Articles filed under Sports Leagues
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Indians wrap up series against slumping TigersAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Jim Leyland doesn't want the Detroit Tigers to stare at the standings. That's probably a good idea because the slumping Tigers are slipping behind Cleveland in the AL Ce...
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NBA fines Sonics' co-ownerAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - SEATTLE -- The NBA fined SuperSonics co-owner Aubrey McClendon $250,000 two weeks after he said his group didn't buy the team to keep it in Seattle. League spokesman Mar...
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Wells, Dodgers reach dealAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- David Wells is back in the pennant race with a new team: the Los Angeles Dodgers. Wells and the Dodgers agreed to a contract Thursday and the big lefty plans...
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Fields hot at plate, but on defense …Aug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Rain -- make that a lot of rain, with a sidecar of thunder and lightning -- doused Josh Fields' sizzling bat Thursday. The White Sox' game against the Boston Red Sox was...
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Van Breda Kolff dies at 84Aug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - SPOKANE, Wash. -- Butch van Breda Kolff, who coached the Los Angeles Lakers to two NBA finals appearances and won 482 games as a college coach, has died after a long ill...
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Piniella won't rush Soriano's comebackAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Cubs manager Lou Piniella won't rule out Alfonso Soriano returning in time to face the Milwaukee Brewers in a crucial series next week at Wrigley Field....
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Henman to retire in SeptemberAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Tim Henman will play one last time at Wimbledon, but it won't be next summer. The British tennis star will play his final Grand Slam at the U.S. Open and the...
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Sabbatini opens playoffs with 1-shot leadAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - The playoffs arrived on the PGA Tour and delivered an ideal first-round leader in Rory Sabbatini, a brash South African who loves the idea of going head to head and is n...
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Connecticut wins opener over Indiana in 3 overtimesAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - UNCASVILLE, Conn. -- Nykesha Sales scored 25 points to lead the Connecticut Sun to a 93-88 triple-overtime victory against the Indiana Fever on Thursday night in the fir...
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Cubs' quality starts translate to victoriesAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Let's revisit our old friend, the "quality start," this week. You know the quality start. It might be the most maligned stat in baseball. To get credit ...