AP - Manny Ramirez is back in the big leagues, looking like a guy who missed 50 games. Returning from his suspension for violating baseball’s drug policy, the Los Angeles slugger barely hit the ball out of the infield in the Dodgers’ 6-3 win over the San Diego Padres on Friday night.
AP - Phil Jackson will return to coach the Los Angeles Lakers next season, getting a clean bill of health following a record championship season.
AP - Manny Ramirez is back in the big leagues, looking like a guy who missed 50 games. Returning from his suspension for violating baseball’s drug policy, the Los Angeles slugger barely hit the ball out of the infield in the Dodgers’ 6-3 win over the San Diego Padres on Friday night.
AP - Roger Clemens’ lawyer says the pitcher was not among the more than 100 players who tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003.
AP - Free agent Hedo Turkoglu will join the Toronto Raptors after spurning the Portland Trail Blazers, according to multiple reports.
AP - It looks like Padres manager Bud Black is going to get a contract extension.
AP - The Los Angeles Kings acquired left wing left wing Ryan Smyth from the Colorado Avalanche on Friday night for defensemen Kyle Quincey and Tom Preissing and a fifth-round draft pick next year.
AFP - Venus and Serena Williams clash in a fourth all-sister Wimbledon final on Saturday determined to prove that their domination of the event is not a backward step for the sport’s future welfare.
AFP - Michael Owen has joined English champions Manchester United on a two-year contract, the club announced here on Friday, in a remarkable turnaround for the injury-prone striker.
AP - Clint Bowyer’s first victory of the season gave Richard Childress Racing a much-needed boost.
AP - Free-agent forward Hedo Turkoglu and the Portland Trail Blazers have ended contract talks, a person close to the team confirmed Friday.
AP - Laura Diaz barely remembers the last time she led an LPGA Tour event. Sarah Kemp never had.
AP - Rising, rising, rising, high above the most famous patch of grass in tennis, Roger Federer channeled Pete Sampras on match point in the Wimbledon semifinals Friday, tucking both feet back beneath his body and uncorking an overhead smash.
AP - The best of Tiger Woods came Friday when his game was falling apart.
AP - The soldiers expressed their gratitude over and over to the NFL coaches who made the trip to Iraq.