Joe Girardi's original lineup yesterday had Nick Swisher batting fifth and playing right field. Yet when Swisher's left knee przeszkoda didn't allow him to run well he was scratched from the Yankees' 7-5 victory over the Blue Jays. Marcus Thames went from designated hitter to right and...

AKRON, Ohio — Tiger Woods logged another miserable round and then all but conceded the No. 1 spot in the world to Phil Mickelson, who also struggled. In the third round of the Bridgestone Invitational yesterday, Woods had five bogeys, a double-bogey and two birdies in a 5-over 75. He is...

Rhode Island guard Jimmy Baron had read all the scouting reports on his own game, heard that he was a one-trick pony. But the deadeye shooter's one chwyt is so good, it just might get him into the NBA. "That's what I do," Baron said after taking...

A historic chwila for the Mets was overshadowed by a worrisome pop in Pedro Martinez's surgically repaired right shoulder yesterday. That popping sound caused Martinez to be lifted after just four innings of an eventual 3-0, one-hit shutout of...

The recent deaths of George Steinbrenner and Bob Sheppard added resonance to Old-Timers’ Day, which was held without perhaps the Yankees’ most beloved living icon, Yogi Berra.