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CLEARWATER, Fla. - Roy Halladay used two meaningful words to alleviate concern over a terrible outing. "Nothing hurts," Halladay said. Considering he's coming off an injury-plagued year, that's important news for the Philadelphia Phillies.

LONDON, Ont. - Two pages of the world figure skating championships' souvenir program are dedicated to Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir's favourite London hangouts.

OTTAWA - Kaspars Daugavins rarely makes headlines for the Ottawa Senators, but his shootout attempt Monday night against the Boston Bruins had everyone talking.

BRADENTON, Fla. - Neil Walker knows what it's like to watch a Pittsburgh Pirates season slip away. It happened time and again during his childhood, when one fruitless summer led to another for his hometown team.

TOKYO - Shinnosuke Abe homered twice in an eight-run second inning, Hisayoshi Chono drove in five runs and two-time defending champion Japan beat the Netherlands 10-6 Tuesday to win its second-round group in the World Baseball Classic.

KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan - Manny Ramirez said Tuesday he is "starting a new beginning" after signing a short-term contract to play with the EDA Rhinos in Taiwan's professional baseball league.

Northern Ontario rink will represent sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ at world curling championship

Victoria hosts Portland on Tuesday night

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Dustin Brown can see the confidence of champions emerging in the Los Angeles Kings as they rocket ahead in the Western Conference playoff race. Meanwhile, the Calgary Flames have fallen as low in the standings as they can go.

Bringing the world closer together through baseball sure sounded like a good idea. Of course, that was before most Americans found out how much other countries actually cared about beating them at their national pastime.