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NFL's best: The top 10 running backs of 2011
Yanks sweep, tie for AL East lead
Lee frustrates Giants with fifth shutout of season
Lee's complete-game 7-hitter powers Phillies
Lee tops Giants for fifth shutout of '11 (AP)
Edwards, 49ers agree to one-year, $3.5M deal
NL roundup: Pujols drives Cardinals past Marlins
Yanks win seventh straight as Nova Ks 10 (AP)
Open Mikes: Do TV analysts need to play to talk?
AL roundup: Indians spoil Bedard's Red Sox debut
Nova strikes out 10; Yankees top White Sox for 7th in a row
Joe Lemire: Brewers surge not enough to crack game's corridor of power
Nova strikes out 10 as Yanks sweep White Sox
Evans, Ortiz enter UFC 133 from opposite situations
NBA: Stern paid less than Selig, Goodell (AP)
D-backs, Indians, Pirates work to finish what they started
Marketers reshape how college teams sell tickets
Ask a question for tonight's Peter King live Tweet
Sparano on Favre: 'We don't rule anything out'
Jets wideout Cotchery: 'I'm ready to move on'

NFL's best: The top 10 running backs of 2011

Posted: 04 Aug 2011 11:04 PM PDT

USA TODAY examines the NFL's top running backs, as voted by a panel of its NFL writers.

Yanks sweep, tie for AL East lead

Posted: 04 Aug 2011 10:40 PM PDT

CHICAGO (AP) -- Ivan Nova did his part. Now the onus is on New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi .

Lee frustrates Giants with fifth shutout of season

Posted: 04 Aug 2011 10:40 PM PDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- For Cliff Lee it was just another game, another win that will help his team reach the postseason. There was no revenge factor, no statements.

Lee's complete-game 7-hitter powers Phillies

Posted: 04 Aug 2011 11:06 PM PDT

Phillies 3, Giants 0

Lee tops Giants for fifth shutout of '11 (AP)

Posted: 04 Aug 2011 10:23 PM PDT

For Cliff Lee it was just another game, another win that will help his team reach the postseason. There was no revenge factor, no statements. Lee threw a seven-hitter, Hunter Pence and John Mayberry hit back-to-back home runs and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the San Francisco Giants 3-0 Thursday night.

Edwards, 49ers agree to one-year, $3.5M deal

Posted: 04 Aug 2011 09:51 PM PDT

Free agent wide receiver Braylon Edwards and the San Francisco 49ers have reached an agreement on a one-year, $3.5 million deal, sources told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter on Thursday.

NL roundup: Pujols drives Cardinals past Marlins

Posted: 04 Aug 2011 09:57 PM PDT

Albert Pujols hit his 25th home run, and six relievers combined to help St. Louis beat Florida 7-4 on Thursday night.

Yanks win seventh straight as Nova Ks 10 (AP)

Posted: 04 Aug 2011 09:35 PM PDT

Ivan Nova did his part. Now the onus is on New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi. Nova struck out a career-high 10 and the Yankees beat the Chicago White Sox 7-2 on Thursday night, completing a four-game sweep and winning their seventh in a row overall. "That might be as good as we've seen him all year," Girardi said.

Open Mikes: Do TV analysts need to play to talk?

Posted: 04 Aug 2011 09:30 PM PDT

Michael Hiestand and Michael McCarthy discuss whether broadcasters need to be superstar athletes to analyze the action on the field.

AL roundup: Indians spoil Bedard's Red Sox debut

Posted: 04 Aug 2011 10:11 PM PDT

Justin Masterson struck out nine and again beat his former team, and Carlos Santana hit a go-ahead home run for Cleveland.

Nova strikes out 10; Yankees top White Sox for 7th in a row

Posted: 04 Aug 2011 09:56 PM PDT

Ivan Nova struck out a career-high 10, and the Yankees beat the White Sox 7-2, completing a four-game sweep.

Joe Lemire: Brewers surge not enough to crack game's corridor of power

Posted: 04 Aug 2011 08:00 AM PDT

The Brewers went 8-1 on their recent homestand to jump to No. 4 in this week's Power Rankings, but Joe Lemire says the Phillies, Red Sox and Yankees remain way ahead of everyone.

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Nova strikes out 10 as Yanks sweep White Sox

Posted: 04 Aug 2011 11:20 PM PDT

Ivan Nova struck out a career-high 10 and the New York Yankees beat the Chicago White Sox 7-2 on Thursday night, completing a four-game sweep and winning their seventh in a row overall.

Evans, Ortiz enter UFC 133 from opposite situations

Posted: 04 Aug 2011 11:08 PM PDT

UFC 133 on Saturday features light heavyweights "Suga" Rashad Evans vs. Tito "The Huntington Beach Bad Boy" Ortiz in the main event.

NBA: Stern paid less than Selig, Goodell (AP)

Posted: 04 Aug 2011 07:46 PM PDT

Two league officials say NBA Commissioner David Stern makes less than baseball's Bud Selig or the NFL's Roger Goodell, leaving his salary far below the more than $20 million that's been reported. Some reports had Stern's salary at $23 million, angering locked-out players being asked to accept pay cuts in a new collective bargaining agreement.

D-backs, Indians, Pirates work to finish what they started

Posted: 04 Aug 2011 10:42 PM PDT

The Arizona Diamondbacks, Cleveland Indians and Pittsburgh Pirates have surprised fans and experts alike with their relevance this year.

Marketers reshape how college teams sell tickets

Posted: 04 Aug 2011 11:58 PM PDT

Proactive ticket-selling is a new and potentially delicate enterprise for colleges.

Ask a question for tonight's Peter King live Tweet

Posted: 04 Aug 2011 07:05 PM PDT

Sparano on Favre: 'We don't rule anything out'

Posted: 04 Aug 2011 02:25 PM PDT

DAVIE, Fla. (AP) -- Brett Favre in a Miami Dolphins uniform?

Jets wideout Cotchery: 'I'm ready to move on'