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ARLINGTON — The state of the Rangers’ finances has hindered the club’s chances to acquire a front-line starting pitcher before Friday’s trade deadline, but general manager Jon Daniels continues to look for ways to add pitching help.Club officials said that chances are slim that the Rangers would acquire Roy Halladay or Cliff Lee, both former Cy Young Award winners. Toronto has asked for three of the Rangers’ top prospects, including left-hander Derek Holland. The Rangers balked at that, as well as the $6 million Halladay would be owed the rest of the season.Lee remains available, but even his remaining salary of just over $2 million seems too steep to be added to the payroll. 'It’s a different environment than we’ve dealt with in the past,' Daniels said. 'We haven’t made any secret of that. It’s unlikely you will see us adding any significant amount of money. It doesn’t mean that we can’t improve the club. It just makes

Associated Foods Stores is poised to overtake Smith's Food & Drug and Wal-Mart to become the state's No. 1 grocery chain by number of stores with its purchase of 36 Albertsons supermarkets in Utah announced Tuesday.

Former Flyer John LeClair will be inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame, USA Hockey announced yesterday.

JEFF CAPLAN Tony Romo might still wear his ball cap frat-boy backwards on the sidelines, but between the lines the Dallas Cowboys are expecting a take-charge approach from their veteran quarterback.?I sense a different Tony than I was talking to three years ago,? owner and general manager Jerry Jones said Tuesday during his annual state-of-the-team address. Training camp opens today with an afternoon practice at the Alamodome.?My conversations with him,? Jones said, ?have been more about making sure that he articulates to the staff and to coach [Wade Phillips] and everybody involved, that he really gives them the input that helps him be the best he can be, make the plays he?s most comfortable with, doing those kinds of things.?Phillips said Romo set a positive tone with teammates during the off-season with hard work. With Jones? ?Romo-friendly? off-season moves and Romo?s continued maturation, Phillips said he believes Romo will seize greater control of the team. ?I think Tony will st

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. -- Ryan Coyle of Cross Plains, Wis., a senior this fall in the PGA Golf Management University Program at Mississippi State University, heads the list of 14 recipients of the 2009 Paul Runyan Collegiate Golf Management Scholarship. Coyle earned a $2,500 scholarship, which is presented to a college senior in the PGA Golf Management University Program currently offered at 20 universities with programs accredited by The PGA of America.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Delaware's House Majority Leader is calling the NFL hypocritical for a lawsuit the league filed with other sports to block sports betting in the state.

ALLEGATIONS that some Queensland Origin players used a dangerous home-made party drug in the lead-up to the final game in Brisbane just won't go away, with Broncos coach Ivan Henjak yesterday questioning the condition of some players when they returned to the club.

Queensland Rugby League was under attack for their handling of an investigation into allegations Maroons players dabbled with a home-made party drug in the lead up to State of Origin III.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - Penn State snatched the title of No. 1 party school in the country away from the University of Florida in the 2009 Princeton Review survey of 122,000 students nationwide. Florida, last year's winner, finished second in the annual survey released yesterday.

Delaware's House Majority Leader is calling the NFL hypocritical for a lawsuit the league filed with other sports to block sports betting in the state.