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Flanker Richie McCaw is a surprising inclusion in New Zealand's starting XV for Saturday's Tri-Nationas clash

If there was a day when the Yankees needed a little good news, it was Monday. The revelation that Jorge Posada and Hideki Matsui could both be lost for the season was ominous.

Childhood home of former baseball home run king to become a museum

Yankee catcher's season in doubt with right shoulder injury

Magna Entertainment, the Aurora, Ontario-based racing company that owns Laurel Park and Pimlico, announced yesterday that Scott Borgemenke , the executive vice president of racing, had left the company as of July 18.

GREENSBORO, Ga., July 21 -- The copies of the white document that made their way around the Ritz-Carlton Lodge yesterday afternoon provoked meager surprise, an anti-climactic conclusion to ample discussion in previous days. The team with the prodigious running back tandem, efficient quarterback and...

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Yankees routed the Minnesota Twins 12-4 on Monday to record their fourth consecutive victory and keep pace in the race for the American League East.

It just won't be the same without Jeremy Shockey around to throw a fit after Eli Manning bounced one at his feet or sailed one over his head or didn't feed his ego by throwing him the ball 10 times a game.

Shortstop Omar Vizquel poses a sticky wicket for the Giants. On one hand, they surely want to see prospects such as Emmanuel Burriss and Ivan Ochoa at shortstop for the rest of the season. But with Vizquel hitting .166, he might be difficult to trade. In...