Roger Clemens pleads not guilty at arraignment
Former baseball great Roger Clemens pleaded not guilty Monday in federal court to charges that he lied to Congress about the alleged doping.
Former baseball great Roger Clemens pleaded not guilty Monday in federal court to charges that he lied to Congress about the alleged doping.
Officials at the federal courthouse in Washington said Thursday that seven-time Cy Young winner Roger Clemens would be arraigned Monday on criminal charges.
USA Basketball drew a strong test in World Championship warm-ups, trailing less-than-elite Lithuania for the better part of three quarters before eventually pulling away to a 77-61 win.
Kevin Durant led the Americans with 15 points. Raptors forward Linas Kleiza, the only current NBA player on Lithuania’s roster, scored 12.
Team USA struggled from the floor the [...]
Derrek LeeAfter seven mostly happy years with the Chicago Cubs, first baseman Derrek Lee has returned to the site of his favorite memory as a ballplayer: the tiny visiting clubhouse at historic Wrigley Field.
Lee made his Atlanta Braves debut on Friday against the very team that dealt him away two days earlier. Batting cleanup, he [...]
FORT WORTH — The high-priced asset up for auction was not a Picasso but a baseball team that has rarely been described as artful — or very successful.
The auction house was a bankruptcy courtroom that lacked eager suitors holding up numbered paddles or a fast-talking auctioneer banging a bid-ending gavel.
But in a contentious, delay-filled [...]
While the Dodgers continue to disappear from the playoff race, another Los Angeles constant has vanished.
The team has removed the “Mannywood” sign on the left-field fence. Once a frenetic area where fans could converge around Dodgers left-fielder Manny Ramirez — after paying $99 for two tickets behind him and two T-shirts — the area has [...]
BOSTON — B.J. Upton capped a five-run third inning with a three-run homer, and the Tampa Bay Rays completed a four-game sweep of the bumbling Boston Red Sox with an 8-2 victory Monday in the annual Patriots Day game.
The Red Sox (4-9) are off to their worst start since opening 1996 at 2-11.
Boston finished 0 [...]
Bobby Bragan, nicknamed “Mr. Baseball” and considered Fort Worth’s ambassador of the sport, died Thursday night. He was 92.
Bragan became a part of Fort Worth baseball in the 1940s when he joined the Fort Worth Cats as a player/manager, and his outgoing personality, positive outlook on life and deep passion for baseball kept him in [...]
NEW YORK — Mark McGwire finally came clean, admitting he used steroids when he broke baseball’s home run record in 1998.
McGwire said in a statement sent to The Associated Press on Monday he used steroids on and off for nearly a decade. During a 20-minute telephone interview shortly afterward, his voice repeatedly cracked.
“It’s very emotional, [...]
Whitey HerzogINDIANAPOLIS — Whitey Herzog and Doug Harvey were elected by a Hall of Fame Veterans Committee on managers and umpires, but a separate committee for executives and pioneers did not select anyone for induction into the Cooperstown shrine.
The committees’ decisions were announced Monday morning by Jane Forbes Clark, the Hall of Fame’s chairman of [...]
Industry the focus for month of September
Water Professionals Week declared in county
Former photographer honored in county fire truck dedication
Historic reunion slated for September in Inverness
Homosassa park names Svoboda volunteer of month
Runners join in fight against ovarian cancer
County employee service awards for August
Hot Pursuit 5K Challenge
Clothing county newborns
CFCC presents student leadership awards