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Jason Hammel pitched six shutout innings, Chris Davis homered and drove in three runs, and the Baltimore Orioles cruised past the Kansas City Royals 8-2 on Friday night. Adam Jones and J.J. Hardy had two RBIs apiece for the Orioles, now 28-1 ...  

Clayton Kershaw starts the series opener for the Dodgers, looking to extend his scoreless streak of 22 consecutive innings. Lucas Harrell gets the start for Houston, winners of three straight games themselves. Jerry Hairston Jr. returns from the ...  

Hunter Pence's two-run homer in 10th helps Philadelphia Phillies top St. Louis ...SportingNews.comLOUIS—Hunter Pence hit a two-run homer in the 10th inning off Jason Motte and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-3 on Friday night. The Phillies won their third in a row after surviving a fourth inning in which Pence, ...  

The Los Angeles Lakers must be blown up, quickly, severely, without emotion and with the singular goal being to build the next great NBA dynasty, period. The Lakers' brass is in for a very, very, very stressful offseason indeed. They simply cannot keep the ...  

His bags are packed and he's ready to go. Houston Rockets point guard Kyle Lowry isn't mincing words, telling the Houston Chronicle that his strained relationship with coach Kevin McHale and the fact that he and Goran Dragic are both starting quality point ...  

CINCINNATI — Todd Helton homered and drove in three runs Friday night, leading the Colorado Rockies to a 6-3 victory that ended the Cincinnati Reds’ longest winning streak of the season at six games. Helton had a two-run homer — his first since April ...  

Rather than shoot, Clarkson dumped down to Dainius Zubrus, who had a wide-open seam in front of the crease. He passed to Kovalchuk who one-timed it past Henrik Lundqvist. We don't want to say that power-play goal was a thing of beauty, but it was just ...  

Tampa Bay Rays (27-18) manager Joe Maddon has once again slotted his first baseman at the top of the batting order. The Rays Twitter account reports 1B Carlos Pena will be hitting leadoff as the Rays visit the Boston Red Sox (22-22). Pena had ...  

The consensus among Spurs-Thunder previews is this: San Antonio should be favored. I don't disagree, but I wonder how the scale would tilt if Scott Brooks played James Harden, say 40 minutes per game. In the three games between the two teams, Harden averaged 28 minutes of burn. Within that small sample size, he was fantastic. The Beard shot 59 percent and managed 6.7 free-throw attempts (via NBA Stats Cube). You'd think he would have played...  

Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard told TMZ on Thursday he played no role in the team's decision to fire coach Stan Van Gundy. Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard told TMZ on Thursday he played no role in the team's decision to fire coach Stan Van Gundy. "I ...  

The outfielders, both out with strained hamstrings, could be back with the Dodgers next week.Matt Kemp and Juan Rivera sprinted and stretched on the field at Dodger Stadium on Friday. But this was before their team faced Houston, a game both missed because of injuries.  

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish will stay alive for another day int he 2012 Big East Baseball Tournament. Notre Dame beat Seton Hall 4-3 on Friday afternoon to eliminate the Pirates and move into another elimination game tomorrow. Adam Norton went ...  

MIAMI — Heat coach Erik Spoelstra won the series but lost in the pocketbook when it came to his war of words with Pacers coach Frank Vogel regarding how the teams’ games had been officiated this season. The NBA announced Friday that Spoelstra has been ...  

I know I know.. ya already plan to eat and drink enough this week-end to sustain a small squad of recons a month in the bushes.. and the latest news on nascar and its green 'bent' of late probably grates ya like crazy Don't forget to budget in the 600 miler after the Indy 500.. run at King JJ's home track no less. It should be a real feast, a smorgasboard of action.. if we're lucky. ;-]  

The Baltimore Orioles announced that they recalled right-hander Stu Pomeranz and catcher Ronny Paulino from Class AAA Norfolk, optioned catcher Luis Exposito to Norfolk and designated infielder/outfielder Bill Hall ... Orioles put Reynolds on DL, call ...