Ben Francisco

NEW YORK -- Eduardo Nunez doubled to lead off the sixth inning and came in to score on a double play and Mariano Rivera pitched a scoreless ninth inning for his 11th consecutive save of the season and the 619th of his career, to lead the New York...

NEW YORK -- Travis Hafner made his first start of the season against a left-handed pitcher and drove in four runs as the New York Yankees rallied in the late innings for a 5-4 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday. Before Saturday, Hafner had...

NEW YORK -- Hiroki Kuroda recovered from a slow start to pitch six innings, and the New York Yankees opened a four-game series with a 5-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday night at Yankee Stadium. Kuroda (3-1) allowed three runs and six...

The Orioles waste no time jumping into the thick of the American League East race, that’s for sure. After the three-game series with the Tampa Bay Rays that starts with today’s season opener, they’ll open a six game road trip against the...

The Royals expect James Shields to be a difference maker. But were they close enough to being a playoff team before they added him? That's the question about the deal in which the Royals sent future All-Star Wil Myers to the Rays. It's too early to...

SARASOTA, Fla. – The Orioles’ goal in the last few games of spring training is to get out of Sarasota healthy. In an 11-8 loss to the New York Yankees, the Orioles saw two players – both likely headed to the minors – leave the...

|TODAY| |MEN’S CITY LEAGUE BASKETBALL| |at Washington Street Gym|  6:30 p.m. — Mielke Farms vs. Kessler’s/Pepsi.  7:45 p.m. — Napton Gardens vs. Gold Pages.  9 p.m. — Aberdeen Bombers vs. Coke Zero. |CHURCH LEAGUE...

|TV SPORTS| Tennis--Australian Open, same-day tape, 1 p.m. (ESPN2), 8 and 2:30 a.m. (ESPN2) Cycling--Tour Down Under, Stage 1, same-day tape, 2:30 p.m. (NBCSN) Men’s College Basketball--Iowa at Ohio State, 5:30 p.m. (Big 10 Network);...

Orioles rookie Manny Machado has spent his brief time in the big leagues making difficult plays at third base — like the slow roller down the line — appear routine. But the dazzling plays he'd already made in his short time as a big leaguer...

On a night when the Orioles regained a share of first place in the American League East, another humongous win was overshadowed by another scary injury. Three nights after the Orioles lost right fielder Nick Markakis for the rest of the regular season,...

In considering the Orioles’ remarkable season and the myriad unsung contributors that the club has rescued from the minors, it’s easy to point to Miguel Gonzalez, who was pitching in Mexico, and Lew Ford, who was playing in the Atlantic...

|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| Soccer—Premier League, Fulham at West Ham, 6:30 a.m. (ESPN2); Women’s National Teams, Exhibition, United States vs. Costa Rica, 1:30 p.m. (NBC) College Football—Notre Dame vs. Navy, 8 a.m. (CBS); Ohio at Penn...