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The FBI is investigating whether a former Rutgers basketball employee tried to extort the university before he made videos that showed ex-coach Mike Rice shoving and kicking players and berating them with gay slurs.

With a bunch of wide-eyed but talented young players, the Kansas City Royals returned home from a brief road trip to start last season overflowing with confidence, fully believing that the team's slogan of "Our Time" was apropos.

ATLANTA - First baseman Freddie Freeman was visibly upset that the Atlanta Braves placed him on the 15-day disabled list Sunday with a strained right oblique. Freeman, who is hitting .

MIAMI - The Miami Marlins generated baseball's biggest buzz as they prepared for their home opener a year ago, anticipating a playoff bid and nearly nightly sellout crowds in a futuristic new home that was supposed to transform a franchise long accus

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - The days of the Pirates being known as the Pittsburgh Lumber Company are long gone. However, the current club isn't troubled that it is the only major league team without a homer in the first week of the season.

The way the week has shaken out so far, curling fans from coast-to-coast have to be wondering if Brad Jacobs and his rink didn’t have his opponents exactly where he wanted them at the 2013 Ford World Men’s Curling Championship in Victoria.

A total of 35 swimmers, including one indisputable global star, qualified for the 2013 FINA world aquatics championships after four days of the Canadian trials held at Saanich Commonwealth Place.

Federal sports minister Bal Gosal was wearing a London 2012 lapel pin Saturday, which was only fitting since he was visiting the Island, which produced a remarkable 48 athletes for last year’s Summer Olympics.

DENVER - Tyson Ross had good sink on his slider in his San Diego Padres debut. Now if only the young righty can control it better.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Clayton Kershaw is off to an amazing start — even by his standards.