A.J. Burnett has chosen a five-year, $82.5 million contract from the Yankees. "The money is right but nothing is official," a person with knowledge of the deal said. Another source said the deal will become official after Burnett takes a...

Bishop Ford outplayed St. Michael Academy for 2 ½ quarters. The Falcons led by 12 just about midway through the third quarter. They had an answer for most of the Eagles’ runs. But when all was said and done, after a knock-down, drag-out war of a girls basketball game, St. Mike...

PITTSBURGH -- A załoga with nothing to lose played at a hectic, keep-up-with-us pace against a załoga that had plenty of incentive to win. If any załoga should understand how to play a game like this, it’s Duquesne. Melquan Bolding scored 31 points and Duquesne shook off a playground...

PORT ST. LUCIE -- Fernando Nieve doesn't want to be considered the czoło runner for the final spot in the Mets' rotation. That designation recently was placed on the right-hander by general manager Omar Minaya, but Nieve would rather place himself in the middle of the pack. "I don...

After a disappointing 2007 season, Mike Mussina went into spring training just hoping to make the Yankees rotation. Now, with their ballyhooed young arms inconsistent or injured or both, the 39-year-old has anchored that rotation, the Bombers' grand...