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CHICAGO (AP) — Adam Dunn has been insisting all season he feels great, even while he was piling up strikeouts at the beginning of the year. It's not so hard to believe him right now. Dunn hit a three-run homer in the first inning and the Chicago...

|TODAY| |HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS’ GOLF| State B Tournament at Edgebrook Golf Course in Brookings State A Tournament at Pine Hills Golf Course in Milbank State AA Tournament at Hillcrest Golf & Country Club in Yankton   |HIGH SCHOOL BOYS’...

|TODAY| |HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' GOLF| State B Tournament at Edgebrook Golf Course in Brookings State A Tournament at Pine Hills Golf Course in Milbank State AA Tournament at Hillcrest Golf & Country Club in Yankton   |HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' GOLF|...

Going, going, gone; not baseballs over the wall at Fenway Park, but closer Joel Hanrahan. The Red Sox put him on the 60-day disabled list because of a bad pitching elbow. At first, the team announced Monday night that the injury was a "flexor-pronator...

The Nielsen Ratings are in for the Kentucky Derby, and NBC could boast that 16.2 million people watched - up 9 percent from last year. Nielsen doesn't count the number of sets through which losing ticket holders fling heavy objects, but one assumes that...

Talking baseball while wondering if LeBron James and his kingsmen are taking the Bulls seriously. 1. When the Cubs get around to trading Alfonso Soriano, it would be ideal to have a homegrown replacement ready. There are none in sight, however, as Brett...

BOSTON (AP) — The Red Sox and Rays were making their ways out of Fenway Park when two explosions near the finish line of the Boston Marathon were heard at the stadium. The Red Sox beat the Rays 3-2 on an RBI double by Mike Napoli in the ninth...

One of the key questions for the Orioles this season is whether their bullpen can repeat its success from 2012. Bullpens could actually be a deciding factor in a taut American League East. Hall of Fame pitcher and TBS MLB analyst Dennis Eckersley joined...

The insignias honoring Newtown, a black ribbon with the town's crest, were painted into the grass on the field at Yankee Stadium, and a number of Red Sox players snapped photos. "What we do is provide a distraction, but that's temporary," said Red Sox...

BOSTON (AP) — If Joel Hanrahan can do for the Boston Red Sox what he did against them, they should be very happy with their new closer.   In the first of his two All-Star seasons, the right-hander posted back-to-back saves for the Pittsburgh...

[Down the stretch is a daily Orioles Insider blog that will set up the coming day for the O's and their American League competition as the push for the postseason continues.] About last night Orioles beat Rays, 1-0, to stay alive in division race...

Of all the nooks and nuances of Fenway Park — from the afternoon shadows that creep along the infield in the fall to the adventurous outfield that includes the Green Monster and the Pesky Pole — none of them go unnoticed by Orioles manager...