Arkansas coach Smith bankruptcy shows $25.7M debt (Yahoo! Sports)

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) -- New documents filed in Arkansas coach John L. Smith's bankruptcy show he has debts of more than $25 million and assets of just over $1.2 million. Smith filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy earlier this month after real estate...

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Jones' blast gives Baltimore 3-1 win over Seattle (Yahoo! Sports)

SEATTLE (AP) -- Those involved in continuing Baltimore's late-season surge - whether it's taking nine, 11 or 18 innings to get the victories - continue to marvel at what the Orioles are accomplishing and the ways they are getting it done. The Orioles...

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Reds' Baker diagnosed with irregular heartbeat (Yahoo! Sports)

CHICAGO (AP) -- Cincinnati Reds manager Dusty Baker was diagnosed with an irregular heartbeat on Wednesday night and was expected to stay overnight in a Chicago hospital. Baker left Wrigley Field in street clothes more than two hours before Wednesday...

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Cabrera and Verlander help Tigers top A's 6-2 (Yahoo! Sports)

DETROIT (AP) -- Detroit manager Jim Leyland had his head on a swivel, looking at reporters when they asked a question one moment and glancing up toward the TV in his office with Kansas City leading Chicago when it got quiet. ''If I didn't have this...

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Yanks sweep doubleheader from Blue Jays (Yahoo! Sports)

NEW YORK (AP) -- Ichiro Suzuki had a go-ahead single in the eighth inning, his seventh hit of the day, to help the New York Yankees complete a doubleheader sweep of the Toronto Blue Jays with a 2-1 win Wednesday night that ensured they remained atop...

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Hamilton, Beltre out of Rangers' lineup (Yahoo! Sports)

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- Sluggers Josh Hamilton and Adrian Beltre have been scratched from the Texas Rangers' lineup for their game against the Los Angeles Angels. Hamilton is out with a recurring sinus condition, which also forced him to leave Tuesday...

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ABC to interview Sandusky abuse case's Victim 1 (Yahoo! Sports)

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- ABC will interview the young man whose 2009 allegations of sexual abuse led to the Penn State scandal and the criminal conviction of former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky. Attorney Michael Boni, who represents...

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NHL cancels September slate of preseason games (Yahoo! Sports)

NEW YORK (AP) -- The NHL canceled its entire September preseason game schedule on Wednesday, the first on-ice casualty of the four-day lockout. The league is wiping out all games through Sept. 30, a move it deems ''necessary because of the absence...

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Pettitte returns with win, leads Yanks over Jays (Yahoo! Sports)

NEW YORK (AP) -- Andy Pettitte pitched five sparkling innings in his return from a broken leg and his bullpen barely held on, keeping the New York Yankees atop the AL East with a 4-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays in the opener of Wednesday's...

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TCU leading rusher James out of for season (knee) (Yahoo! Sports)

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- TCU leading rusher Waymon James will miss the rest of the season for the 17th-ranked Horned Frogs because of a knee injury. School spokesman Mark Cohen said Wednesday that James has a season-ending injury. James, who...

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Bradshaw, Diehl to miss Giants' game vs. Panthers (Yahoo! Sports)

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- Running back Ahmad Bradshaw, offensive tackle David Diehl and wide receiver Domenik Hixon have all been ruled out of the New York Giants' game against the Carolina Panthers Thursday. The Super Bowl champions released...

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Jets' Revis to be limited, Keller still sidelined (Yahoo! Sports)

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) -- Cornerback Darrelle Revis was expected to be limited at practice while recovering from a concussion suffered in the New York Jets' season opener. Coach Rex Ryan said Wednesday that Revis has been cleared for practice,...

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MLB unlikely to bar Cabrera from batting title (Yahoo! Sports)

NEW YORK (AP) -- Major League Baseball appears unlikely to interfere if Melky Cabrera wins the NL batting title while serving his 50-game suspension for a positive drug test. The San Francisco Giants outfielder began Wednesday with a league-leading...

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Ovechkin joins Russian team during NHL lockout (Yahoo! Sports)

MOSCOW (AP) -- Alexander Ovechkin is returning to his former Russian team Dynamo Moscow during the NHL lockout. The KHL team said in a statement Wednesday that it has signed the Washington Capitals star to a contract that lasts until the lockout...

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Faclons RB Turner apologizes for DUI arrest (Yahoo! Sports)

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) -- Atlanta Falcons running back Michael Turner has apologized to his team and its fans for his drunken driving arrest. Turner said Wednesday that he made ''a bad decision'' before he was stopped by police in suburban Gwinnett...

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Redskins' Morgan deals with Twitter death threats (Yahoo! Sports)

ASHBURN, Va. (AP) -- Washington Redskins receiver Joshua Morgan felt the full downside of the social media age this week, receiving death threats and other venomous message on Twitter because of his fourth-quarter blunder in the loss to the St. Louis...

