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Flame-throwing Tigers reliever Joel Zumaya suffered what appeared to be a serious arm injury during the eighth inning of Monday night’s Detroit-Minnesota game. Zumaya, who entered the game with two outs in the seventh, was injured with one out in the eighth on [...]

Matt Hayes and Dave Curtis, Sporting News Sporting News college football columnists Matt Hayes and Dave Curtis offer their 10 best for a specific topic each week. This week’s category: game-changing receivers. Matt Hayes’ top 10: A.J. Green is perhaps the best pure receiver in college football. 1. A.J. Green, Georgia: The most complete receiver in the [...]

Great quarterback–receiver combinations just sound good together, like Manning to Harrison, or Montana to Rice. A busy NFL offseason has created some new QB–WR combos that could put up prolific numbers. Here are five to watch: Anquan Boldin should take the heat off Derrick Mason in Baltimore’s offense. Joe Flacco to Anquan Boldin Why they will click: Boldin is [...]

RENTON, Wash. — It was a simple zone running play. Jets running back Leon Washington took the handoff and got held up in traffic. Then Raiders defensive tackle Tommy Kelly fell across the back of his right leg, and Washington’s world suddenly became complicated. Leon Washington’s broken leg is nearly fully healed, but he’s being held [...]

Lions president Tom Lewand was reportedly arrested Saturday on suspicion of drunk driving in Michigan’s Roscommon County, approximately three hours north of Detroit. According to Tom Leyden of WXYZ in Detroit, Lions officials confirmed Lewand’s arrest. Leyden tweeted a statement from Lewand on [...]

LOS ANGELES - Three UCLA incoming freshmen football players have been arrested for felony theft, according to the Los Angeles Times. Wide receiver Paul Richardson, defensive back Shaquille Richardson and linebacker Josh Shirley are enrolled at UCLA for summer classes and were arrested [...]

With expansion dust finally settled, the Pac-10 has claimed two additional members in Colorado and Utah. Now the real work is set to begin in working out inevitable logistical issues. Much of the public focus will be on how the conference aligns [...]

The San Jose Sharks have traded forward Brad Staubitz.to the Minnesota Wild in exchange for a fifth-round pick in this week’s NHL Entry Draft on Monday, the first of several moves that could reshape the club’s roster. “Brad earns the respect of [...]

It seems even Houston Astros owner Drayton McLane has few delusions of grandeur about the position of his team. Criticized in years past for repeatedly blocking serious rebuilding efforts, McLane told the Houston Chronicle the team is “willing to look at anything” [...]

It wasn’t so long ago that Dayne Crist didn’t know if he’d be playing football this fall, flat on his back on the turf at the Alamodome with a torn ACL in his right knee and his future as the next Notre Dame quarterback in limbo. A surprisingly quick recovery and an even quicker assimilation into [...]