BOSTON (AP) — J.D. Drew had two hits, including an eighth-inning double that put David Ortiz in position to score the tiebreaking run, and the Boston Red Sox rallied from a pair of deficits to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 on Friday night. Toronto led 3-0 and 5-3 on another two home runs off […]

LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Tom Brady and Jason Campbell put on a regular season show in preseason, combining for 359 yards, six scoring drives and a sore throwing shoulder that isn’t the best of news for New England Patriots fans. Brady again put up strong numbers in his comeback-from-knee-injury campaign, while Campbell helped ease the […]

NEW YORK (AP) – Robinson Cano hit a three-run homer with two outs in the 10th inning to give the New York Yankees a 5-2 win over the Chicago White Sox on Friday night. Cano hit a 2-2 pitch from Randy Williams (0-1) into New York’s bullpen in right-center, delighting what was left of a […]

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Scott Kazmir has been traded from the Tampa Bay Rays to the Los Angeles Angels, giving the AL West leaders a major boost to their unsteady rotation. The Angels acquired Kazmir, a two-time All-Star, on Friday night for two minor leaguers and a player to be named. The left-hander was 8-7 […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Get ready for a new set of Joba Rules. The New York Yankees have scrapped their plan for Joba Chamberlain once again, opting to give him a regular spot in the rotation for the remainder of the season and shorten his outings to hold down his innings. Chamberlain had been getting […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA has suspended Denver’s J.R. Smith and Phoenix’s Jason Richardson after both were recently convicted of driving offenses. Smith will sit out the Nuggets’ first seven games for pleading guilty to reckless driving in New Jersey. Richardson will miss two games after he pleaded guilty to drunken driving in Arizona. […]

LONDON (AP) — The International Olympic Committee has made an unprecedented offer to help cover any budget deficit of the 2010 Vancouver Games because of the economic downturn. IOC officials say they haven’t determined how much they would contribute. They still hope to sign up one or two more international sponsors before the Feb. 12-28 […]

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Mark Sanchez hasn’t played in a regular season game and he’s already one up on Eli Manning in what is bound to be a continuing New York quarterback comparison. The Jets first-round draft pick is heading into his rookie season as a starting quarterback. New coach Rex Ryan made the […]

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Webb Simpson looked at the scores and the weather, neither of which indicated an easy time Friday at Liberty National. He quickly settled on a simple game plan Friday and made it pay off in The Barclays. Simpson took advantage on some of the shorter holes to give him a […]

The Red Sox sell out every game at Fenway Park and are annually in contention in the carnivorous American League East. First baseman Kevin Youkilis is unhappy. “I understand everything’s not positive in this world. But . . . I don’t even think you can take kids to a game anymore,” he told the Boston […]