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Sports year: Sad sagas the story of 2012
Jerry Sandusky will spend the rest of his life in prison, Penn State football played under NCAA sanctions and Joe Paterno passed away. Lance Armstrong ...
AP source: Swisher, Tribe reach $56M, 4-year deal
The Indians' pitch to bring Nick Swisher "home" worked. Two people familiar with the negotiations said Swisher has agreed to a $56 million, four-year ...
AP source: Ibanez, Mariners agree to $2.75M deal
Raul Ibanez and the Seattle Mariners have agreed to a $2.75 million, one-year contract, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated ...
Ross, Diamondbacks agree to $26 million, 3-yr deal
Cody Ross and the Arizona Diamondbacks agreed to a $26 million, three-year contract Saturday that includes a club option for 2016. Ross, who turns 32 ...
AP source: Pirates, Red Sox near deal for Hanrahan
The Boston Red Sox are pursuing another burly right-hander to shore up their bullpen. A person familiar with the talks said the Red Sox and Pirates ...
Greenberg gets minor league deal from Orioles
Adam Greenberg is getting a chance to resume his baseball career with the Baltimore Orioles. The 31-year-old returned to the major leagues for one ...
Benched QB Sanchez mum on future with Jets
Mark Sanchez knows he won't be the New York Jets' starting quarterback this week. Beyond that, the one-time face of the franchise won't say whether ...
J-E-T-S went from Super Bowl contenders to M-E-S-S
From nearly Super to just plain stupefying. That is what the New York Jets have become in a span of two NFL seasons. From a botched trade for Tim ...
AP Sources: Jets could trade QBs Sanchez, Tebow
Mark Sanchez is no longer the face of the New York Jets. He could soon be a former member of the team. And Tim Tebow might even beat him out the door.
Placido Polanco agrees to $2.75M deal with Marlins
Former All-Star third baseman Placido Polanco agreed to a $2.75 million, one-year contract Thursday with the Miami Marlins, plugging the final hole ...
Column: Messi & Co. will win without coach
Even if Lionel Messi and his Barcelona teammates had no coach to guide them, you would think long and hard about betting against perhaps the greatest ...
Angels trade 1B-DH Morales to Seattle for Vargas
The Los Angeles Angels got the pitching depth they wanted. The Seattle Mariners got the power-bat they so desperately needed. Two foes in the AL West ...
Google to sell part of Motorola for $2.35 billion
Google is selling Motorola Mobility's TV set-top business for $2.35 billion, lightening the load that the Internet search leader took on earlier this ...
RB Richardson thinks Saban will stay at Alabama
Trent Richardson would be surprised if Nick Saban followed him from Alabama to the Cleveland Browns. Saban, who will lead the Crimson Tide against ...
Notre Dame's Kelly wins AP coach of the year
After two seasons as Notre Dame coach, Brian Kelly decided he wasn't spending enough time doing the best part of his job: coaching players.
Big 12 basketball lacking depth this season
The top of the Big 12 looks familiar, with Kansas in first place and ranked in the top 10. The rest of the league doesn't appear to be nearly as deep ...
Cy and goodbye: Mets trade Dickey to Blue Jays
Cy ya later. R.A. Dickey and his nasty knuckleball are headed north of the border. After weeks of speculation and then a weekend spent ironing out the ...
Messi extends contract with Barcelona through 2018
Lionel Messi agreed to a new contract with Barcelona on Tuesday that will keep him with the Spanish powerhouse through 2018. The 25-year-old Messi, ...
Mets trade Cy Young winner Dickey to Blue Jays
Eager for a new challenge and certainly a better chance to win, R.A. Dickey broke the news of his trade even before the Toronto Blue Jays and New York ...
Lin returns to New York, recalls Linsanity fondly
Jeremy Lin returned Monday to the home he never thought he was leaving, reflecting fondly on Linsanity but not trying to recreate it. Lin made his ...
Tigers invest $80 million in RHP Anibal Sanchez
Anibal Sanchez hadn't gone anywhere, really, and yet here he was getting a big "welcome back" from Detroit Tigers president and general manager Dave ...
Moments of silence around NFL for shooting victims
The New England Patriots silenced their "End Zone Militia" on Sunday night, taking the muskets away from the Revolutionary War re-enactors who fire ...
Hamilton, Angels finalize $125M, 5-year deal
Feeling "a little upset" that Texas didn't move quickly enough to re-sign him, free-agent outfielder Josh Hamilton donned a Los Angeles Angels jersey ...
NHL files unfair labor charge against union
The NHL and its locked-out players might turn up in a courtroom before they find their way back onto the ice. In a wild week in which the fighting ...