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Joe Lemire: Marlins have intriguing options for new manager; Cards await Pujols' tests
Verlander goes distance again to beat Rockies
Yankees' Alex Rodriguez downplays sore left shoulder
Swisher's 3-run HR caps Yanks' rally past Cubs
Virginia, S. Carolina reach CWS winner's bracket
Vanderbilt, Florida coaches have to put aside friendship
Justice Department sets June 30 meeting with BCS director
James Shields getting results from offseason regimen
NBC hopes McIlroy's U.S. Open win leads to big ratings
NFL's best: Clay Matthews and the top 10 outside LBs of 2011
Swisher's tiebreaking HR lifts Yankees (AP)
NFL owners push rookie wage scale in agreement
Managers, hitting coaches paying the price
Swisher leads Yankees past Cubs
Man testifies gang beat him over Shaq sex tape
Hight breaks national speed record in Bristol win
Sources: Marlins expect to dub McKeon skipper
Walk-off hit lifts South Carolina past Texas A&M
Congressional adopted Northern Irish lad
Pujols injures wrist, awaits X-rays

Joe Lemire: Marlins have intriguing options for new manager; Cards await Pujols' tests

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 08:55 PM PDT

The Marlins need a manager. Edwin Rodriguez resigned before Sunday's game. Could Jack McKeon right the ship? Joe Lemire addresses this situation and other weekend developments.

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Verlander goes distance again to beat Rockies

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 11:44 PM PDT

Justin Verlander threw a four-hitter for his second straight complete game and the Detroit Tigers beat the Colorado Rockies 9-1 on Sunday.

Yankees' Alex Rodriguez downplays sore left shoulder

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 11:02 PM PDT

Alex Rodriguez has a sore left shoulder. How sore is hard to tell. Rodriguez downplayed a report that said he is playing with strained shoul ...

Swisher's 3-run HR caps Yanks' rally past Cubs

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 11:53 PM PDT

Nick Swisher hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the eighth inning and the Yankees routed the Cubs 10-4 on Sunday night in the finale of their first series at Wrigley Field in eight years.

Virginia, S. Carolina reach CWS winner's bracket

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 09:59 PM PDT

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- South Carolina won its first game at TD Ameritrade Park the same dramatic way it clinched the 2010 national championship in the last College World Series game played at Rosenblatt Stadium.

Vanderbilt, Florida coaches have to put aside friendship

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 08:53 PM PDT

Vanderbilt coach Tim Corbin and Florida coach Kevin O'Sullivan are close comrades and colleagues but will face off Monday in Omaha.

Justice Department sets June 30 meeting with BCS director

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 07:47 PM PDT

Justice Department attorneys looking into the legality of college football's Bowl Championship Series will sit down at the end of the month with ...

James Shields getting results from offseason regimen

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 08:00 PM PDT

After his worst year in the major leagues, James Shields knew something had to change.

NBC hopes McIlroy's U.S. Open win leads to big ratings

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 09:15 PM PDT

NBC hoping McIlroy's record U.S. Open win leads to big ratings

NFL's best: Clay Matthews and the top 10 outside LBs of 2011

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 09:45 PM PDT

In a quarterback-driven league, elite outside linebackers are the pass-rushing demons who thrive on driving those men under center into the ground. ...

Swisher's tiebreaking HR lifts Yankees (AP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 09:56 PM PDT

Nick Swisher is laughing again, and he had plenty of reasons for his big smile Sunday night. Swisher hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the eighth inning and the New York Yankees routed the Chicago Cubs 10-4 in the finale of their first series at Wrigley Field in eight years. "Just a total team effort today," Swisher said.

NFL owners push rookie wage scale in agreement

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 09:16 PM PDT

Under old rules, Cam Newton might get a rookie contract including perhaps $60 million in guaranteed money before taking a single NFL snap.

Managers, hitting coaches paying the price

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 07:29 PM PDT

The Marlins became the second team to change managers when Edwin Rodriguez resigned.

Swisher leads Yankees past Cubs

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 12:55 AM PDT

CHICAGO (AP) -- Nick Swisher is laughing again, and he had plenty of reasons for his big smile Sunday night.

Man testifies gang beat him over Shaq sex tape

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 08:47 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A Los Angeles music producer testified that gang members kidnapped him in 2008 and told him the reason was an "issue'' with Shaquille O'Neal and his business partner, according to transcripts from a preliminary criminal hearing.

Hight breaks national speed record in Bristol win

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 11:47 PM PDT

Robert Hight raced to his fourth Funny Car victory of the season Sunday, breaking the national speed record with a 316.45 mph run in the Thunder Valley NHRA Nationals.

Sources: Marlins expect to dub McKeon skipper

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 11:18 PM PDT

The Florida Marlins are expected to name 80-year old Jack McKeon their next manager, multiple league sources told ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney late Sunday night.

Walk-off hit lifts South Carolina past Texas A&M

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 10:34 PM PDT

Scott Wingo drilled a bases-loaded single off the right-field wall in the bottom of the ninth inning to give defending national champion South Carolina a 5-4 victory over Texas A&M at the College World Series on Sunday night.