ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — It’s hard to hold a conversation with Albert Haynesworth without thinking about labels. Troublemaker. The guy who stomped on Andre Gurode. Injury-prone. Maybe a bit of a slacker. The $100 million man. The next Reggie White or Bruce Smith. Haynesworth has said he won’t be labeled a “bust” and would like […]

BOSTON (AP) — Jason Bay hit a solo homer to break an eighth-inning tie, and Jacoby Ellsbury had three hits to go with his franchise-record 55th stolen base on Tuesday night to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 6-3 victory over the Chicago White Sox. Manny Delcarmen (5-2) got one out to escape a […]

  NEW YORK (AP) — Rookie shortstop Elvis Andrus turned Melky Cabrera’s liner into a game-ending double play, and the Texas Rangers held off the New York Yankees 10-9 on Tuesday night. Michael Young and Nelson Cruz homered for the Rangers, who scored seven two-out runs off Joba Chamberlain to overcome an early four-run deficit. […]

DENVER (AP) — The New England Patriots traded offensive lineman Russ Hochstein to the Denver Broncos for a 2010 seventh-round draft pick. Hochstein, a fifth-round draft pick by Tampa Bay in 2001, began with New England on the practice squad in 2002 and played in 91 games in the past seven seasons. He sometimes lined […]

By The Kansas City Star KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It’s been a pretty miserable year for NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Clint Bowyer. Bowyer is still looking for his first victory, and he’s likely going to miss the Chase for the Sprint Cup. But Bowyer has one memory from 2009 that will last a lifetime. It […]

PHOENIX (AP) — A group headed by Jerry Reinsdorf has pulled out of the possible purchase of the Phoenix Coyotes just as the NHL filed a bid in U.S. Bankruptcy Court to buy the team and keep it in Arizona. Reinsdorf’s group said it was unable to meet Tuesday’s court deadline for submitting a firm […]

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Tom Brady’s knee injury is in the past. His next contract is in the future. For now, the NFL’s 2007 MVP is focusing on something more important: Correcting mistakes like the one that got him flattened by a 272-pound defensive end. “If I make a poor play, I never have thought, […]

BOSTON (AP) – Billy Wagner is on his way to the Boston Red Sox, leaving the New York Mets for the chance to pitch in a pennant race as a setup man for All-Star closer Jonathan Papelbon. After a few days of back-and-forth talks about Wagner’s future, the depleted Mets traded the left-handed reliever to […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Johan Santana needs surgery for bone chips in his left elbow and the star pitcher is out for the season, the latest blow to a New York Mets team battered by injuries. The team said their 30-year-old ace is expected to be OK for spring training next year. He was examined […]

IRVING, Texas (AP) — The NFL’s competition committee plans to discuss the massive video boards that hang over the field at the new Cowboys Stadium. Tennessee coach Jeff Fisher, the committee’s co-chairman, said Tuesday he expects more punts to hit the video boards and that it needs to be determined what happens when they do. […]