TWENTY pitches into last night's game, Joba Chamberlain had given up five hits and four runs. He resembled neither a top-of-the-rotation apprentice nor Mariano Rivera's heir. He was battered, bruised and apparently the latest Yankees casualty in...

The Devils' captain must be feeling better. He had a scrap with teammate Dainius Zubrus during practice yesterday. "I'm turning over a new leaf," Jamie Langenbrunner said. "You're going to see me fight a lot more this season." He won't be...

ST. PETERSBURG - During his tenure as commissioner, Bud Selig has experienced a lot of bizarre events and changes. However, a constant since 1995 has been the Yankees playing in October. Now, the Yankees' chances of extending that streak aren't...

As the 10-1 Giants skuter away from the rest of the NFC, leaving the surging Cowboys and the flustered Eagles, among others, in the rear-view mirror, no object appears smaller than the Detroit Lions, still winless as they enter their annual...

IN the locker room now, before the postgame shower, after Brett Favre had thrown a career-high six touchdowns and became the first Jets quarterback to throw six touchdown passes since Joe Namath did 36 years ago in Baltimore, Jerricho Cotchery had...