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  • Utley’s HRs help Phillies force Game 6 (AP)

    New York Yankees' Derek Jeter(notes) leaps over Philadelphia Phillies' Carlos Ruiz(notes) to turn a double play on a ball hit by Matt Stairs(notes) during the eighth inning of Game 5 of the Major League Baseball World Series Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, in Philadelphia.

    By the ninth inning, Phillies fans were preparing for the worst. The New York Yankees were at it again, chipping away at a dwindling lead and threatening to take away the Phils' World Series title right there at Citizens Bank Park. Desperate to hang on, somehow Chase Utley and the Phillies did. Derek Jeter grounded into a double play, Mark Teixeira struck out, and Philadelphia staved off the…

  • Lidge’s postseason perfection ends (AP)

    Philadelphia Phillies' Ryan Howard(notes) stands in the infield during eighth inning of Game 2 of the Major League Baseball World Series Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009, in New York. Howard struck out all four times at bat during the game. The New York Yankees defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 3-1 to tie the series 1-1.

    The defending champions need another comeback to keep their title. The Philadelphia Phillies led the National League with 43 come-from-behind wins during the regular season, and they have five more in the postseason. But this one won't be so easy. The New York Yankees took a commanding 3-1 lead in the World Series with a 7-4 win in Game 4 on Sunday night.

  • Warriors’ Jackson gives up captain title (AP)

    "Captain Jack" is no more. Disgruntled Golden State star Stephen Jackson asked to relinquish his captain title during a meeting Tuesday with Warriors coach Don Nelson and general manager Larry Riley. "Don't try to dig into it, that's just how I feel," Jackson said. "I don't want to be a role model.

  • Tigers’ Cabrera drunk between key games (AP)

    In this Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009, photo, Detroit Tigers' Miguel Cabrera(notes) is seen in the dugout before a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox in Detroit. Cabrera was taken to a police station over the weekend after getting into a fight with his wife at their suburban Detroit home when he came home drunk, authorities said Monday. Birmingham Police Chief Richard Patterson said Rosangel Cabrera called 911 at 6 a.m. Saturday, requesting police assistance. An alcohol test found that Miguel Cabrera was at three times the legal limit for driving, police said.

    Detroit Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera was drunk — three times above Michigan's legal limit for driving, according to police — between two key games over the weekend as his team was trying to win the American League Central title. The 26-year-old Venezuelan first baseman was taken to a police station Saturday after arriving at his suburban Detroit home at 5 a.m.

  • Peavy shuts down struggling Tigers 8-0 (AP)

    Detroit Tigers' Aubrey Huff(notes), left, and Alex Avila(notes) watch from the dugout in the ninth inning of their 8-0 loss to the Chicago White Sox in a baseball game Friday, Oct. 2, 2009 in Detroit. Detroit lost for the fourth time in six games, all while the Twins were taking a big lead against Kansas City.

    Jake Peavy delivered the kind of performance the Detroit Tigers desperately need. Peavy delayed Detroit's chance to move closer to the AL Central title, pitching the Chicago White Sox past the slumping Tigers 8-0 Friday night. Detroit's lead was cut to one game by Minnesota, which beat Kansas City 10-7.

  • Angels clinch third straight West title (AP)

    Texas Rangers' Marlon Byrd(notes) throws his helmet after striking out with two runners on to end the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim, Calif., Monday, Sept. 28, 2009.

    Kendry Morales homered and drove in three runs, and the Los Angeles Angels wasted no time clinching their third straight AL West title with an 11-0 victory over the second-place Texas Rangers on Monday night. Ervin Santana pitched a seven-hitter for his fourth career shutout, while Maicer Izturis had three hits and two RBIs to wrap up the Angels' sixth playoff berth in eight seasons.

  • Cleveland throws party to welcome Shaq (AP)

    Shaq got in one last party before training camp. Shaquille O'Neal, the big man Cleveland is counting on to deliver this championship-starved city a title, was welcomed to town Sunday with a star-studded party that included sports celebrities and Average Joes looking to rub elbows with them. Fashionably late, O'Neal arrived in an SUV at 11:15 p.m.

  • Dodgers blow lead, don’t clinch NL West (AP)

    Los Angeles Dodgers closer Jonathan Broxton(notes) (51) and catcher Russell Martin(notes) walk off the field after serving up a bases loaded double to Pittsburgh Pirates' Lastings Milledge(notes) in the ninth inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh Sunday, Sept. 27, 2009. The Pirates won 6-5.

    This should have been so easy for the Dodgers: Jonathan Broxton on the mound, a three-run lead in the ninth inning against the dismal Pirates and an NL West title to celebrate as soon as they closed it out. Instead, easy turned into excruciating as Los Angeles let a victory slip away when the majors' second-worst team pulled off a four-run rally aided by several defensive lapses.

  • The Real Game Is Business

    It’s just the prelims of the 2009 Black Enterprise Golf & Tennis Challenge and it’s already clear that once again the best and brightest moves and players in business and corporate America not only came to play–they came to win. It’s what I like most about G&T, hosted once again by title sponsor Pepsi: whether attendees are registered to play golf or tennis, or do some serious rest and relaxation at the world class spa, they know that the real name of the game is business.