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  • Texas holds off Houston

    HOUSTON — Adrian Beltre, Nelson Cruz and Lance Berkman all homered to back up another solid outing by Yu Darvish, and the Texas Rangers held on for an 8-7 win over the Houston Astros on Saturday night....

    May 12, 2013

  • Yanks clip Royals

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Vernon Wells hit a go-ahead two-run homer then made a long running catch that preserved a 3-2 victory for Andy Pettitte and the New York Yankees over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday night....

    May 12, 2013

  • Westwood tumbles down the leaderboard

    PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Lee Westwood swung and missed on Moving Day at The Players Championship. Literally....

    May 12, 2013

  • Sergio blames Tiger’s crowd for errant shot

    By Doug Ferguson AP Golf Writer PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Sergio Garcia lost his lead in two holes at The Players Championship, and he said it didn’t help playing with Tiger Woods....

    May 12, 2013

  • Stormy round at Players

    PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Tiger Woods was surrounded by four rows of fans who stood shoulder-to-shoulder, curious to see how he was going to escape from the trees on the second hole at The Players Championship. Cheers erupted when he ...

    May 12, 2013

  • Garcia goes 1 up on Tiger

    PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla.— The Players Championship already provides plenty of theater because of its thrill-a-minute golf course. Making it even more compelling is the star attraction of Sergio Garcia and Tiger Woods, playing in the final ...

    May 11, 2013

  • Miller one-hits Rockies

    ST. LOUIS — Shelby Miller gave up a single to start the game then nothing else. Not a walk or a hit batter. No one even reached on an error. Nothing....

    May 11, 2013

  • Conley rising

    MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Grizzlies have repeatedly been asked who will take the game-winning shot since the Rudy Gay trade on Jan. 30. Mike Conley has been the answer during the playoffs....

    May 10, 2013

  • Off to a strong start

    PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy had their best start ever Thursday in the Players Championship. It still wasn’t enough to catch Roberto Castro, who had never played the TPC Sawgrass and made a debut he won’t soon ...

    May 10, 2013

  • Heat respond by routing Bulls

    MIAMI — It was the biggest postseason win in Miami Heat history, and the biggest postseason loss in Chicago Bulls history. And it might have been actually worse than that sounds....

    May 9, 2013