Kevin West

Pitchers Kris Benson and Victor Zambrano were traded to the New York Mets on Friday, boosting a rotation that had relied all season on three aging starters.

Casey Mears is ready to experience all the benefits of winning the pole at Pocono Raceway. He'll start racing in clean air with unobstructed view.

Vijay Singh kept a share of the lead at the Buick Open on Friday and there were plenty of big names in contention after two rounds. Singh, the first-round leader, Jim Furyk and Billy Andrade were tied for the lead at 11 under.

Florida State coach Bobby Bowden reinstated offensive lineman Bobby Meeks on Thursday after a county court dropped felony charges stemming from a scuffle outside a nightclub earlier this month.

An attorney for fired Alabama football coach Mike Price has asked a court to end legal wrangling over the identity of a confidential source used by Sports Illustrated in its story about a night of drunken partying by Price.

Defending national champion Southern California was the unanimous choice to repeat as Pac-10 champions in preseason media balloting.

Ashley Harkleroad scored one of the biggest victories of her career, beating 13th-seeded Patty Schnyder 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 in the opening round of the Acura Classic.

A three-under-par 67 enabled Atlanta's Billy Andrade to move up from a tie for seventh to a tie for fourth in the PGA Tour U.S. Bank Championship.

Mark Teixeira was the only starting infielder for the Texas Rangers who wasn't an All-Star. But the switch-hitting first baseman is having a better July than all of them and most major league players.

Lance Armstrong extended his overall lead in winning the 9.6-mile clock race in under 40 minutes Wednesday, taking a commanding 3:48 lead over Ivan Basso. Jan Ullrich, the 1997 Tour winner, improved to fourth, but trails by 7:55.