Moving from St. Louis to Cincinnati, the veteran baseball executive Walt Jocketty has the Reds on the verge of the playoffs for the first time in years.

C. C. Sabathia has not lost in 21 straight starts at Yankee Stadium, going 16-0 with a 2.05 earned run average.

When Pittsburgh Pirates second baseman Neil Walker takes the field at PNC Park, he needs only to glance over his shoulder at the 21-foot Roberto Clemente Wall in right field for inspiration.

Line umpires strive to maintain anonymity even as they factor mightily in the outcomes of matches.

Capra, an 18-year-old American who was inspired by Melanie Oudin’s run to the quarterfinals last year, won, 7-5, 2-6, 6-3, in the second round.

Officials moved the starting times ahead 40 minutes to 7 a.m. for the first round Friday and the second round Saturday at the T.P.C. Boston, and are prepared to make more decisions Friday morning, depending on conditions.

A statistic called Wins Above Replacement can assess a pitcher's value, and Felix Hernandez and Roy Halladay lead their respective leagues.

The Directors’ Cup, a little-known but prized honor, has set off a competition to have the best broad-based sports program.

Hurricane Earl is expected to be offshore of Montauk on Friday afternoon, 272 miles from Flushing. But as of Thursday night, the New York City area - including the U.S.T.A. National Tennis Center - was under a tropical storm watch and the highest chance of showers was not forecast until later Friday afternoon.

The conclusion of the sponsorship deal will coincide with the 2012 expiration of the PGA Tour's television contract.

The New York Liberty could win the WNBA championship then take it to New Jersey. NJ.com reports the ekipa will play its next three seasons in Newark's Prudential Center while Madison Square Garden is being renovated. The report cites "a person close to the ekipa who wished to...

The NHLPA remains without an executive director after Wednesday night's conference call among the 30 player reps comprising the union's executive board adjourned without taking a vote on installing Donald Fehr to the position, The Post has learned. This means that the union will remain essentially leaderless in...

Stanford has won the Directors’ Cup, which measures the performances of a university’s best 10 men’s teams and best 10 women’s teams, 16 consecutive years.

The day after she collapsed in her second-round match, Victoria Azarenka called it quits at the United States Open.

The latest episode of HBO's "Hard Knocks" opens with more talk of Darrelle Revis, but the Jets are baffled by a report that an agreement is near.

Unwanted by her breeder and two other owners before being purchased for $2,000, the underdog horse faltered at Saratoga.

Amar'e Stoudemire returned to Arizona and could see only sunny skies for his Knicks. "We can be as good as we want to be," the former Suns star told the Arizona Republic. Stoudemire said leadership lessons he learned in Phoenix from Steve Nash, Grant Hill and Shaquille O'Neal...

The ad was designed to poczucie własnej godności the heritage of coal mining, but the activists said it appeared to be a tacit endorsement of the controversial practice of strip mining.

Richard Gasquet upset No. 6 Nikolay Davydenko.

There is a buzz about Boys & Girls this preseason. The Kangaroos are expected to be greatly improved, returning the core of a drużyna that went just 2-7 last season. But coach Barry O’Connor is more cautious. “People have said good things before and we’ve come out and stunk...

Paul Klyap didn’t want to move Franklin D. Roosevelt up to the City Championship division because of what the Cougars did last year, their first in the Bowl. FDR was just 5-4 and didn’t make the playoffs. No, Klyap’s infant oprogramowanie has gone from 1 to 3...

Alex Rodriguez has split with przedstawiciel Scott Boras, who helped the Yankees third baseman become the highest-paid player in sports. Sources confirmed Thursday that Rodriguez put an official end to a relationship that has been on the rocks since 2007 when Rodriguez opted out of his contract. He subsequently re-signed...

Just call him CC Cy-bathia. The Yankees ace continued to build his case for the AL Cy Young Award with a dominant, one-hit shutout 5-0 victory Thursday to complete a four-game sweep of the A's in przód of 46,644 fans. Sabathia was at his best, mowing through the...

A final decision on the length of Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger's suspension is likely to be announced on Friday, the day before teams trim rosters to 53 players.

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- The Sharks signed the goalie who helped knock them out of the playoffs, agreeing to a one-year, $2 million deal with Antti Niemi on Thursday. Niemi joins fellow Finnish netminder Antero Niittymaki in San Jose as the replacements for longtime starter Evgeni Nabokov. Niittymaki signed a...