Hector Carrasco

TV SPORTS College Football-Military Bowl, Toledo vs. Air Force, 3:30 p.m. (ESPN); Holiday Bowl, California vs. Texas, 7 p.m. (ESPN) Men's College Basketball-Northwestern at Ohio State, 4:30 p.m. (Big 10 Network); Southern Methodist at Oklahoma State,...

TV SPORTS Auto Racing-NASCAR Nationwide Series, OneMain Financial 200, 11:30 a.m. (ESPN2); NASCAR Sprint Cup AAA 400 final practice, 1:30 p.m. (ESPN2) Major League Baseball-Playoffs, Tampa Bay Rays at Texas Rangers, 4 p.m. (TBS); Detroit Tigers at New...

TV SPORTS Tennis-U.S. Open, 10 a.m., 6 p.m. (ESPN2) Soccer-Men's National Teams, Exhibition, United States vs. Belgium, 1:30 p.m. (ESPN) Major League Baseball-Chicago White Sox at Minnesota Twins, 7 p.m. (FXSP) TODAY HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL...

Noteworthy home runs 1. Sept. 6, 1995, against the California Angels' Shawn Boskie. Who cares if it was a meatball served up in a 2-1 game? On the night he broke Lou Gehrig's consecutive-games streak, with the world watching and flashes popping, Ripken...

The injury bug that has decimated the Angels lineup and put an early dent in the rotation claimed the team's most consistent and reliable reliever Tuesday when Justin Speier was put on the 15-day disabled list because of a non-baseball related medical...

The Cubs changed directions again Sunday with a lineup that included Corey Patterson on the bench instead of in the leadoff spot, ending a brief experiment. But the results weren't any different for the floundering Cubs, who rallied twice to tie...

It was one of those forgettable days for Jeromy Burnitz, who went from being in a foul mood to feeling like a fool. And it was one of those frustrating days for the Cubs, again, as they lost one more one-run game, 4-3, to the Washington Nationals at...

Carlos Zambrano, the latest in a long line of injured Cubs players, said Sunday he wasn't sure why he and so many of his teammates have gone down over the last two seasons. "I don't believe in the Billy Goat [curse]," Zambrano said before returning to...

2001 record: (73-89, 4th ) Manager: Jerry Narron (2nd season). Home games: Charlotte County Stadium (5,336), 2300 El Jobean Road, Port Charlotte, Fla. 33948. Directions: I-75 to exit 32, which turns into Toledo Blade Blvd. Travel west on Toledo Blade...

1978 June 7: The Washington Bullets win the NBA championship with a 105-99 victory over the Seattle SuperSonics in Game 7. June 13: Aberdeen High School star Cal Ripken, 17, signs with the Orioles after the club selects him in the second round of...

Cal Ripken's first major-league hit came against Dennis Lamp of the Chicago White Sox on Aug. 16, 1981. His last hit came against Frank Castillo of the Boston Red Sox in Game 1 of a doubleheader on Oct. 5, 2001. Ripken finished his career with 3,184...

Nineteenth of a series recounting Cal Ripken's 20 full major-league seasons. On Nov. 1, 2000, Cal Ripken signed a one-year contract that assured his return for another season. But what kind of player would the Orioles be getting? He was guaranteed to be...