WASHINGTON — Francisco Rodriguez is one of baseball's most reliable płaskorzeźba pitchers, saving 262 games in his career. This game-ending play was unique. The Washington Nationals had rallied for two runs in the ninth inning and had the potential tying run on base with two outs when Rodriguez picked off...

DALLAS -- Do you believe in miracles? Or how about do you believe in revenge? In what likely was the most stunning night of the NBA season, the Knicks came to Big D and bombed the sizzling Mavericks by 34 points, snapping Dallas' league-best 13-game winning streak with a 128-94...

PITTSBURGH -- Games, victories, shutouts. Now those records are all Martin Brodeur's and his alone. This one, he said, was different, this 104th shutout that set the NHL record, the one that could have disappeared with one shot, even Evgeni Malkin...

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama’s first pitch was way high and wide. Pretty much all of Roy Halladay’s were spot-on as he struck out nine in his National League debut to help the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Washington Nationals 11-1 Monday. Placido Polanco hit a grand slam and...

Dirk Hayhurst is out of baseball for now, but his new book about his life in the minors and the majors is on The New York Times’ best-seller list for nonfiction paperbacks.