Professional Sports

Kevin Youkilis' farewell at Fenway Park on Sunday even was moving for Cody Ross, one of the newest members of the Red Sox.

Clint Bowyer knew he could get to Victory Lane this season, his first with Michael Waltrip Racing.

Boston rookie third baseman Will Middlebrooks went out of his way to try to avoid sounding overconfident, considering he has become a hot topic of conversation in a fight for a regular starting spot.

The Syracuse Chiefs move to one game above the .500 mark for the first time this season, as they send the Gwinnett Braves to their eighth straight loss with a 12-4 victory Saturday night at Alliance Bank Stadium.

The Atlanta Silverbacks came up short against the second-place Puerto Rico Islanders, 2-1, Saturday night in front of 5,000 fans at Atlanta Silverbacks Park.

Even if Spain failed to live up to expectations, Xabi Alonso exceeded them...

Jair Jurrjens made an impressive return to the majors by allowing one run on three hits and shut down the hot-hitting Boston Red Sox, leading the Atlanta Braves to a 4-1 win on Friday night.

The Syracuse Chiefs used timely hitting and solid relief work to hand the Gwinnett Braves their seventh straight loss, 6-3, in game one of the series Friday night at Alliance Bank Stadium in Syracuse, N.Y.

Germany scored three second-half goals to reach the European Championship semifinals for a record seventh time Friday after a 4-2 win over Greece.

Gwinnett Braves outfielder Stefan Gartrell was named the May Topps Player of the Month for the International League in an announcement released by Minor League Baseball on Thursday, June 21.