The recent deaths of George Steinbrenner and Bob Sheppard added resonance to Old-Timers’ Day, which was held without perhaps the Yankees’ most beloved living icon, Yogi Berra.

The following is an edited transcript of new Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov’s press conference yesterday at the Four Seasons: What did you know of America growing up? We had a Soviet ideology at the time, but my father Dmitri travelled a lot. And he travelled six or 10 times...

By acquiring pitching, signing core veterans, and grooming rookies, the Orioles believe that they are on a path to contention, despite having a record well below .500.

TAMPA -- Yankees left-hander Andy Pettitte threw 83 pitches over 5 1/3 innings in a minor league game today. Pettitte allowed five runs one earned and seven hits for Single-A Tampa against Philadelphia's Clearwater team. All the runs came in the...

He has not played in the N.F.L. in more than two years and was in prison for 18 months. But Michael Vick is about to preria back onto the field.