The Chelsea star collapsed to the ground after a first-half collision and had blood pouring from his nose, but he finished the match and helped his team to victory. More »Luiz breaks nose in Brazil win over Mexico
Police have yet to rule out New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez as a suspect in a homicide investigation in North Attleboro, Mass., WBZ-TV reported. More »NFL Roundup: Hernandez probe continues, Smith re-signs with 49ers
With talented players such as forward Ryan Anderson and guard Olivier Hanlan returning, there’s a feeling among many that Boston College can be one of the ACC’s most improved teams in 2013-14. A group that has taken its share of lumps in Steve Donahue’s first two seasons on the Heights, the Eagles took both eventual… More »6-11 big man Billy Magarity commits to Boston College
Chris Bosh had a message for Miami fans who left the Heat's historic comeback late in the fourth quarter: stay home next time. More »Chris Bosh says fans who left Game 6 early can 'watch the game at home'
Bryce Harper will begin baseball activities in the next day or two, moving the Nationals outfielder closer to a return from the DL. More »Harper ramping up to baseball activities
Padres' rotation standing out More »Team Report - SAN DIEGO PADRES
COMMENTARY| Reds Country got a good look at the face of the Cincinnati Reds' new eighth-inning reliever on June 17, and it was a sight that will be as energizing to see for future eighth innings as the bullpen emergence of closer Aroldis Chapman is to see in the ninth. There's no question that Tony Cingrani is worthy of the Reds' starting rotation: he posted a 3.15 ERA and 0.975 WHIP in seven starts as a substitute starter during the trips to the disabled list made by Reds' ace Johnny Cueto. ... More »Cincinnati Reds Must Keep Tony Cingrani Removed from Rotation for Now
After tensions flared early, the Padres took a late lead on Jesus Guzman's home run, only to watch Gregor Blanco lead the Giants to a series win. More »Instant Replay: Giants take series with another comeback win
NEW YORK (AP) -- The Heat's wild overtime win over the Spurs in the NBA Finals drew the second-largest audience for a Game 6 since ABC started televising the series in 2003. More »NBA Finals Game 6 draws 20.6 million viewers
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Chris Perez isn't ready to return to the mound for the Indians just yet. More »Indians' Perez not ready to return
The Union on Wednesday signed veteran goalkeeper Oka Nikolov to serve as a mentor for young starter Zac MacMath. More »Union bring in Nikolov to push, mentor MacMath
David Price felt “great” after a bullpen session on Tuesday and has now been cleared to take a major step in his recovery from a strained left triceps. According to Roger Mooney of the Tampa Tribune, the ace left-hander is scheduled to begin a minor league rehab assignment on Friday with the High-A Charlotte Stone… More »David Price to begin rehab assignment on Friday
Well under two months before the start of summer camp, Utah has taken what could be a significant hit on the offensive side of the ball. According to the Salt Lake Tribune, Quinton Pedroza has been dismissed from the Utah football team. Other than the standard “violation of unspecified team rules,” no reason was given for… More »Utes dismiss projected starter at receiver
Target Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon is next up in the 2013 series of INDYCAR 36 shows on NBC Sports Network, produced by IMS Productions. The crew followed Dixon at Texas two weeks ago, and it will air on Thursday night, June 20, at 11 p.m. ET on NBCSN. Texas offers more downtime than most events… More »Scott Dixon to be featured in next INDYCAR 36 on NBCSN
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- The Washington Nationals reinstated second baseman Danny Espinosa from the disabled list and optioned him to Triple-A Syracuse before Wednesday night's game against the Philadelphia Phillies. More »Nationals send Espinosa to Triple-A
Aware that Chris Paul wants to play for Doc Rivers, the Clippers are again talking to the Celtics about a deal that would bring the coach and Kevin Garnett to Los Angeles. More »Clippers restart talks with Celtics on Kevin Garnett-Doc Rivers deal
DETROIT (AP) -- Chris Davis sent a pitch to opposite field over the left-field fence and pulled another one deep into the right-field seats. More »Chris Davis' 2 HRs help Orioles blast Tigers 13-3
Goals. They're the point of the game. Join MLSsoccer.com as we follow the MLS Matchday, from the first goal to the last, as they happen in real time. More »MLS Goal Timeline (June 19, 2013): Watch all the goals in Wednesday's MLS action
DETROIT -- Chris Davis would like to play in more lopsided games. If he keeps blasting homers like he did on Wednesday, he'll get his wish. More »Davis' bat carries Orioles to 13-3 rout of Tigers
Tough timing for free agent Mason Raymond. More »Report: NHL likely to abolish spin-o-ramas in shootouts
Update (6:40 p.m.): Chris Paul is the catalyst for trade talks resuming. Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports: Clippers management believed Boston would eventually come back to them out of a belief that the Celtics-Rivers relationship would be difficult to repair, but league sources told Y! Sports that Paul’s desire to play for Rivers – and… More »Celtics, Clippers restart Doc Rivers-Kevin Garnett trades talks at Chris Paul’s wish
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- Former New York Giants punter and radio analyst Dave Jennings has died. He was 61. More »Former Giants punter Dave Jennings dies at 61
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) -- The San Francisco 49ers signed defensive end Justin Smith to a two-year contract extension Wednesday to keep one of their most important defensive players off the free-agent market next offseason. More »49ers sign DE Justin Smith to 2-year extension
For all the things that can be said about Los Angeles Lakers forward and relentlessly avant-garde human being Metta World Peace, one thing that decidedly cannot be said about him is that he's lazy. Where other NBA players might spend their offseasons playing video games or getting opaque inspirational tattoos, Metta pushes himself. He's (apparently) playing a vampire sexlord in a web series. He's on a Lifetime movie set with such renowned thespians as Jennie Garth and Headline News host and judgment-dispensing murder-clown Nancy Grace. He's pushing himself. Look at this dude pushing himself: More »Metta World Peace searching for a more distinctive name
* Neymar scores after nine minutes * Sets up substitute Jo for the second goal * Match played against backdrop of protests in Brazil * Neymar speaks up in favour of the protestors (Adds quotes) By Tatiana Ramil FORTALEZA, Brazil, June 19 (Reuters) - Neymar, inspired by the protest movement which has swept Brazil in the last few days, gave possibly his best performance for his country in a 2-0 win over Mexico in the Confederations Cup on Wednesday. ... More »Soccer-Protest-inspired Neymar shines in Brazil win