SUGAR GROVE, Ill. (AP) — Cristie Kerr nearly took the head off of a fake swan, and Michelle Wie overshot the green. And they still managed to halve the hole. Kerr and Wie overcame two ragged final holes to salvage a 1-up foursome win at the Solheim Cup on Saturday afternoon, keeping the Americans tied […]

BOSTON — Before Saturday’s game against the Red Sox, Alex Rodriguez cooled off in the steamy Yankees dugout by pouring a cup of water over his head. To A-Rod’s right, a strip of rope and some warning-track dirt were all that separated him from a group of fans standing on the field. They were calling […]

By Katie Strang Newsday BOSTON — Derek Jeter was not the only one taken aback by Jim Rice’s comments Friday. Rice himself said he was shocked at the reverberations created by his speech to kids at the Little League World Series in South Williamsport, Pa., and said he was misquoted. The new Hall of Famer […]

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Rex Ryan will know a lot more about his team after it leaves Baltimore on Monday night. The New York Jets coach might even find out who his starting quarterback will be. “If there’s such a thing as a special preseason game, I think this is it,” Ryan said Saturday […]

BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Red Sox piled up the runs for a second straight game. This time, a little-known rookie held the New York Yankees’ lineup in check. Kevin Youkilis homered twice and tied a career high with six RBIs, Junichi Tazawa stopped New York’s big bats and Boston snapped a five-game skid against […]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — On Brett Favre’s last of eight plays in his preseason debut with Minnesota, the blitz came hard. He looked downfield for Percy Harvin, expecting the rookie to make an inside move on the Kansas City safety, but as Favre felt the rush he flung the ball into no-man’s land. It landed on […]

BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — There was an awkward moment at the start of Saturday night’s race when feuding drivers Kyle Busch and Brian Vickers shared the same truck for their introductory lap around Bristol Motor Speedway. The two drivers didn’t appear to speak as they stood shoulder-to-shoulder in the back of a truck and waved […]

MASON, Ohio (AP) — First Rafael Nadal. Now Andy Murray. Roger Federer had lost five consecutive matches to Nadal before a straight-set win in the finals at Madrid in May, and on Saturday, the world’s No. 1 player snapped a four-match losing streak against the second-ranked Murray to reach the finals of the Cincinnati Masters. […]

TORONTO (AP) — Elena Dementieva of Russia advanced to the final of the Rogers Cup on Saturday with a 7-6 (2), 6-1 win over Serena Williams. Dementieva, the tournament’s fourth seed, will face either Maria Sharapova or Alisa Kleybanova in Sunday’s championship match. The 27-year-old Dementieva, who lost to Williams in a nearly three-hour seminfinal […]

BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — Brad Keselowski may be moving to Penske Racing next season, but team owner Rick Hendrick said Saturday he’ll find a way to bring the talented young driver back to his organization. “I’m not saying he’s going to be with us next year and I’m not saying he won’t be,” Hendrick said […]