A former Major League baseball player was charged with simple domestic battery Thursday afternoon after an argument with his ex-wife turned physical, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office said. Christopher M. Spurling's former wife said he "threw" her to the floor after a "minor dispute," a sheriff's report said. Spurling, 31, was a right-handed relief pitcher for the Detroit Tigers and Milwaukee Brewers from 2003 to 2007, according to Major League Baseball's official Web site. ...more

March 6, 2009

Not long after the regular season begins next month, Gary Sheffield likely will hit the 500th home run of his career. He needs one more to join a club currently occupied by only 24 other players in Major League Baseball history. ...more

March 5, 2009

Rick Porcello's inexperience showed. So did his talent. ...more

March 4, 2009

The Tampa Bay area remains the spring training baseball capital of Florida, with the Yankees, Phillies and Blue Jays playing spring home games at Tampa, Clearwater and Dunedin, respectively. ...more

March 4, 2009

Nate Robertson's final line wasn't impressive. It was how he wiggled out of a bases-loaded jam Tuesday in the Detroit Tigers' 7-5 victory over Venezuela that caught his manager's attention. ...more

March 3, 2009

Nate McLouth is getting more comfortable with each at-bat in spring training. ...more

March 1, 2009

Justin Verlander staked an early claim to regaining his role as the Detroit Tigers' ace, throwing two shutout innings Wednesday in a 5-4 win over Atlanta in each team's spring training opener. ...more

February 25, 2009

The Ave Maria School of Law says it has received approval from the American Bar Association to relocate from Michigan to southwest Florida. ...more

February 21, 2009

Gary Sheffield is trying something new as he enters his 21st season in the majors: He wants to cut back on controversial remarks. ...more

February 17, 2009

On the weekend of the Daytona 500, new Detroit Tigers pitching coach Rick Knapp used a NASCAR analogy to talk about a pitching staff that was wracked by injuries in 2008. ...more

February 14, 2009