BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) – The world will surely take notice of this. The U.S. soccer team is in the final of the Confederations Cup, beating mighty Spain 2-0. Even more stunning, the Americans were on the verge of elimination and ready to head home last weekend before a reversal of fortune. On Wednesday, goals […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The Yankees are hoping for some Web gems. New York will become the first Major League Baseball team to offer its television broadcasts on the Internet in its home market under a deal involving the YES Network, MLB Advanced Media and Cablevision Systems Corp. The deal applies only to Cablevision subscribers […]

ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — Daunte Culpepper dropped back and heaved a pass perfectly to Calvin Johnson, setting up a short touchdown strike in a 2-minute drill. Matthew Stafford saw the sequence and was simply unfazed. “Everybody is going to make plays. Daunte is a great player, and so is Calvin,” Stafford said Wednesday, midway […]

MIAMI (AP) – The Florida Marlins have placed closer Matt Lindstrom on the 15-day disabled list with a sprained right elbow. Lindstrom blew a three-run lead in Tuesday night’s game against Baltimore, giving up four consecutive hits after getting the first two outs in the ninth. Florida won 7-6 in 12 innings. On Sunday, he […]

PARKERSBURG, Iowa (AP) — Several hundred mourners gathered Wednesday at a rural Iowa stadium named for a popular high school football coach who authorities said was gunned down by a former player who was to have been taken to a psychiatric ward days before. Pastors told those who attended a candlelight vigil to pray and […]

NASCAR star Kyle Busch and relative unknown Brian Ickler share a friendship and a ride. The two are splitting the driving chores in the No. 51 Toyota that is leading the owner points in the Camping World Truck Series. The 23-year-old Ickler is the hand-picked co-driver for team owner Billy Ballew, chosen by his 24-year-old […]

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers keep winning without Manny Ramirez, and that’s just fine with the slugger. Ramirez said Wednesday he hasn’t felt added pressure while preparing to rejoin the Los Angeles lineup. He’s doing a minor league assignment this week after a 50-game suspension for violating baseball’s drug rules. Going into […]

ATLANTA (AP) — Braves pitcher Kenshin Kawakami left his start against the New York Yankees after being struck at the base of his neck by a line drive in the third inning Wednesday night. The injury wasn’t serious and no X-rays were needed. The team said Kawakami was day to day with a bruise at […]

Even Thabeet, Rubio come with doubts in this draft NEW YORK (AP) — Hasheem Thabeet realizes his offensive game needs work and understands it will be hard for him to dominate defensively the way he did in college. There’s just as many questions about Ricky Rubio, starting with one even he can’t answer: Will he […]

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Give Maria Sharapova credit for honesty. Before Wimbledon began, she acknowledged that a recent comeback from shoulder surgery made it too much to ask for her to contend seriously for a second title at the All England Club. Sharapova was right: She didn’t even make it out of the second round. […]