The New York Yankees opted to go without their
highest-paid player with their season on the line. Fortunately, the one with
the second-largest salary was able to provide a return on the team's
investment.

The NCAA Tournament is about more than basketball and buzzer-beater endings.

Panicking in private is a lot like a tree
falling in the woods -- it happens all the time but others don't necessarily
know about it.

Whoever said that "Scrooge" is a heartless curmudgeon, should have been in High Point Monday morning.

Reigning champion Mikhail Youzhny and
former titlist Marcos Baghdatis were a pair of winners Wednesday at the Zagreb
Indoors tennis event.

The San Jose Earthquakes continue to look for the
kind of result that will spark a turnaround in their season, and the club will
hope to deliver that performance on Saturday at Rio Tinto Stadium against Real
Salt Lake.

If you ask anyone within the D.C.
United organization, they'll probably tell you the club has had an absolutely
dismal 2013 season.

Third seed Agnieszka Radwanska, fourth-
seeded Chinese star Li Na and last week's Tokyo titlist Petra Kvitova were
among the winners Wednesday at the $5 million China Open.

The Detroit Tigers' quest toward another pennant begins
the same way it did a year ago, with a best-of-five American League Division
Series against the Oakland Athletics.

The Boston Red Sox put the final nail
in the stubborn Tampa Bay Rays' coffin Tuesday.