Lohse, Cards wait out win over Pirates
By Rick Hummel, St. Louis Post-Dispatch – PITTSBURGH — Kyle Lohse had to sweat out a 34-minute rain delay and watch a parade of relievers before picking up his 14th win of
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By Rick Hummel, St. Louis Post-Dispatch – PITTSBURGH — Kyle Lohse had to sweat out a 34-minute rain delay and watch a parade of relievers before picking up his 14th win of
By Joseph Person, The Charlotte Observer – EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Carolina Panthers coach Ron Rivera wanted to see how his team would perform on the biggest stage – in front of
By Diane Pucin, Los Angeles Times – NEW YORK — This might be the year to expect some surprises at the U.S. Open. Play in the year’s final tennis major begins Monday at
by Jody Spear and Kelly Meyer – MASON CITY – The days are getting shorter and the evenings darker, but the competition at the I-35 Speedway is still blazing hot. The Hobby
By Danny O’Neil, The Seattle Times – SEATTLE — Three weeks was enough time for Seattle to decide that Terrell Owens wasn’t going to fit into its future, and now it’s only
By La Velle E. Neal III, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – ARLINGTON, Texas — Music thumped throughout the visitors clubhouse Sunday at Rangers Ballpark. It’s been a while since the Twins were party
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – No. 10 Iowa State (1-2, 0-0 Big 12) played 10 sets of top-15 volleyball on Saturday, falling to No. 12 Florida State in five sets (23-25, 25-23, 11-25, 27-25,
By Randy Covitz, The Kansas City Star – KANSAS CITY, Mo. — During the offseason, Chiefs quarterback Matt Cassel and his wife, Lauren, followed a nightly routine. (PHOTO: Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Matt Cassel
By Mark Craig, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MINNEAPOLIS — The Fighting Irish are represented less than one pace to the left. An Oklahoma Sooner towers the same distance to the right. Smack
By Dan Wiederer, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MINNEAPOLIS — The ending came quietly. On New Year’s Day, after 13 seasons, Jim Kleinsasser played his final NFL game, spending the three last hours plowing
By Tyler Dunne, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – GREEN BAY, Wis. — In Buffalo, chemistry was years in the making. In Indianapolis, same deal. After thousands of snaps with the same receivers, Jim
By La Velle E. Neal III, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – ARLINGTON, Texas — Brian Duensing didn’t think Ian Kinsler got all of his 1-1 changeup in the first inning, but it ended
By Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – PITTSBURGH — There’s no way to know how Shaun Marcum would have fared in his return to the Milwaukee Brewers’ starting rotation without a miscue
By Jim Utter, The Charlotte Observer – BRISTOL, Tenn. — It was a blast of Bristol past. With cars running a line on the track unseen since the early 1990s thanks to
By Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press – OAKLAND, Calif. — One by one, they hobbled to the sideline with some body part in a state of disrepair. First it was a shoulder,
LINCOLN, Neb. – The Iowa State soccer team dropped its first match of the 2012 season Sunday with a 1-0 defeat to No. 16 Virginia Tech. The Hokies’ Shannon Mayrose produced the
By Derrick Goold, St. Louis Post-Dispatch – CINCINNATI — If Friday offered the Cardinals an opportunity to flex their offense and inch closer to the division-title discussion, then consider Saturday Cincinnati’s sharp
By Diane Pucin, Los Angeles Times – NEW YORK — This should be a place of joy for the Williams sisters, Venus and Serena, and yet two of the last three years
By Jerry McDonald, The Oakland Tribune – OAKLAND, Calif. — On the scoreboard and the stat sheet, it was a convincing end to a six-game preseason losing streak. The Raiders beat the
By Clark Spencer, The Miami Herald – LOS ANGELES — Eight months after the Marlins went on a free agent spending free in hopes of improving the roster in sudden and dramatic
By Mike Jensen, The Philadelphia Inquirer – This college football season will go down in history — as the season after. Mostly, of course, as the season after Sandusky, after both Joe
By Marc Narducci, The Philadelphia Inquirer – LEXINGTON, Ky. — First and foremost it must be stated that 76ers coach Doug Collins is not campaigning to be the next U.S Olympic basketball
By Michelle Kaufman, The Miami Herald – Just when it seemed Roger Federer’s star was fading after slipping to No. 3, the Swiss maestro and 31-year-old father of two goes and wins
By Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – MADISON, Wis. — On the night before Wisconsin opened preseason camp this month, one of the six new assistants on the UW staff walked confidently
By Mark Rosner, Austin American-Statesman – Several of Lance Armstrong’s former teammates agreed to testify in the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency’s case against him, according to USADA and published reports. Who are they?
Mike Hlas, The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa – This is my favorite kind of football season to cover, at least so far. It’s the kind in which you have no real clue
By Philip Hersh, Chicago Tribune – The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency formally announced Friday morning it had issued sanctions that strip Lance Armstrong of his seven Tour de France titles and 2000 Olympic
By Dan Wiederer, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MINNEAPOLIS — Feel free to read the fine print regarding the Vikings’ early offensive ineptitude during Friday’s 12-10 home loss to the Chargers. It will
By Derrick Goold, St. Louis Post-Dispatch – CINCINNATI — What began as another false start for righty Lance Lynn ended as a genuine statement of intent by the St. Louis Cardinals. Rescued
By Omar Kelly, Sun Sentinel – MIAMI — The Miami Dolphins spent the first two exhibition games working on the pretty plays, polishing up the passing attack and holding a quarterback competition.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Freshman right side hitter Mackenzie Bigbee had a team-high 11 kills, along with senior Rachel Hockaday, and hit .550 on Friday night as the No. 10 Cyclones (1-0, 0-0
By Dan Wiederer, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MINNEAPOLIS — Alignment. Assignment. Technique. These are the catchphrases right now for what Vikings defensive coordinator Alan Williams believes can be a defensive revival in
WASHINGTON — Lance Armstrong said he would no longer contest doping charges filed by the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), putting him at risk of losing his record seven Tour de France titles.
By Jarret Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram – FORT WORTH, Texas — TCU is just more than two weeks away from opening its first season in the Big 12 and college football fans
By La Velle E. Neal III, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – ARLINGTON, Texas — The Minnesota Twins did what they could to hang with the two-time defending AL champion Texas Rangers on Thursday,
IOWA CITY, Iowa – Head Coach Lisa Bluder has announced that seniors Jaime Printy, Morgan Johnson and Trisha Nesbitt have been named team captains for the 2012-13 season. “I think our team
By Joe Strauss, St. Louis Post-Dispatch – ST. LOUIS — No matter how deflating last weekend’s series loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates, no matter how bad the math regarding the NL Central
By Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times – In a stare-down between the Ultimate Fighting Championship and the light-heavyweight champion generally considered its most marketable star, the UFC blinked Thursday. Jon Jones rejected
By Bob McGinn, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – CINCINNATI — Yes, Cedric Benson had fresher legs than almost everyone else on the field, and he probably was insanely motivated to show the Cincinnati
By Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – MILWAUKEE — When he took the mound Wednesday, right-hander Yovani Gallardo was the last man standing from the Milwaukee Brewers’ original 2012 starting rotation. Left-hander