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Associated Press Baseball union leader Marvin Miller speaks to reporters after rejecting a proposal to end a baseball strike on July 16, 1981, in New York. Miller died Tuesday. He was 95.
Miller empowered baseball union
NEW YORK — Marvin Miller was a labor economist who never played a day of organized baseball. He preferred tennis. Yet he transformed the national pastime as surely as Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson, te...
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Associated Press Philadelphia Phillies catcher Carlos Ruiz makes a play in 2009. He received a 25-game suspension Tuesday following a positive test for an amphetamine.
MLB suspends catcher for 25 games
PHILADELPHIA — Add catcher to the Philadelphia Phillies’ needs this offseason. All-Star Carlos Ruiz was suspended Tuesday for the first 25 games of next season following a positive test for an a...
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Broxton seeks deal, maybe with Reds
CINCINNATI — A person familiar with the negotiations says reliever Jonathan Broxton has been involved in “substantial talks” with the Cincinnati Reds over a multiyear deal. Broxton also is talki...
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Associated Press Tennessee Titans head coach Mike Munchak looks up at the scoreboard with less than two minutes left in Sunday's game against the Jacksonville Jaguars in Jacksonville, Fla. The Titans' disappointing effort against the Jaguars only served to dim their already fading hopes for a playoff berth.
Titans try to regroup after loss
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Titans are trying to figure out how to pick up the pieces after adding another disappointing first to their resume. Instead of getting a win to stay close in the...
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Newton leads Panthers
PHILADELPHIA — Cam Newton returned to his rookie form to outshine a seventh-round draft pick starting his first game since high school. Newton threw for two touchdowns and ran for two more to l...
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Longoria agrees to deal adding $100 million
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Evan Longoria wants to be with the Tampa Bay Rays for his entire big league career. The slugging third baseman agreed Monday to a 10-year contract that adds six guaranteed...
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Source: Red Sox, Gomes agree to terms
BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox have agreed to terms with outfielder Jonny Gomes on a two-year contract that would reportedly pay him $10 million.The Red Sox have not announced the deal. But a baseball...
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Jackson, Givens earn Rams kudos
ST. LOUIS — The five-game winless streak is over for the St. Louis Rams, and not just because of rookie Janoris Jenkins’ historic day. Steven Jackson and rookie Chris Givens had big days on offense...
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Mystery missing in NFL season
Start the playoffs now. Well, just about. More than a month from the end of the NFL season, and nearly every division race is decided. Atlanta and Denver have four-game leads and can earn tit...
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Associated Press New York Giants wide receiver Hakeem Nicks attempts to catch a pass in the end zone during the second half against the Green Bay Packers on Sunday in East Rutherford, N.J.
Giants start fast, dominate Packers
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — So much for that tired arm for Eli Manning, and that offensive slump for the New York Giants. They got it fixed in their bye week, then routed the Green Bay Packers 38-10 Su...
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Birdie blitz carries McIlroy at Dubai
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Rory McIlroy made five straight birdies down the stretch to overtake Justin Rose and win the Dubai World Championship on Sunday, ending a historic year in which the 23...
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Associated Press Janoris Jenkins (center) of the St. Louis Rams celebrates his interception returned for a touchdown against the Arizona Cardinals with Craig Dahl and Michael Brockers on Sunday in Glendale, Ariz. Jenkins became the first player in Rams history and the first NFL rookie since 1960 to return two interceptions for touchdowns in the same game.
Jenkins returns 2 picks for TDs, Rams win 31-17
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Janoris Jenkins has been known to make headlines for the wrong reasons. Not this time. No NFL rookie since 1960 and no Rams rookie ever accomplished what the young St. Louis co...
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Associated Press Tennessee Titans defensive end Derrick Morgan reacts on the bench after a Jacksonville Jaguars touchdown Sunday in Jacksonville, Fla. The Jaguars beat the Titans 24-19.
Titans lament missed chances
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Tennessee Titans had the ball inside Jacksonville’s 25-yard line six times Sunday. And came away with one touchdown. It turned out to be the difference on a day when ...
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Boxer ‘Macho’ Camacho dies in Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Former championship boxer Hector “Macho” Camacho died Saturday at the hospital in Puerto Rico where he has been unconscious since he was shot in the face in an attack in his...
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Cardinals’ David Freese unhurt in accident
WILDWOOD, Mo. — St. Louis Cardinals third baseman David Freese is OK after crashing his SUV while trying to avoid a deer. The accident happened Thursday afternoon in the St. Louis suburb of Wild...
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