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I'm wondering whether the fans or even the players will celebrate today's birthday of Boston Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine, who was born in 1950. The 62-year-old first-year manager was already climbing an uphill battle, replacing two-time World ...

The asking price for Josh Hamilton's services will undoubtedly see a boost on the heels of his explosive four-home run assault on Baltimore on Tuesday, but not because league talent evaluators have suddenly been convinced of something new. Hamil...

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Notre Dame WR Michael Floyd, whose stock has been climbing since an impressive pro day, is scheduled to visit the Jets this coming week. The Jets, who own the 16th pick, are targeting Floyd and pass rushers, according to sources. Speaking Sunday o...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Over the course of 13 games and four months, AJ McCarron went from climbing a depth chart to climbing a podium to lift up the BCS Championship game trophy. Of the Crimson Tide starters, McCarron was one of the few without exper...

The Yankees are climbing out of the hole Michael Pineda left them in, getting four runs off Jonathan Papelbon in the bottom of the third to close the gap to 6-5. Two of them came on a long home run by Curtis Granderson with Derek Jeter (single) aboar...

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The Celtics continue their roller coaster ride through the ESPN.com NBA power rankings, climbing four spots this week to No. 14. Writes curator Marc Stein: "The Celts survived their eight-game trip with monster wins in Atlanta and Milwaukee to go 4-4...

Helio Castroneves had a fence-climbing type of afternoon Sunday at St. Pete. And IndyCar Series heavyweights Dario Franchitti and Will Power? Well ... not so much.

Sevilla boosted their bid for a European berth after climbing back into the top 10 of the Primera Division standings with a convincing victory at Andalusian rivals Granada. Spain international Alvaro Negredo gave Sevilla a half-time lead and Manu de...

Sevilla boosted their bid for a European berth after climbing back into the top 10 of the Primera Division standings with a convincing 3-0 victory at Andalusian rivals Granada.Spain international Alvaro Negredo gave Sevilla a half-time lead and Manu ...

Missouri State's Pierce Johnson is joining a group that inclues Stanford's Mark Appel and San Francisco's Kyle Zimmer as the top college arms in the 2012 draft.

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Don't hand him a seventh Bay Hill trophy yet, but after Tiger Woods' 65 on Friday, his game looked ready to claim that first official victory in nearly three years, writes ESPN.com's Bob Harig.

Adam Rubin Top prospect Zack Wheeler faced the Cardinals' Double-A team on Saturday, then injured his left ankle a day later. Right-hander Zack Wheeler, the organization's top prospect, sprained his left ankle climbing stairs Sunday and will mi...

Fred Wilpon won Monday morning just as clearly as 16 college basketball teams won over the weekend, and yet he should not bother grabbing any scissors, climbing any ladders or cutting down any nets. The owner of the New York Mets made a smart deal...

On Monday, Fred Wilpon sounded like a man with a 7-game lead with 17 to play.