National Sports

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A lost weekend for the Pittsburgh Pirates wound up with them losing their shortstop. The Pirates were swept in a three-game series by...

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — For a place dripping with centuries of history, St. Andrews got more than it could have wanted Sunday. Jordan Spieth punc...

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — The grand pursuit of Jordan Spieth, redemption for Dustin Johnson, the mystery that has become Tiger Woods. It all came to a m...

NIAGARA FALLS — Rex Ryan’s first touchdown as Buffalo Bills coach came from 3,000 yards in the sky. Ryan descended more than 9,000 feet Friday in a ta...

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — With a chance to match history at the home of golf, Jordan Spieth is trying to make the British Open feel like just anoth...

CANTON, Ohio (AP) — There will be some familiar faces presenting the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2015. Hall of Fame coach Marv Levy and Hall of...

BOSTON — Alex Rodriguez has consistently played well this season after getting a day off. He's had great success against Clay Buchholz, too. Friday ni...

PITTSBURGH — Gerrit Cole ended a dominant first half of the season with another win. Cole pitched seven strong innings to become the major leagues' fi...

LONDON — If Roger Federer was going to allow Andy Murray to gain a foothold in the Wimbledon semifinals, this seemed as if it might be the moment. Mur...

FOUGERES, France — Staying in front has meant staying out of trouble so far for Chris Froome at the TourdeFrance. After a crash-marred first week of t...

A Snake wouldn't seem to offer much help on a football field. Unless that snake was named Stabler. Ken Stabler, who led the Oakland Raiders to a Super...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Carlos Martinez made his case for inclusion on the National League All-Star team Thursday night by pitching 7 1-3 scoreless innings,...

LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — Atop the leaderboard, veteran Karrie Webb and second-year LPGA Tour player Marina Alex did their best to temper expectations at ...

CLEVELAND (AP) — There was no need for a heartfelt letter this summer. LeBron James isn't going anywhere. This decision was easy. Just shy of the one-...

NEW YORK — All-Star slugger Mark Teixeira homered twice after Scott Kazmir left his start with triceps tightness, and CC Sabathia won for the first ti...

PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates completed a sweep of the San Diego Padres with a 5-2 win Wednesday night, getting their 10th series sweep of the s...

LONDON — Roger Federer and Andy Murray ran into each other Wednesday morning in the champions' locker room at the All England Club, then walked togeth...

AMIENS, France — With crashes taking down riders on rain-drenched roads, keeping team leaders safe was the order of the day on Wednesday's fifth stage...