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Johan Franzen scored the go-ahead goal late in the second period and Chris Osgood made 31 saves, helping the defending champion Red Wings beat the Penguins 3-1 on Saturday night in Game 1.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Chris Carpenter would never suggest his St. Louis teammates owed him after the...

Two scratch teams set the Lions tour of South Africa in motion at an eerily underpopulated Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace yesterday, and for 80 long, painful minutes, it was the tourists who looked by far the scratchier. Fortunately for Paul O'Connell's men, there was enough stoppage time to make a difference. Two tries during the added extras, the first from Alun Wyn Jones and the second from Ronan O'Gara, turned things round, but celebrations were not so much muted as silent.

CHAREAN WILLIAMS The movers were at Chris Canty’s new home last week. He is starting to feel at home in the New York Giants’ locker room, too.Canty left the Dallas Cowboys almost three months ago, the Giants’ six-year, $42 million offer too rich for Dallas to beat. He started organized team activities with his new team last week.'It feels good,' Canty said in a telephone interview. 'I put on my jersey, and it’s the same 99. Different jersey, a little different football team, different team atmosphere, but it’s very exciting, and I’m happy to be a part of it.'In his four seasons in Dallas, Canty played in all 64 possible games, with 50 starts. He made 148 tackles, 10 sacks and defensed eight passes. But Canty, who has his weight up from the low 300s to 315-320, expects his stats to go up now that he’s in a 4-3 defense. 'Three-four defensive lines get a bad rap of sorts, because they don’t make a lot of stats,' Canty said. 'They’re n

Reds LF Chris Dickerson had a three-hit evening on Saturday against the Brewers in a 9-5 loss. Dickerson had a triple and two singles as the team's leadoff hitter, scoring once and driving in another. His batting average increased to .250 on the season with the performance.

On Saturday, Nuggets center Chris Andersen was asked the same forward-looking question all players whose season just ended must endure: What's the next step for the team?

Johan Franzen scored the go-ahead goal late in the second period and Chris Osgood made 31 saves, helping the defending champion Detroit Red Wings beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-1 in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals.

I know it's been rough the past two days, but yes, there is Josh Vitters news tonight. I'm sure some of you were screaming 'Bust' after he went 1 for 9 the past two nights. Oh, and if someone has a spare relief pitcher, Ryne Sandberg could use one. The Cubs recently signed outfielder John-Ford Griffin and infielder Anderson Machado and assigned them to Iowa, which has been depleted by injuries and callups. Iowa Cubs The I-Cubs split a double-header with the Memphis Redbirds, winning the first 5-2 and dropping the second one 3-2 in nine innings. The first game was all Jeff Samardzija. The Shark allowed two runs in the first inning and then shut the Redbirds down the rest of the way for a seven-inning complete game victory. On top of that, he hit a solo home run. Samardzija allowed six hits and three walks while collecting three strikeouts. Catcher Chris Robinson was also 3 for 4 with two RBI. In the second game, Greg Reinhard started and had a good three-inning start. Reinhard allowed o

Albert Pujols burst out of his power slump with two homers, and Chris Duncan drove in the go-ahead run with a two-out double in the seventh inning of the St. Louis Cardinals' 6-2 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Saturday night.

Jeremy Hermida homered and drove in four runs, Josh Johnson put together another dominant start against New York, and the Florida Marlins beat the makeshift Mets 7-3 on Saturday. Jorge Cantu also drove in two runs for the Marlins, who battered starter Tim Redding in building a 7-1 lead by the fifth inning. The top of the Florida order did most of the damage, with leadoff hitter Chris Coghlan walking three times and the first five spots combining for nine hits.