
Rays' Moore beats Red Sox for AL-leading 7th win
As good as Matt Moore has been, the Tampa Bay Rays believe he can be even better. The 23-year-old lefty pitched six strong innings and beat the Boston ...

Special effects master Ray Harryhausen dies at 92
When Ray Harryhausen was 13, he was so overwhelmed by "King Kong" that he vowed he would create otherworldly creatures on film. He fulfilled his ...

Free Comic Book Day finds print, digital in demand
When the doors open for Free Comic Book Day — an annual event that's grown in stature from a few stores to some 2,000 worldwide — publishers and ...

MLB fines umpire Hallion, Price & 2 Rays teammates
Major League Baseball fined umpire Tom Hallion and Tampa Bay pitchers David Price, Jeremy Hellickson and Matt Moore for their dustup last weekend.

Jets' Sanchez: 'No doubt' I expect to win QB job
Mark Sanchez spoke for more than 20 minutes about the New York Jets' crowded quarterback situation, saying all the right things throughout. Yes, he ...

Valdespin slams Dodgers in 10th, Mets win 7-3
Jordany Valdespin began the night on the bench and ended it partying at home plate. A late-inning substitute, Valdespin hit a grand slam in the 10th ...

Jonathan Coulton, Greg Pak pair up for comic book
Monkeys, robots and zombies? That's the hat trick that musician Jonathan Coulton and writer Greg Pak are featuring their original graphic novel, "Code ...

NASA: Flash in East Coast sky likely a meteor
East Coast residents were buzzing on social media sites and elsewhere Friday night after a brief but bright flash of light streaked across the ...

Batman's mythology getting new boost from DC
Batman's transformative years are getting a few new twists. DC Entertainment is going back into Bruce Wayne's past to see how he began his ...

Red Sox shut down Ortiz with sore heel, beat Rays
David Ortiz will be shut down for several days of spring training because of sore left heel, and the Boston Red Sox are hoping the break from baseball ...

Marvel releasing some 700 No. 1 issues digitally
In comics, the first issue is where the story starts and the legend begins. For readers, a print copy of issue one can be hard to find and expensive ...

WR Hartline reaches deal to remain with Dolphins
Coming off his best season, Brian Hartline decided to stay put. The veteran receiver signed a five-year deal Friday for nearly $31 million to remain ...

Marvel goes dystopian with 'Age of Ultron' title
Marvel Entertainment's renowned heroes find themselves in an unfamiliar and unsettling position in the pages of the just-released "Age of Ultron" ...

20 years on, Valiant's Dr. Mirage reborn, remade
It's no hallucination: Dr. Mirage has returned to Valiant Entertainment though the paranormal detective is decidedly different. Appearing in ...

'Glee' and 'Archie' bridge comics, TV in crossover
Blaine Anderson and Kevin Keller? Betty Cooper and Noah Puckerman? Things are not as they usually are in the halls of William McKinley and Riverdale ...

Geoff Johns stepping down as Green Lantern writer
Writer Geoff Johns has taken DC Entertainment's Green Lantern and its associated characters through brightest day and blackest night, but after nine ...

Dark Horse, Wood start new 'Star Wars' comic
There's excitement brewing for fans of the original "Star Wars" trilogy. Writer Brian Wood and Dark Horse Comics began a new monthly series Wednesday ...

'The Walking Dead' was 2012's top-selling comic
Stilted gaits and mindless shambling did nothing to stop demand for Image Comics' "The Walking Dead" series, with the 100th issue of Robert Kirkman's ...

AP Exclusive: Documents raise doubts in Nazi probe
The case of an 87-year-old Philadelphia man accused by Germany of serving as an SS guard at Auschwitz has largely centered on whether he was stationed ...

Marvel's Peter Parker in perilous predicament
After 50 years of spinning webs and catching a who's who of criminals, Peter Parker is out of the hero game. But Spider-Man is still slinging from ...

Marvel's young heroes face conflict, dire choices
Marvel's younger heroes have dealt with life-threatening challenges before in the pages of "Young Avengers" and "Avengers Academy" from foes ...

George Takei beams into Archie's Riverdale
Mr. Sulu in Riverdale? Oh my! Actor and equal rights advocate George Takei, whose portrayal of the Star Trek character in television and film has made ...