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CHICAGO - Chicago White Sox second baseman Gordon Beckham will be a spectator for a few days after his rehabilitation assignment for a broken bone in his left hand was halted. Beckham had just contacted general manager Rick Hahn before playing in ...

BOSTON -- This has been a trying spring for Will Middlebrooks in his first full season with the Red Sox. He endured the worst slump of his professional career, one in which he batted .093 (5-for-54) over a span of two weeks and 14 games. On May 7 in ...

BOSTON -- There is no mystery to why Ryan Dempster lasted just three innings Thursday night. "My command's been terrible," he said. Dempster walked six batters in just 4 2/3 innings in his last start, Saturday in Minnesota, when he threw 127 pi...

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 ...

BOSTON -- Some quick hits from Thursday night's Titopalooza at Fenway Park, and for the record, bench coach Sandy Alomar Jr. brought the lineup card out to home plate. -- Terry Francona waved and patted his heart in appreciation when the crowd acc...

BOSTON -- David Ortiz's first-ever steal of third Wednesday was the cause of considerable mirth in the Sox clubhouse, with Ortiz the first to have fun with it. Asked what he thought when third-base coach Brian Butterfield flashed the "steal" sign, Or...

The Chicago White Sox placed infielder Angel Sanchez on waivers Thursday, opening a spot on the 40-man roster. CBS Sports' Jon Heyman reported that if Sanchez gets through waivers, the White Sox will offer the Rule 5 selection back to his former t...

The Girls in Hoodies go bicoastal this week, with Emily phoning in from New York (apologies in advance for the sound quality) while Molly and Tess hold down the fort in L.A. We would be remiss if we didn't talk about That Mad Men Episode for a bit, a...

Gordon Ramsay's primary trait is that he is scary. He projects Simon Cowell–esque honesty, but it is directed at its targets in the form of spiny fireballs. He walks among them, unchained from a desk. His trademark immunity to sensitivity &#821...

Gordon Edes previews the four-game set between the Indians and Red Sox, including Terry Francona's return to Fenway Park....

CHICAGO -- Trying to hear soft-spoken Clay Buchholz in a raucous Red Sox clubhouse Wednesday night proved as daunting for some people (present company most definitely included) as trying to hit the unbeaten Red Sox right-hander. Besides the usual...

CHICAGO -- Well, glad we got that cleared up. What the rest of the world might view as a slump, Red Sox outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury on Wednesday night insisted has been not much more than an inability to "find some grass out there." Ellsbury had t...

CHICAGO -- Anything planned for Terry Francona upon his return to Fenway Park on Thursday night? "Nothing," said Dustin Pedroia, the Sox second baseman and longtime Francona cribbage partner. "I got nothing." Impressed by how well Francona's In...

CHICAGO -- Before each game, a detailed scouting report of that night's opposing pitcher is placed on the stool in front of every Red Sox player's locker. Anecdotal evidence suggests that was not the case in Wednesday night's 6-2 win over the Whit...

Terry Francona's Fenway Park homecoming is no time to get nostalgic.

Bradford Doolittle breaks down the Utah Jazz's draft profile, needs and potential 2013 picks.

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