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AP Sources: UNC's Roy Williams has surgery (Yahoo! Sports)

North Carolina coach Roy Williams has had surgery to remove a kidney tumor, people familiar with the situation said Wednesday. Two people spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the school has not publicly released any details...

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Patriots sign TE Winslow, re-sign WR Branch (Yahoo! Sports)

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -- The New England Patriots have signed tight end Kellen Winslow and re-signed wide receiver Deion Branch. The announcement Wednesday came three days after tight end Aaron Hernandez was sidelined with a right ankle injury....

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Teagarden lifts O's to 4-2 win over Seattle in 18 (Yahoo! Sports)

SEATTLE (AP) -- The Baltimore Orioles weren't going to be denied a victory - or making history - even if it took 5 hours and 44 minutes to do it. Taylor Teagarden stroked a pinch-hit RBI single to right in the 18th inning to help give the Baltimore...

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Teagarden lifts O's to 4-2 win over Seattle in 18 (Yahoo! Sports)

SEATTLE (AP) -- Taylor Teagarden stroked a pinch-hit RBI single to right in the 18th inning to help give the Baltimore Orioles a 4-2 comeback victory over the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday night. The win allowed the Orioles (84-64) to pull within...

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Angels smack Rangers 11-3, stay in playoff chase (Yahoo! Sports)

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- Jered Weaver spent a long stretch of his 100th career victory in the batting cage and the tunnel below Angel Stadium, playing catch to keep his arm warm while the Los Angeles Angels batted around in an eight-run fourth inning....

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Escobar suspended 3 games for slur on eye-black (Yahoo! Sports)

NEW YORK (AP) -- Yunel Escobar insisted he meant no insult, reiterating that the words he wrote were supposed to be ''just a joke.'' The Toronto Blue Jays had a different read, suspending their starting shortstop for three games on Tuesday for wearing...

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Cabrera drives in 6, Tigers rout A's 12-2 (Yahoo! Sports)

DETROIT (AP) -- Miguel Cabrera homered twice, including an eighth-inning grand slam, and the Detroit Tigers had no trouble overcoming an early injury to right-hander Max Scherzer in a 12-2 rout of the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday night. Cabrera...

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UConn and Notre Dame may play at Fenway (Yahoo! Sports)

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Connecticut and Notre Dame are reportedly in negotiations to play a football game at Fenway Park in Boston. The Day of New London and the Boston Globe, both citing officials involved in the talks, said the game would be played...

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Escobar suspended 3 games for slur on eye-black (Yahoo! Sports)

NEW YORK (AP) -- Toronto shortstop Yunel Escobar was suspended for three games Tuesday by the Blue Jays for wearing eye-black displaying a homophobic slur written in Spanish during a game last weekend against Boston. Escobar apologized ''to all those...

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NASCAR reinstates AJ Allmendinger (Yahoo! Sports)

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- NASCAR reinstated A.J. Allmendinger on Tuesday, saying the driver had successfully completed its rehabilitation program after testing positive for a banned substance. Allmendinger was suspended two months ago after failing a...

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Escobar suspended 3 games for slur on eye-black (Yahoo! Sports)

NEW YORK (AP) -- Yunel Escobar was suspended for three games Tuesday by the Toronto Blue Jays for wearing eye-black displaying a homophobic slur written in Spanish during last Saturday's game against the Boston Red Sox. Pictures posted online showed...

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Cutler says he was wrong to shove Webb (Yahoo! Sports)

CHICAGO (AP) -- Jay Cutler acknowledges he was wrong to shove teammate J'Marcus Webb on the sideline during the Chicago Bears' loss at Green Bay last week. He has no second thoughts about yelling at him, however. Cutler says he does not regret...

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Spurrier: Shaw to start, moving on from suspension (Yahoo! Sports)

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- South Carolina's Steve Spurrier says quarterback Connor Shaw will start Saturday when the seventh-ranked Gamecocks play Missouri. The coach also said Tuesday that the Gamecocks accept the Southeastern Conference's one-game...

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Eagles center Kelce out for year with knee injury (Yahoo! Sports)

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- The Eagles have placed center Jason Kelce on injured reserve, ending his season. Kelce had surgery Tuesday to repair a torn medial collateral ligament in his right knee. Once that heals, he will have surgery to repair a torn...

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NFL Films President Steve Sabol dies at 69 (Yahoo! Sports)

NEW YORK (AP) -- NFL Films President Steve Sabol, half of the father-son team that revolutionized sports broadcasting and mythologized pro football into the country's favorite sport, died Tuesday from brain cancer. He was 69. In March 2011, Sabol...

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