Tavarez Breaks Hand After Leaving Game 4
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St. Louis righty Julian Tavarez broke his left hand during a dugout tantrum in Game 4 of the NL championship series, and it was uncertain Monday when the reliever would pitch again.
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Memphis Grizzlies center Pau Gasol   will be out of action for four months after undergoing surgery   to repair a broken toe, the team said on Friday.
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Barry Bonds left the Giants' game against the San Diego Padres on Friday night with a contusion in the quadriceps area of his left leg.
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The Yankees made it official last night: Roger Clemens will not make his return to the majors this weekend against the Red Sox. And the Sox are skipping Julian Tavarez's turn to realign their rotation against the Bombers.
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Boston ace Curt Schilling will not start Game 5 of the AL Championship Series Sunday because of a dislocated tendon in his right ankle.
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Second baseman JosÃ© ValentÃ­n was placed on the 15-day disabled list by the Mets on Saturday because of a broken right shin.
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Rafael Nadal pulled out of his Davis Cup match on Friday against Marco Chiudinelli of Switzerland because of a muscle injury.
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Maybe Julian Tavarez isn't so bad after all. The embattled reliever, who has been the target of boos this season, set the tone for the Red Sox' series with the Chicago White Sox by shutting down the world champions Monday night, holding them to two runs over 6 1/3 innings. Kason Gabbard followed with seven shutout innings Tuesday night. Then ...
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Paul-Henri Mathieu retired midway through the second set of his fourth-round match with No. 2 seed Rafael Nadal because of a left leg injury.
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This time the scorecard was blemished on the first batter of the game. Rockies center fielder Willy Taveras earned an infield single on a slow roller to shortstop, advancing to second on an errant throw by Julio Lugo.
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The Mavericks-Spurs series took another wild turn Thursday, with Dallas guard Jason Terry getting suspended from Game 6 for punching former teammate Michael Finley while chasing a loose ball in the closing seconds of Game 5.
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When he departed Game 1 after 4 1/3 innings, he was disappointed in his inability to throw strikes, having walked five and allowed eight runs on seven hits in a 10-3 drubbing. Last night, with a World Series berth at stake in Game 5 of the American League Championship Series, C.C. Sabathia's abject humiliation was replaced by the ...
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New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter injured his right hand Monday and left the game against Detroit in the fifth inning.
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Boston ace Curt Schilling will not start a possible Game 5 of the AL championship series Sunday because of an injured right ankle, though it's possible Schilling could return later in the series.
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Suns guard Raja Bell, who missed the last two games with a partially torn left calf, was in the starting lineup for Game 4 of the Western Conference finals against Dallas on Tuesday night.
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PARIS -- Carlos Moya withdrew from the Tennis Masters Series in Paris on Sunday because of an injured right shoulder. The Spaniard had been seeded fourth for the $3.
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New York Mets ace Pedro Martinez was   ruled out of the post-season on Thursday due to a torn calf   muscle.