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1. Arizona State's Jahii Carson would have been one of the top point guards at the NBA pre-draft combine in Chicago last week. Instead, Carson, who is a second-year freshman after being ineligible in his first season, is returning to school and will ...

CHICAGO -- Andrew Brown found an inopportune time to suffer an injury. Stationed at first base for the second time in three days with Triple-A Las Vegas, Brown was forced to depart Sunday's 51s game in Omaha with an oblique strain the half-inning ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- One nickname you wouldn't think of for Chicago White Sox right-hander Jake Peavy is "Wild Thing," but he wore that nameplate Sunday. Peavy, who came into the game fourth in the American League in walk-to-strikeout ratio, walked ...

Charles Cherney/Associated Press Juan Lagares celebrates with fellow outfielders after the Mets beat the Cubs, 4-3, Sunday. CHICAGO -- Juan Lagares readily acknowledges the slow start to his major league career. "I haven't done very good, but I ...

CHICAGO -- Pedro Feliciano set franchise records for workload by a reliever three straight seasons as a Met: 86, 88 and 92 appearances. The Mets then relied heavily on Tim Byrdak when Feliciano departed for the Yankees. Both happened to end up req...

Montero CHICAGO -- Highly regarded pitching prospect Rafael Montero has been promoted to Triple-A Las Vegas, apparently for a Monday spot start on his normal day to pitch. Binghamton manager Pedro Lopez told the Press & Sun-Bulletin that Monte...

CHICAGO -- Chicago Cubs starter Travis Wood felt he only made one mistake on Sunday. Unfortunately for him, it cost his team the game. With two out and a man on in the seventh inning, New York Mets rookie Juan Lagares drove a two-strike changeup i...

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- The Chicago White Sox walked six more batters Sunday, two of which forced in runs, and the offense found few holes in the defense of the Los Angeles Angels, who earned a split with the 6-2 victory at Angel Stadium. How it happen...

CHICAGO -- Daniel Murphy as the leading man may be more than a cameo. After Murphy produced a tiebreaking solo homer in the eighth on a fastball from Kyuji Fujikawa and the Mets beat the Chicago Cubs, 4-3, in Sunday's rubber game at Wrigley Field,...

CHICAGO -- With the way the word "adversity" was thrown around Sunday morning, you'd think the Chicago Blackhawks were down 3-1 to Detroit, didn't get their Sunday New York Times delivered and had their rookies forget the coffee and doughnuts. I c...

WHAT IT MEANS: Juan Lagares belted his first major league homer -- a game-tying two-run shot in the seventh against Travis Wood -- and Daniel Murphy gave the Mets the lead an inning later with a solo homer against Kyuji Fujikawa as the Mets rallied f...

CHICAGO -- Here's a quick look at the Chicago Cubs' 4-3 loss to the New York Mets on Sunday at Wrigley Field. How it happened: After falling behind 3-1, the Mets used the long ball to overtake the Cubs. Mets centerfielder Juan Lagares hit his firs...

The Blackhawks know you can throw out the seedings against the Red Wings.

Jason Vargas scattered four hits through seven scoreless innings, and the Los Angeles Angels coaxed a pair of bases-loaded walks out of Jake Peavy in the fourth inning of a 6-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Sunday.

CHICAGO -- The Chicago Blackhawks would have obviously preferred to keep home-ice advantage against the Detroit Red Wings in their Western Conference semifinal series. But although they lost it after falling 4-1 to the Red Wings in Chicago in Game...