Injuries make AL East a three-team race

The AL East is still a three-team race because of a spate of injuries to the Red Sox, Yankees and Blue Jays, writes Bob Klapisch.

More Cowbell: Damon for MVP?

Heading into the final six weeks of the baseball season, the inevitable "Who are the MVPs?" stories are starting. In the National League, the MVP race...

Your Turn: Sheffield vs. Fan

...Sox-Yankees rivalry just got a little more heated. On Thursday night, New York Yankees outfielder Gary Sheffield got into a shoving match with a Red Sox fan while fielding a Jason Varitek triple...

...2B - Tony Womack 3B - Alex Rodriguez SS - Derek Jeter LF - Hideki Matsui CF - Bernie Williams RF - Gary Sheffield DH- Ruben Sierra

...to performance-enhancing drugs in recent years includes, Jose Canseco, Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, Jason Giambi, Gary Sheffield, and the late Ken Caminiti.The release of the Mitchell Report comes less than a month...

Hunter giving the gift of education

LAS VEGAS -- Torii Hunter has never forgotten about drive-by shootings in the seventh grade, or the gang life, or when his father stole his signing b...

Blue Flame

Milton Bradley knows you think he'll explode. He's out to prove you wrong

City of Detroit, Tigers in midst of a 'tough time'

Less than a year ago, the Tigers seemed to be sitting pretty after acquiring Miguel Cabrera in a blockbuster trade. Now they're coming off a last-place finish and face an uncertain future.

Judge unseals documents regarding Bonds' alleged steroid use

Thousands of pages of grand jury testimony related to the long-running steroids investigation of Barry Bonds and other athletes were unsealed Wednesday by a federal judge.

Year later, Mitchell wouldn't change report, thinks drug use down in MLB

Nearly one year later, George Mitchell wouldn't change a word of his report.

Appeals court to hear case dealing with seizure of players' samples

An appeals court will hear the case dealing with the government's seizure of players' urine samples.

Contract impasse forces Hoffman out of San Diego

Trevor Hoffman and the Padres can't agree on a contract and his time with the team might be done.

Dark days ahead for San Diego

...restore respectability and hope for a competitive future to the franchise that had just pawned off Gary Sheffield, Fred McGriff, Tony Fernandez and others in an embarrassing and dark time that will forever be...

Peavy's "train" still at the station

...be viewed, fairly or not, through the same prism which Padres fans viewed the trades of Gary Sheffield and Fred McGriff during the fire sale of 1993. This all might have some impact, as...

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Pitching, defense among Tigers' chief concerns

The Tigers will once again find themselves trailing the White Sox in overall talent and looking up at the Twins.