SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — The Little League World Series can turn shy youngsters into instant celebrities back home. Communities hold rallies, reporters gather around players for interviews — and one team is even getting an ice cream flavor named after them. Anyone up for a scoop of Peabody West Grand Slam? “I just think […]

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A lot sure has changed for the New York Yankees since they started out 0-8 against the Boston Red Sox. Better bullpen. A four-game sweep over the Red Sox in the Bronx. Big lead in the AL East. Only one thing missing for the Yankees: An end to their Fenway funk. […]

LATROBE, Pa. (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger injured his right ankle or foot during the last half-hour of the team’s final training camp practice. It was not immediately certain how badly he was hurt or how long he would be out. Roethlisberger had an ice pack on the back of the ankle when […]

BOSTON (AP) — NCAA hockey champion Boston University will face Boston College in the men’s game of a Hockey East doubleheader at Fenway Park on Jan. 8, one week after the NHL’s annual Winter Classic at the ballpark. In the opener, the women’s teams of Northeastern and New Hampshire will play. Hockey East announced the […]

FAIRLIE, South Africa (AP) — She wore pants instead of a skirt to school, played soccer with the boys and was teased about her masculine looks. Caster Semenya learned to ignore the taunts. She ran alone across a landscape of high grasses dotted with rocky hills. She came almost out of nowhere to win the […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada could start using instant replay in boxing and mixed martial arts within a month to help referees review crucial or controversial moments of fights. The Nevada Athletic Commission approved limited use of the technology to help referees rule whether hits like low blows or head-butts are accidental — if they […]

MONTREAL (AP) — The 2-month-old son of Washington Capitals goaltender Jose Theodore has died. The goalie’s sister-in-law made the announcement Thursday during her show on a Montreal-area radio station. Veronique Cloutier, whose sister Stephanie is married to Theodore, did not give details. “We are aware of the heartbreaking news,” Capitals general manager George McPhee said […]

BERLIN (AP) — Usain Bolt startled the world again. The Jamaican sprinting great captured the 200-meter gold medal in 19.19 seconds Thursday, yet another world record. His time in the 200 slashed 0.11 seconds off the mark he set last year at the Beijing Olympics and came four days after he broke his 100 record […]

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Memphis has been stripped by the NCAA of every victory in its 38-win season under coach John Calipari that ended in the national title game last year. The reason: an ineligible player believed to be Derrick Rose. The announcement Thursday came 16 months after the Tigers lost to Kansas in the championship […]

ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — This week, for only the second time in his NFL career, Chris Cooley missed a practice. Want the details? It’s all there on his blog, how his back went into spasms when he bent over to pick up a napkin while eating at a sushi place with wife Christy. What the […]