TORONTO (Reuters) - Few pitchers have been handed a better opportunity to notch their first Major league win than Brad Mills and he did not waste it, delivering a masterful two-hit effort in the Toronto Blue Jays' 5-0 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday. Summoned from Class AAA Las ...

Sheets, who was placed on the 15-day disabled list on Saturday, missed the entire 2009 season after having surgery on his right elbow. "He'll be missed both on the field and off the field," Oakland manager Bob Geren told the team's website (http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com). "He's ...

Local media reported that the 33-year-old would stay after penning a three-year contract with the "Brave Dragons," who have agreed to help him promote his athletic shoe brand in China. "Shanxi Zhongyu makes a quality offer," Marbury told the state-run Xinhua news agency.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - St Louis squandered a 6-0 lead against the New York Mets but Albert Pujols produced the knockout blow in the 13th inning to seal an 8-7 win for the Cards on Wednesday, putting them back into a tie for the NL Central lead. The Mets (51-50) forced extra innings with a four-run ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Third-seeded Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis had low expectations for this week's LA Open but gave himself a welcome boost by beating American wildcard Ryan Sweeting 3-6 6-2 6-3 in the second round on Wednesday. Former world junior champion Baghdatis, a hardcourt specialist, had ...

STANFORD, California (Reuters) - Top seeds Samantha Stosur and Elena Dementieva made solid starts to their Stanford Classic campaigns with contrasting second-round victories on Wednesday. Number one seeded Stosur overcame American qualifier Christina McHale 6-1 7-5 while Russian second seed ...

While James, Wade and Bosh were all key members of the United States' gold medal-winning team at the Beijing Olympics they will not be part of the American effort in Istanbul. Neither will Kobe Bryant, Carmelo Anthony or any other member of that gold medal squad except head coach Mike Krzyzewski.

Bynum, who won his second NBA championship ring last month, had surgery in New York to repair a tear of the lateral meniscus in his right knee, the team said in a statement. The seven-foot center is expected make a full recovery by the start of the regular season.

HOUSTON (Reuters) - David Beckham could be back in training by the end of August, his LA Galaxy coach Bruce Arena said on Wednesday. The England international tore his Achilles tendon in March and missed the World Cup in South Africa after undergoing surgery.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The 16th X Games starts in Los Angeles on Thursday and the latest incarnation of the four-day gathering will once again feature athletes who have forged a lucrative career out of alternative street sports. Rather than the brash teenagers often associated with BMX riding and ...