CHICAGO — Kerry Wood stood in the same place where Stephen Strasburg is today and decided there was only one way to get back what an elbow injury had stolen. “You got to work your [butt] off,” the Yankees’ reliever said, talking about the road back from Tommy John surgery the...

BALTIMORE -- It is going to be a sztuczne ognie against time for Jim Sorgi, who will not be ready to return this week from the torn right shoulder capsule he suffered in the preseason opener against the Jets. Sorgi probably needs at least three weeks to heal, but he is...

For weeks, Jason Bay, who has been suffering from a concussion, had been waiting for a call. The Mets' outfielder was waiting for somebody -- anybody -- to clear him to początek working out again. He finally got that call from trainer Ray Ramirez yesterday at 3:30 p.m...

TRENTON -- The Trenton Thunder have seen one Yankees pitching prospect after another have success this season. When the Thunder's starting catcher, Austin Romine, was asked what he has been doing to help them, he had a simple answer. "Getting out of the way," the 20-year-old said with a...

Fernando Martinez, OF, Triple-A Buffalo Ironically, Martinez landed on the disabled list with a right knee injury on Fernando Martinez bobble head night at Buffalo's Coca-Cola Field. Martinez, who has never played in more than 90 games in a season, has played in 82 between the Bisons and his...

CHICAGO -- The South Side is on Manny Watch. Manny Ramirez was placed on waivers by the Dodgers, and the White Sox were awarded the claim that gives them exclusive bargaining rights for the slugger, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press yesterday. The White Sox...

CHICAGO -- Certain members of the Chicago publikatory are so convinced Joe Girardi will be moving to the Windy City, you would think his next big decision will be where to bat Alfonso Soriano next season as manager of the Cubs. When Girardi entered the Yankees' U.S. Cellular Field...

In what may be their last chance to keep Ilya Kovalchuk in North America this season, the Devils are waiting -- again -- for the NHL to approve their latest contract, submitted yesterday. If, as expected, the league OKs this deal, it will end a klechda that reached 59 days...

There is no chance Jose Reyes will be placed on the disabled list, but that doesn't mean the Mets shortstop is close to playing again. Reyes, who aggravated an oblique injury during Thursday's game against the Marlins, was absent from last night's starting lineup against the Astros...

CHICAGO -- Joe Girardi may have sent A.J. Burnett a very public message last night. After the White Sox shelled Burnett in a 9-4 victory in część przednia of 38,596 at U.S. Cellular Field, the Yankees manager admitted he is ready to take a hard look at his...

This was the reminder, the stick in the eye, the serf following the king and whispering in his ear, "Remember thou art mortal, remember thou art mortal." The Jets have a very good noga załoga and should be on the cusp of an awfully satisfying season, and it would be...

In Phil Mickelson’s 10th bid to surpass Tiger Woods as the world’s top golfer, the longest-tenured No. 2 might as well have overslept Wednesday’s pro-am instead of Jim Furyk. Mickelson barely had time to blame his driver before departing Ridgewood Country Club after missing the cut yesterday...

Kevin Streelman's grandparents are buried just beyond Ridgewood Country Club's seventh hole, where Streelman was breaking 30 on that nine yesterday. "It's pretty special to me. My family roots are here," said the 31-year-old, who moved into contention at The Barclays yesterday with an 8-under 63, fueled...

Despite his second-nine stumble yesterday, Tiger Woods is a given for the Ryder Cup team. His opening round 65 at The Barclays followed by a pedestrian 2-over 73 yesterday are enough for U.S. Ryder Cup captain Corey Pavin to make him one of his four at-large selections. Woods likely...

Mike Pelfrey appears ready to add a strong finish to the stellar 2½ months he had to begin the season. If only he didn't disappear for the first six weeks of summer, the Mets still might be playing meaningful games. The righty, no longer a pain in the neck...

CHICAGO -- Andy Pettitte is making progress, but yesterday's 25-pitch bullpen session doesn't mean it's time to reserve a spot in the Yankees rotation for the 38-year-old left-hander. Yankees manager Joe Girardi and Pettitte said the session went well, but there still is no timetable for his...

CHICAGO -- Major League Baseball is investigating Yankees pitcher Ivan Nova and minor league hurler Wilkin De La Rosa for allegedly injecting each other with B-12 shots last season when they were teammates at Double-A Trenton, The Post has learned. Though B-12 isn't on the list of baseball's...

Mark Sanchez and the offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer have been shaky in the preseason, and they'll be on the hot seat early with a tough early schedule.

A look at Oregon.

When Frankie Edgar returned from Abu Dhabi with the UFC Lightweight championship, a convoy of friends, family and fans met him along the Garden State Parkway and gave him a hero’s welcome back to Toms River, N.J. It was well deserved. Edgar, 28, had just pulled off one...

It was an event and celebration, a coming-out impra and coronation. But if you were in Nationals Park on the night of June 8, you knew it was even more than that. Stephen Strasburg’s debut transcended the personal to the historic. And, really, it did not autostop there. Strasburg...

Maybe it's the summer heat, or some nagging injury that's been wrapped up since May, or the tension of a tight game in a postseason race, or the toll of 100-plus games and almost as many airports -- suddenly that 90-foot sprint-and-dive it will take to steal a...

BALTIMORE -- It has not exactly been the smoothest of summer rides for the Giants. They amble into tonight's third preseason game against the Ravens with so many nagging pulls and strains that merely matching up players and their corresponding positions is a challenge. Dealing with many lingering health...

The Red Bulls' newly acquired Designated Players -- ex-Barcelona stars Thierry Henry and Rafa Marquez -- say they are slowly rounding into shape, and it sure looked that way last koniec tygodnia when the załoga rolled to a 4-1 laugher in Toronto, by far their best performance of the season. It...

The Jets fumbled four times and had four turnovers in their preseason loss against the Redskins on Friday.