At about 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Rays position players filed out of the visiting clubhouse at Fenway Park and into Manager Joe Maddon's office, trailed by hitting coach Steve Henderson. ...more

June 6, 2008

Traditionalists might cringe at the concept, but Major League Baseball slowly is moving toward implementation of replay review. General managers voted 25-5 in November to recommend further study of replay use on "boundary" calls, and Commissioner Bud Selig began in October to soften his long-held stance against it. Just last week, the Mets' Carlos Delgado, the Cubs' Geovany Soto, the Yankees' Alex Rodriguez and the Indians' Ben Francisco hit fly balls that were not called home runs, but that replays clearly showed should have been. ...more

May 25, 2008

Local mom dons deputy badge when she goes to work at Powell Middle School. ...more

May 10, 2008

The Detroit Pistons took advantage of what seemed to be a little help from the scorer's table and went on beat the Orlando Magic. ...more

May 6, 2008

Chris Douglas-Roberts converted a 3-point play with 6.5 seconds left, giving No. 1 Memphis a 79-78 win against UAB Saturday night and keeping the Tigers perfect. ...more

February 17, 2008

The first time he touched a football in an NFL preseason game was for the expansion Buccaneers in 1976. He made a touchdown. The rookie had practiced once with his new team, having just been cut by the Vikings. ...more

December 17, 2007

The game had been over for a half hour or so but you could still see the extra bounce in his step and hear the excitement in his voice, proof of the stuff Jon Gruden likes to call "the juice." He is overflowing now with it and it is contagious. ...more

December 17, 2007

The Tampa Catholic Crusaders, understandably, were crushed. ...more

December 9, 2007

Philip Rivers didn't deny that he told booing fans to shut up early in Sunday's game against the Baltimore Ravens. ...more

November 27, 2007

Baseball might not have instant replay in time for the 2008 season, but the eventual introduction of the kind of technology that has become commonplace in other sports seems inevitable. ...more

November 7, 2007