NFL: Saints and Colts stay perfect for season
The New Orleans Saints and Indianapolis Colts keep finding ways to win. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers finally learned how Sunday. The Saints and Colts each improved to 8-0 with come-from-behind victories. The Bucs are a meager 1-7 but they gained a glimme...
 7.2K - Nov. 9, 2009; scored 150.0 Pro Picks: Bengals and Ravens meet in key contest
It s proving time for the Bengals. And maybe the Ravens, too. Cincinnati sits atop the AFC North along with Pittsburgh at 5-2, and the Bengals have beaten the Steelers and Ravens. Next week, they visit the Steel City. So this is make or break time fo...
3.0K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 194.0 Ramirez stays with Dodgers
NEW YORK ” Manny Ramirez decided to stay with the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday, and baseball s trade market sprang to life with a pair of swaps two days after the World Series. Rather than become a free agent, Ramirez exercised his $20 m...
4.4K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 268.0 New therapists bring skills to area
Cory Dorland made an offer that John Bain and John Soukup just couldn t refuse. At least that is how Southwest Physical Therapy s two newest physical therapists feel about the situation. Bain, who relocated from California, joined the therapy center ...
2.3K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 237.0 Phillies denied chance for repeat championship
NEW YORK One look from the dugout at the celebration on the field was all the incentive the Philadelphia Phillies needed for next year. We want that trophy back, Brad Lidge said. The defending champions fell two wins short in their bid to become t...
4.4K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 150.0 Veteran aces face off in Game 6 of Series
NEW YORK Andy Pettitte against Pedro Martinez, with the Yankees one win from ecstasy. Now that s a World Series matchup worth talking about. Still stalking that elusive 27th championship, New York turns to Pettitte once again in Game 6 tonight, hop...
5.7K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 237.0 Berkshire buying Burlington Northern
NEW YORK (AP) Legendary investor Warren Buffett is making what he calls an all-in wager on the U.S. economy $34 billion to buy a major railroad that hauls everything from corn to cars across the country. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.,...
5.9K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 150.0 Yankees one win from World Series title
PHILADELPHIA Getting hit by a pitch could have been the best thing that ever happened to Alex Rodriguez and the New York Yankees. Still smarting after getting plunked, Rodriguez struck back with his bat. He took the swing of a lifetime, and suddenl...
6.8K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 150.0 Sports Briefs: Oklahoma QB has shoulder surgery
NORMAN, Okla. Oklahoma s Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Sam Bradford had surgery on his injured right shoulder and the school called it a success. In a release sent out by the school, Bradford s father says Dr. James Andrews informed him that t...
4.9K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 390.0 Sports Briefs: Astros choose Mills for manager
HOUSTON ” Brad Mills is finally getting his chance to run a big-league team. The 52-year-old Mills was hired by Houston on Tuesday after six seasons as Terry Francona s bench coach in Boston. He ll manage in the majors for the first time, thou...
5.1K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 301.0 New player gives Eagles big lift
LANDOVER, Md. ” The new guy for the Philadelphia Eagles fit right in, scoring a touchdown, stripping the quarterback of the ball and leading the team in tackles. The new guy for the Washington Redskins didn t make much difference. The plays ca...
4.1K - Oct. 27, 2009; scored 150.0 NFL Recap: Steelers hand Minnesota first loss
Brett Favre and the Minnesota Vikings gave one away and are perfect no more. The New Orleans Saints are still undefeated, proving that no deficit is too large for their explosive offense to overcome. Three times Sunday, the Vikings were ready to ta...
7.9K - Oct. 26, 2009; scored 237.0 Pro Picks: Phloppers meet on Monday
The Redskins finally get to play an opponent with something other than a bagel in the victory column. Yep, Washington s first six foes did not have a win when the teams met, yet the Skins went only 2-4, with losses to the Lions and Chiefs. On Monday ...
3.1K - Oct. 25, 2009; scored 150.0 Pro Picks: Phloppers meet on Monday
The Redskins finally get to play an opponent with something other than a bagel in the victory column. Yep, Washington s first six foes did not have a win when the teams met, yet the Skins went only 2-4, with losses to the Lions and Chiefs. On Monday ...
3.1K - Oct. 24, 2009; scored 150.0 Seattle looking for better options at left tackle
RENTON, Wash. (AP) Kyle Williams was cut by Seattle for failing at left tackle, two days after Matt Hasselbeck got sacked five times in a dreadful 27-3 loss to Arizona. Before that, Brandon Frye, Sean Locklear and star Walter Jones all were hurt pl...
4.2K - Oct. 22, 2009; scored 325.0 Philadelphia returns to World Series
PHILADELPHIA Now the Philadelphia Phillies can say the word they ve avoided using all year: Repeat. Jayson Werth homered twice, Shane Victorino and Pedro Feliz also connected and the defending champions beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 10-4 in Game 5 o...
6.1K - Oct. 22, 2009; scored 194.0 Workers unite to fight law's misuse
NASHVILLE Toribio Jimenez says an asbestos removal company used a guest worker program to trap him in virtual servitude, then fired him when he complained, forcing him to work illegally. Robert Martin believes the same company kept him unemployed b...
5.6K - Oct. 22, 2009; scored 150.0 Zorn will stop calling plays for Redskins
ASHBURN, Va. Bingo! You re not calling plays anymore, Jim Zorn. Sherm Lewis is coming out of retirement to do it for you. With a pained expression, Washington Redskins coach Zorn announced Monday that the front office strongly suggested that he y...
5.4K - Oct. 20, 2009; scored 150.0 Royal s returns lift Broncos to 6-0
SAN DIEGO Eddie Royal thinks one San Diego Chargers player got a hand on him during his 93-yard kickoff return in the first quarter Monday night. He knows no one touched him on his 71-yard punt return in the second quarter. That s how much of a blu...
4.7K - Oct. 20, 2009; scored 150.0 Redskins have yet to play a team with a win
ASHBURN, Va. ” So, Frank Gifford, are you bummed out that your 1954 New York Giants are about to lose a place in the record books to the 2009 Washington Redskins? Not at all, the Hall of Fame running back said with a laugh. Particularly when...
3.7K - Oct. 18, 2009; scored 237.0 | 
