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PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - New York Mets second baseman Daniel Murphy played five innings in a minor league game against the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday.

TAMPA, Fla. - Major League Baseball has a new rule that allows interpreters to join managers and coaches on the mound when pitchers aren't fluent in English.

LONDON - The head of squash's governing body doesn't consider wrestling a "big threat" as eight sports fight for a single place on the program of the 2020 Olympics. World Squash President N.

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Nearly three weeks ago, the Columbus Blue Jackets were right where everyone has grown accustomed to finding them — at the bottom of the NHL standings.

MONTREAL - Mike Ricci is back home and back in his natural weight class for UFC 158. The stylish lightweight takes on England's Colin (The Freakshow) Fletcher on Saturday night in a battle of "The Ultimate Fighter" runners-up.

ST. LOUIS - This was not the team Ken Hitchcock expected to coach. Yet minus an entire line for an extended stretch and with an All-Star goalie benched indefinitely, the St. Louis Blues have answered the challenge.

MONTREAL - Almost lost in the circus-like atmosphere surrounding Nick Diaz and UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre this week is the fact that the two actually have to climb into a cage together.

MONTREAL - The UFC's medicine cabinet has been wide open in the leadup to UFC 158 with marijuana, steroids and testosterone replacement therapy all front and centre.

MIAMI - Dominican manager Tony Pena sat at a microphone in an interview room, choking back tears. Just beyond the walls, in the stadium plaza, his celebrating countrymen made a jubilant clamour. "I feel so emotional," Pena said finally.

SAN JOSE, Calif. - With one crushing shoulder check, Andrew Desjardins flattened Colin Fraser and delivered the play that helped give San Jose a much-needed win in regulation.