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Roger Clemens pleads not guilty at arraignment

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.

Clemens to appear before judge Monday

Clemens to appear before judge Monday

Officials at the federal courthouse in Washington said Thursday that seven-time Cy Young winner Roger Clemens would be arraigned Monday on criminal charges.

Team USA challenged by Lithuania in warm-up

Team USA challenged by Lithuania in warm-up

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 Lee returns to Wrigley

Derrek Lee returns to Wrigley

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 [...]

Texas Rangers sold at auction

Texas Rangers sold at auction

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 [...]

‘Mannywood’ vanishes from Dodger Stadium

‘Mannywood’ vanishes from Dodger Stadium

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 [...]

Rays complete four-game sweep of Red Sox behind Upton, Bartlett

Rays complete four-game sweep of Red Sox behind Upton, Bartlett

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 [...]

Former Fort Worth Cats manager Bobby Bragan dies

Former Fort Worth Cats manager Bobby Bragan dies

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 [...]

Mark McGwire admits he used steroids when he broke home-run record

Mark McGwire admits he used steroids when he broke home-run record

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, [...]

Herzog, Harvey elected to Hall of Fame

Herzog, Harvey elected to Hall of Fame

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 [...]

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