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Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Canelo Alvarez are scheduled to meet in a junior middleweight title bout on September 14, 2013 at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas. The fight will be contested at a catchweight of 152 pounds....

ATLANTA -- Shaun Marcum may make the decision regarding which pitcher to drop from the six-man rotation easy. Marcum was knocked out in the fifth inning and remained winless this season as the Atlanta Braves beat the Mets, 5-3, Wednesday night at ...

ATLANTA -- Eric Young Jr. tonight becomes the 10th leadoff hitter for the Mets this season. And Terry Collins suggests he will appear in the No. 1 slot in the batting order and in center field "quite often" -- giving the Mets their first bona fide le...

Scott Atchison #50 RP New York Mets 2013 STATS GM19 W0 L0 BB6 K6 ERA4.50 ATLANTA -- Scott Atchison is back on the disabled list without ever throwing a pitch in a game. Atchison, who was activated Tuesday after a month absence, took t...

A few notes from around the boxing world: • Super middleweight champion Andre Ward is seeking to end his promotional contract with career-long promoter Dan Goossen for unspecified reasons. Ward (26-0, 14 KOs) recently asked the Californ...

ATLANTA -- Here is the lineup as Eric Young Jr. makes his Mets debut and Shaun Marcum again bids for his first Mets win. Mets Eric Young Jr., cf Daniel Murphy, 2b David Wright, 3b Marlon Byrd, rf Lucas Duda, 1b John Buck, c Kirk Nieuwenhuis...

Nelson Piquet Jr. captured his first Nationwide Series victory one year ago at Road America. But it wasn't the most popular storyline. It wasn't even close.

Wow, Tuesday was a big day for the New York Mets. After all, how else can one describe the emotion that comes with trading for outfielder Eric Young Jr.? [+] Enlarge Scott Cunningham/Getty Images Zack Wheeler pitched six shutout innings against t...

Blog | June 19, 2013

The ACC's top two rushers from a year ago -- UNC's Giovani Bernard and Clemson's Andre Ellington, were the only players in the conference to reach the 1,000-yard mark in 2012, and both of them have to be replaced this season. The ACC does, however...

According to multiple reports, offensive tackle Derrick Kelly Jr. (Quincy, Fla./East Gadsden) is the latest 2014 prospect to select Kentucky. Florida A&M, Middle Tennessee, South Florida and UCF also extended scholarship offers to the 6-foot-5...

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Vince Marrow kicks his Nikes up on his desk. He leans back in his chair, sitting comfortably in a black Kentucky long-sleeve shirt and UK shorts. He speaks with an unmistakable confidence. He is remarkably relaxed for someone who is...

Blog | June 19, 2013

Since he could remember, ESPN 300 athlete Armani Watts has been playing multiple roles on the football field. Even when he was at the tender age of 5, the Forney (Texas) North Forney prospect can remember not wanting to come off the field. That...

If you've enjoyed any peanuts or cracker jack at the old ball game recently, you should probably tip your cap to Alexander Joy Cartwright Jr. On this date in 1846, the first officially recorded baseball game in America was played in Hoboken, N.J., us...

Scott Cunningham/Getty ImagesZack Wheeler's teammates doused him with beverages after his first major league win.ATLANTA FIRST PITCH: The Mets may rival the Miami Marlins for futility in 2013, but Matt Harvey and Zack Wheeler -- 1A and 1B - offer ...

Getty ImagesSecond baseman/outfielder Eric Young Jr. has been acquired from the Rockies for Collin McHugh.ATLANTA -- The New York Mets traded right-hander Collin McHugh to the Colorado Rockies for second baseman/outfielder Eric Young Jr. on Tuesday n...