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Bobby Abreu hit his second homer of the game, a two-out, two-run shot off Mariano Rivera in the ninth inning, and the Los Angeles Angels then pulled a trick to trap Curtis Granderson for the final out to beat the New York Yankees 6-4 Tuesday night.
Mathews has been hobbled by a slightly strained muscle in his upper thigh, and the San Diego Union Tribune writes that Mathews will miss Thursday's preseason opener after having not participated in four practices this training camp.
Ron Artest said he was going to play in England. No one believed him, not even his agent. Artest was adamant though, in the same way Artest is adamant about anything (which means he constantly contradicts himself and spins riddles, much like the Cheshire Cat. Now it certainly looks like Artest will have the last laugh.
No high school football player can officially sign with a college until February, but Pac-12 schools like Arizona State and Washington are cleaning up on recruiting local football players.
Roy Halladay became the NL's first 15-game winner, Ryan Howard and Jimmy Rollins each drove in two runs and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-3 on Monday night.
Cierre Wood has the job of starting running back at Notre Dame -- for now.
A team of stand-up (versus wheelchair) amputee basketball players took to the courts at L.A. Live over the weekend, challenging able-bodied and celebrity teams at the Nike 3-on-3 basketball tournament.
The No. 10 that for so long was associated with Jake Locker at Washington now is in the hands of freshman linebacker John Timu.
Coach Randy Carlyle has agreed to a new three-year contract extension with the Anaheim Ducks.
LeBron James says he is so "optimistic" that the coming NBA season will be played that he is not considering any possible international options -- except for the 2012 Olympics.
It seems like decades ago Jamie McCourt boldly predicted the Dodgers would sell 4 million tickets in a season and she was almost right in 2007 when the team sold 3.85 million tickets , most in the National League.
The Atlanta Hawks finally, finally have an owner. After years of internal strife amongst the myriad owners involved in the team's ownership group, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports today that Los Angeles pizza chain owner and diverse business mogul Alex Meruelo has an agreement to become majority owner of the Hawks.
Ervin Santana pitched into the ninth inning of his fourth straight phenomenal start, and Mark Trumbo homered off Felix Hernandez in the Los Angeles Angels' 2-1 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Sunday.
Cody Ransom made his first career homer a memorable one, lifting a two-run shot off All-Star Clayton Kershaw in the seventh inning to help the Arizona Diamondbacks rally for a 4-3 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers and avoid a three-game sweep on Sunday.
Giants manager Bruce Bochy criticized a nationally syndicated radio host Sunday for what he said was a "racist" comment about San Francisco reliever Ramon Ramirez.
