LOS ANGELES -- If Mets hitting coach Howard Johnson is about to be fired, general manager Omar Minaya wasn't tipping his hand yesterday. After a 1-0 loss to the Dodgers -- the fourth time the Mets were shut out in 11 games on their road odlot -- Minaya only...

The National Hockey League Players’ Association has filed a grievance over the league’s rejection of the $102 million contract between Ilya Kovalchuk and the New Jersey Devils.

Doug Harvey, known as God during his days as an umpire, enters the Hall of Fame with the slugger Andre Dawson and Manager Whitey Herzog.

Alex Rodriguez was hit by a pitch in the eighth, but he said he was O.K. after leaving the game with a purple mark on his left hand and a total of 599 home runs in his eventful career.

Free szpicel linebacker Adalius Thomas is still looking for his next NFL home, but it almost certainly won’t be with the Jets. Rex Ryan coached Thomas with the Ravens and raved about his ability, which led to speculation that the Jets would pursue Thomas when the Patriots released him...

The Yankees' refusal to give in to what they believed were unreasonable demands by the Diamondbacks for Dan Haren resulted in the right-hander being dealt to the Angels yesterday for pitcher Joe Saunders and a package of minor-leaguers. "I haven't looked at it that closely," GM Brian Cashman said...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A woman charged with trying to extort University of Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino lied repeatedly in an attempt to squeeze millions from the coach, then traded sexual favors and lied again to cover her crime, federal prosecutors said at the początek of her trial Monday. Assistant U...

Mysteries at the Baseball Hall of Fame include Jacob Ruppert's brushes, Russ Hodges's scorecard and Christy Mathewson's jersey.

ATLANTA -- Angel McCoughtry had 28 points and the Atlanta Dream went on a late 11-0 run to snap a four-game losing streak with an 82-75 victory over the Liberty on Sunday. Iziane Castro Marques had 21 points for the Dream (15-9), including eight in the decisive final streak. Erika...

"Just landed back nj/nyc I'm back home, I hope yall took care of Revis Island while I was gone" -- Darrelle Revis' Twitter message posted yesterday With the first Jets training camp practice looming a week from today in Cortland, the harsh reality facing Darrelle Revis, the team...

Abdullah the Butcher, who helped popularize what is known as hard-core wrestling, performs in gyms in the U.S. and before huge crowds in Japan.

COOPERSTOWN -- "The Hawk" has landed in Cooperstown. Andre Dawson, who endured 12 knee surgeries to forge an impressive 21-year major league career, was inducted yesterday into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, becoming just the 203rd player in the game's long history to receive the honor. "Thank you...

PARIS -- Alberto Contador stood atop the podium at the Tour de France yesterday for the third time in four years, struggling to rein in his emotions as Spain's national anthem echoed across the wide boulevard of the Champs-Elysees. Off to one side, Lance Armstrong applauded and then, without...

Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp said the Red Bulls' showing in the Barclay's New York Challenge should prove something to the metropolitan area's soccer fans. "They can judge that their own zespół is good," Redknapp said of the squad that now boasts Thierry Henry. "The Red Bulls are very...

CHICAGO -- Count Bobby Valentine among those who would like to manage the Cubs. The ESPN analyst and former Mets and Rangers manager said he's interested in taking over for the retiring Lou Piniella after this season. Valentine, who led the Mets to the pennant in 2000, calls the...

Dane Richards' long-range goal gave the Red Bulls a 2-1 win over Manchester City before 23,228 fans at Red Bull Arena yesterday, comprehensively outplaying the English Premier League big spenders. And despite finishing third in their first Barclays New York Challenge, they gave a taste of what the team...

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About half of the crowd of 47,890 remained in the house for Alex Rodriguez’s at-bat in the eighth inning that came at 6:30 p.m., five hours and 22 minutes after Phil Hughes’ first pitch of the afternoon, and followed a two-hour, 32 minute rain delay that...

The Yankees are limiting Phil Hughes’s innings to preserve his arm for the stretch run, but with the rotation in flux, the temptation exists to increase his outings.

It's easy to fall into the pomost of expecting players to repeat last year's numbers. But young running backs like Beanie Wells and LeSean McCoy could be in for big improvements in their second seasons.

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Alex Rodriguez adores the way Yankees fans finally accepted him as one of theirs last year. He was truly impressed that twice in three days people stayed through extended rain delays on the chance Rodriguez hit a milestone homer. Now that he didn’t drill No. 600 in The Bronx...

Curtis Granderson was looking for "the feel." When he got to the Stadium yesterday, the Yankee center fielder's basic feel was one of overriding nausea, thanks to that spiffy .240 batting average. So he went for early optional hitting. "To try to get the feel," he explained. "Sometimes you...

Joba Chamberlain felt the positive was how he finished, not how he started the eighth inning yesterday. But he was one base-runner from not finishing the inning at all. Yankee manager Joe Girardi, after watching Chamberlain surrender a walk and then a Scott Podsednik home run to turn a comfortable...

LOS ANGELES -- Just what the Mets needed to punctuate their road odlot through hell with a busted air conditioner: another loss and a sore R.A. Dickey. The veteran knuckleballer joined the Mets' list of casualties by injuring his left leg in the sixth inning yesterday at Dodger Stadium...