Pro Sports
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'No anxiety' for Cubs' QuadeSep 28, 2011 12:00 am - SAN DIEGO — Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts paid his team a visit Wednesday, the final day of the season. There were no announcements forthcoming, either about the search for...
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Williams plans on moving fast: Is Alomar his guy?Sep 28, 2011 12:00 am - How much does White Sox general manager Kenny Williams like Sandy Alomar Jr.? He signed the free-agent catcher three times, and Alomar spent five of his 20 major-league ...
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Padres beat Cubs; Castro leads NL with 207 hitsSep 28, 2011 12:00 am - SAN DIEGO — Will Venable hit his first career grand slam and Nick Hundley hit a three-run shot to lift the normally punchless San Diego Padres to a 9-2, season-ending vi...
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Rays clinch AL wild card with stunning rallySep 28, 2011 12:00 am - ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Down by nine games in early September, down by seven runs on the final day of the season. And yet somehow, these Tampa Bay Rays made it to the pla...
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Walker resigns as White Sox hitting coachSep 28, 2011 12:00 am - Greg Walker had to do a lot of soul searching last winter before finally deciding to return for his ninth full season as White Sox hitting coach. Before the Sox closed t...
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Peyton Manning takes on new role in IndianapolisSep 28, 2011 12:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS — Peyton Manning has gone from being Indy’s most valuable player to the team’s most valuable adviser. The quarterback who continually made all those improba...
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Braves complete colossal collapse, lose to PhilsSep 28, 2011 12:00 am - ATLANTA — With the season on the line, the Atlanta Braves couldn’t get the final three outs. Now, they’ll have the whole winter to ponder an unprecedented collapse. Brav...
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4 more years for Hawk in Sox' boothSep 28, 2011 12:00 am - The exit door out of U.S. Cellular Field turned the other way Wednesday. Manager Ozzie Guillen was released from his contract Monday so he could jump to the Marlins. Mar...
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Bledsoe, Shields, Cowher among candidatesSep 28, 2011 12:00 am - CANTON, Ohio — Retired coaches Bill Cowher, Bill Parcells and Marty Schottenheimer are among the modern-era candidates for the 2012 class of the Pro Football Hall of Fam...
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Gailey instilling confidence to resurgent BillsSep 28, 2011 12:00 am - ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — One of Chan Gailey’s first acts after taking over as the Buffalo Bills coach was to take down the TV sets in the weight room in a bid to inspir...