won’t make much difference. Federal bulletins sent to police departments this week and obtained by The Associated Press said officials knew […]

CHICAGO (AP) — The crowd at President Barack Obama’s victory rally stretched from one end of Grant Park to the other, spilling onto nearby sidewalks and streets. From Oprah Winfrey to blue-collar workers, downtown pulsed with elation and electricity. Almost a year after he won the presidential election, Obama is at the center of another […]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Juan Pablo Montoya is still smarting from Mark Martin’s late-race strategy that prevented Montoya from winning at New Hampshire. Martin led all three laps of a final sprint to the finish, and slowed his car in front of Montoya’s to block a potential race-winning pass with two laps to go Sunday. […]

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The New England Patriots young secondary couldn’t make key plays against a quarterback having an impressive rookie season. Now it must face another who already has completed one. On Sunday, the Patriots will try to stop Matt Ryan of the Atlanta Falcons one week after losing to Mark Sanchez and the […]

BALTIMORE (AP) — The New England Patriots have obtained linebacker Prescott Burgess from the Baltimore Ravens for a conditional seventh-round draft pick. Burgess was used primarily by the Ravens on special teams this season. He was picked in the sixth round of the 2007 draft and played in eight games as a rookie before spending […]

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — For months, Bode Miller has been mum about his future in skiing. Will he try to race at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics? Will he return to the World Cup circuit this year? One of the sport’s biggest stars — and enigmas — will hold a news conference in Los Angeles […]

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Joe Dogan had a standing-room-only ticket for the Dallas Cowboys home opener at their gleaming new $1.15 billion stadium. He headed for the exits at halftime, fed up with fighting the largest regular-season crowd in NFL history. The 58-year-old truck driver from Fort Worth had some advice for Cowboys owner Jerry […]