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John Lackey allowed two hits in seven innings, Mike Carp hit a three-run homer and the Boston Red Sox beat the Cleveland Indians 8-1 on a rainy Friday night.

In honor of the Scripps-Howard National Spelling Bee coming up this Wednesday and Thursday, you will find one of the winning words from the last 10 years of competition in each entry. When they don't fit naturally — which will be always, if my ...

The first-place Cleveland Indians strode into Fenway Park on Thursday night to face the Boston Red Sox, which normally wouldn't be significant but the return of Tribe skipper Francona to the place he managed to two World Series titles in his eight-ye...

How does each AFC North team look at running back, and what still needs to be done? Baltimore Ravens: Ray Rice is only 26, but he has taken a lot of hits. Although he put together a fantastic season, as usual, in 2012, he looked worn down late in ...

Brian Hoyer, who served as the Patriots' No. 2 quarterback from 2009-2011, has landed with the Browns. After an organized team activity this week, Hoyer answered questions from the Cleveland media for the first time, and he touched on what life was l...

The Mike & Mike show at Progressive Field

In case you were busy really getting inside the mind of Barry Zuckerkorn in preparation for the new season of Arrested Development, here's what you missed in sports on Thursday. The Los Angeles Kings are one step closer to defending their Stanle...

Baltimore Ravens Recently retired Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher said former Raven Ray Lewis is the best middle linebacker of all time, reports John Breech of CBSSports.com. Could Joe Flacco have his best season yet in 2013? The Baltimore Sun ...

Sparky Anderson once told me he didn't believe in anything he saw on the field until June 1. Only after two months of baseball could he have confidence a player or team's performance was legitimate. With June just around the corner, there are seve...

Blog | May 24, 2013

Terry Francona is back where he belongs -- on a baseball diamond.

Indians-Red Sox Preview

BOSTON -- Tito-palooza, indeed. If first impressions mean anything, a sellout crowd of 35,254 at Fenway Park went home convinced that Terry Francona, the man who introduced the duck boat parade to Boston, will soon have city planners in Cleveland ...

Drew Stubbs and Mark Reynolds drove in three runs each and Cleveland had 16 hits in the Indians' 12-3 win over the Boston Red Sox in manager Terry Francona's return to Fenway Park on Thursday night.

BOSTON -- The Cleveland Indians' charter flight from Detroit landed in Boston at 5 a.m. After a few hours of sleep, Terry Francona woke up at 8 a.m. and began his day. Of course, it wasn't just another game day for the former Red Sox manager, who was...

Welcome to SportsNation! On Wednesday, ESPN NFL Insider Matt Williamson will stop by to chat some NFL.Before joining ESPN in 2005, Williamson was both an NFL and college scout for the Cleveland Browns. Before that, he spent three seasons as assistant...

Browns quarterback Brandon Weeden is heading home to help his cherished Oklahoma heal.