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When Mark Buehrle's perfect game was six outs from the finish line, the butterflies started fluttering around U.S. Cellular Field. It turns out, Buehrle might have been the coolest person there Thursday.

ST. GEORGE - Earlier this month, ballplayers took the field for a noontime contest at Richmond County Bank Ballpark in St. George.

By TOBIAS XAVIER LOPEZ ARLINGTON — Cowboys Stadium already has had concert seats and artificial grass on the floor, but this week the stadium will go green.Field crews began installing a grass surface Wednesday, continued Thursday and expect to finish today in anticipation of Sunday’s international soccer exhibition.English Premier League club Chelsea and Mexico’s Club America are scheduled to kick off at 6 p.m. as part of the World Football Challenge tournament being held this summer in six United States venues.Unlike last weekend’s Gold Cup soccer tournament, promoters of this event required a natural surface for their matches.Randy Price of Tri Tex Grass said his company specializes in field installments of this magnitude.Here are some facts involving the installation at Cowboys Stadium:Tifway 419 Bermuda grass1.5 inches of soil underneath the grass18 months, time the grass has grown on a farm in Tioga20 truckloads to haul the rolls of grass600 rolls of g

DAYTON, Ohio -- A Cubs minor leaguer accused of throwing a baseball that injured a fan in Ohio testified Thursday that he threw the ball downward toward a dugout to try to keep opposing players from rushing the field during an on-field melee.

ANAHEIM - Bobby Abreu's play in right field continues to make it obvious that the Vladimir Guerrero era is coming to an end.

The Braves' resounding homestand ended Thursday with a thud. After a wince. And expletives. After manager Bobby Cox was ejected, and pitcher Mike Gonzalez was hit in the forearm by a line drive, the Braves' recently splendid defense unraveled in a four-run eighth inning that carried the San Francisco Giants to a sweep-averting 5-1 win at Turner Field. . . .

Americans currently hold the top three spots in the general classification of the Tour de l'Abitibi, a junior stage race in Canada often referred to as a Tour de France for juniors. The event welcomes the best junior cyclists in the world, and after three of its seven stages, U.S. National team riders Andrew Barker and Charlie Avis are first and second overall, and fellow American Anders Newbury is third in the 126-rider field.

Club watches the highlights in Turner Field clubhouse

Motherwell boss Jim Gannon says the 8-1 thrashing of Flamurtari shows it was no gamble to field young players.

Collingwood star Alan Didak has defended his on-field behaviour during last week's loss to Hawthorn when he lost his cool under the constant provocation of Hawks tagger Ben McGlynn.