BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Suspended Virginia Tech placekicker Cody Journell's future with the Hokies is in the hands of athletic director Jim Weaver.
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — New Virginia Tech men's basketball coach James Johnson has landed his first player.
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — The lawyer for Cody Journell says the Virginia Tech kicker has reached an agreement with prosecutors to plead guilty to a reduced charge stemming from a December incident.
HAMPTON, Va. (AP) — New York Jets defensive lineman Kenrick Ellis pleaded guilty Monday to assault and battery stemming from a 2010 fight while attending college in Virginia.
HAMPTON, Va. (AP) — New York Jets defensive lineman Kenrick Ellis pleaded guilty Monday to assault and battery stemming from a 2010 fight while attending college in Virginia.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Former West Virginia football coach Bill Stewart died Monday of what athletic department officials said was an apparent heart attack.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Former West Virginia football coach Bill Stewart has died of what the athletic department says was an apparent heart attack.
The lockout was easier than all this.
The players union claimed Wednesday that the NFL imposed a secret salary cap during the uncapped 2010 season that cost the players at least $1 billion.
ATLANTA (AP) — The NFL's move to make thigh and knee pads mandatory equipment for the 2013 season already has drawn criticism from the guys who will have to wear them.
ATLANTA (AP) — An arbitrator upheld the NFL's salary cap reductions on the Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins for this season and next.
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — New Virginia Tech men's basketball coach James Johnson has landed his first player.
SEATTLE (AP) — The broken record of flailing swings, empty at-bats and strikeouts piling up against Los Angeles starter Dan Haren irritated Seattle manager Eric Wedge to no end.
CINCINNATI (AP) — The beat-up Braves just wanted to leave.
CINCINNATI (AP) — Memo to Reds' clubhouse staff: Buy more shaving cream. Fast.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge says that if former Major League Baseball player David Segui (seh-GEE') defies a prosecution subpoena to testify at the Roger Clemens perjury trial, he had better run, "because the marshals will be after him."
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Aramis Ramirez hit a three-run double in a six-run first inning, Jonathan Lucroy added a two-run homer in the second and the Milwaukee Brewers rocked Barry Zito again at Miller Park in an 8-5 win over the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — No dustups between Bryce Harper and Cole Hamels in the rematch.
NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Rodriguez gave Will Smith a rude welcome to the major leagues Wednesday night, hitting two homers off the rookie to back another strong start for Andy Pettitte and lead the New York Yankees over the Kansas City Royals 8-3.
BALTIMORE (AP) — Daniel Nava and Kelly Shoppach hit sixth-inning homers to turn a tie game in Boston's favor, and the Red Sox withstood two home runs by Nick Johnson in a 6-5 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday.
BALTIMORE (AP) — The Orioles had just wasted two home runs by Nick Johnson in a 6-5 loss to the Boston Red Sox, yet the mood in the clubhouse wasn't completely somber.
BALTIMORE (AP) — Daniel Nava and Kelly Shoppach hit sixth-inning homers to turn a tie game in Boston's favor, and the Red Sox withstood two home runs by Nick Johnson in a 6-5 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday.
PHOENIX (AP) — Ivan De Jesus showed some surprising muscle at the plate and Dee Gordon hung tough turning two.
BALTIMORE (AP) — Kevin Youkilis wasted no time getting back into a groove at the plate in his first game off the disabled list.
BALTIMORE (AP) — Brian Matusz allowed two hits and struck out nine in 6 1-3 innings, Steve Tolleson and Wilson Betemit both hit two-run homers, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Boston Red Sox 4-1 on Tuesday night.
Today is Friday, May 25, the 146th day of 2012. There are 220 days left in the year.
CINCINNATI (AP) — The beat-up Braves just wanted to leave.
CINCINNATI (AP) — Memo to Reds' clubhouse staff: Buy more shaving cream. Fast.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Aramis Ramirez hit a three-run double in a six-run first inning, Jonathan Lucroy added a two-run homer in the second and the Milwaukee Brewers rocked Barry Zito again at Miller Park in an 8-5 win over the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday.
CINCINNATI (AP) — Todd Frazier hit a one-out homer in the ninth inning Wednesday night, extending the Cincinnati Reds' best surge of the season with a 2-1 victory over the Atlanta Braves.
CINCINNATI (AP) — Brandon Phillips drove in three runs with a pair of homers off Brandon Beachy on Tuesday night, leading the Cincinnati Reds to a 4-3 victory over the Atlanta Braves in another game of all-or-nothing.