
Bruins' run excites city wounded by marathon bombs
They have come to wave flags or meet the players or just appear on the video screen, invariably to a standing ovation, during the Boston Bruins' run ...

Yankees INF Youkilis needs surgery, Teixeira to DL
They come back for a bit, then they're gone again. So it goes for the New York Yankees and many of their ailing stars this season. Kevin Youkilis ...

Datsyuk, Red Wings agree on $22.5M, 3-year deal
The Detroit Red Wings accomplished their No. 1 goal of the offseason Tuesday by agreeing to a $22.5 million, three-year deal with Pavel Datsyuk.
AP Source: Couture agrees to extension with Sharks
The San Jose Sharks have agreed to a contract extension with star center Logan Couture to keep him off the market next summer. A person familiar with ...
Ga. radio hosts fired; mocked ex-player with ALS
The cast of an Atlanta sports radio show has been fired after mocking a former NFL player who has Lou Gehrig's disease, a station official said Monday

Spurs, Heat defined by stability at the top
Front offices across the NBA seem to be panicking a bit these days. Job security has long been an oxymoron for coaches in this league, but even by ...

Rays' Cobb released from hospital after being hit
Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Alex Cobb left the hospital and went home Sunday, one day after he was hit in the right ear by a line drive. The Rays announced ...

Blackhawks fail to convert early, lose 2-1 in OT
All those missed shots added up to one big blown opportunity for the Chicago Blackhawks. They couldn't bury the Boston Bruins in the early going and ...

Rask too tough for Chicago in Boston's 2-1 OT win
A lesser goalie would have been flustered by the Chicago Blackhawks hot start. Not Tuukka Rask. After giving up a goal and withstanding another 18 ...
Team source: Kings hire D'Alessandro as GM
The Sacramento Kings hired Denver executive Pete D'Alessandro as their new general manager on Saturday. D'Alessandro will replace the departing Geoff ...

Alderson: Mets set to make moves by end of season
Mets general manager Sandy Alderson knows how long Mets fans have been waiting for their team to do more than tear down and rebuild. He's been the one ...

Kennedy, Mattingly, Gibson among 8 suspended
Major League Baseball came down hard on the Los Angeles Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday, handing out eight suspensions and a dozen fines ...

AP Sources: WR Cruz signs contract tender
Wide receiver Victor Cruz has signed his $2.879 million tender with the New York Giants. Two people familiar with the contract told The Associated ...

Kidd introduced as Nets' coach, with much to learn
Meet the new guy, Jason Kidd. Less than two weeks after ending his long, All-Star career, Jason Kidd acknowledged he has "a lot to learn about ...

Broncos release top rusher Willis McGahee
Willis McGahee's decision to skip offseason workouts isn't what cost the veteran running back his job with the Denver Broncos. His absence, however, ...

Cheeks is Pistons' new coach, with work to do
Maurice Cheeks is ready for a new challenge, undaunted by the fact that the Detroit Pistons have been a revolving door for coaches lately. Cheeks is ...
Penguins sign Malkin to 8-year extension
The Pittsburgh Penguins are keeping hockey's best one-two punch together through their primes and beyond. A day after signing coach Dan Bylsma to a ...

Giants manager Bochy, reliever Kontos suspended
San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy and reliever George Kontos have been suspended after Kontos threw at Pittsburgh Pirates star Andrew McCutchen ...
Rockies sign No. 3 draft pick, RHP Jonathan Gray
The Colorado Rockies signed pitcher Jonathan Gray on Wednesday and then put up their top draft pick in a luxury suite to watch a game at Coors Field.

Nets hire Jason Kidd as coach
The Brooklyn Nets hired Jason Kidd as their coach Wednesday, bringing the former star back to the franchise he led to its greatest NBA success.

Penguins sign coach Dan Bylsma to 2-year extension
Dan Bylsma couldn't avoid speculation about his status as the Penguins coach in the days following Pittsburgh's four-game pratfall against Boston in ...

Rask, Crawford take center stage in Stanley Cup
For all the talk about the Conn Smythe award, Tuukka Rask just wants to win after he played a supporting role when Tim Thomas led the Boston Bruins ...

Spurs rout Heat 113-77 in Game 3 of NBA Finals
Gary Neal may have dreamed it, though it was nothing Danny Green ever could have imagined. Not back when he was LeBron James' teammate in Cleveland, ...

AP Sources: Tebow signs 2-year deal with Patriots
Tim Tebow and Tom Brady took turns, zipping passes over the middle and lofting tosses toward the corner of the end zone. On his first day with the ...

FB Leach cut by Ravens in salary-cap move
Vonta Leach was released Tuesday by the Baltimore Ravens, who failed to agree on a restructured contract with the three-time All-Pro fullback.