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Ben Margot/AP Texas Rangers pitcher Matt Garza crosses the line with Twitter rant directed at Eric Sogard’s wife. Rangers pitcher Matt Garza took exception to Oakland playing small ball on Saturday and launched into a Twitter rant against the wife of one of the A’s players. On Sunday, Garza offered up an apology to A’s infielder Eric Sogard and his ...

MIKE BLAKE/REUTERS Phil Hughes doesn’t make it out of the third inning after allowing six earned runs. PADRES 6, YANKEES 3 SAN DIEGO – It’s hard to say who has had a more nightmarish season, Derek Jeter or the Yankees. Neither had much to smile about Sunday. Jeter sat out his second straight game while being diagnosed with a Grade ...

Martin Gavin/REUTERS Police in Conn. identify the fatal victim of a moped crash as the uncle of Aaron Hernandez. BRISTOL, Conn. – A city man killed in a moped crash on Central Street early Saturday is an uncle of former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez, a law enforcement source with knowledge of the case told The Hartford Courant. ...

LisaPhoto Brian Sears drives Royalty for Life to victory at Hambletonian Stakes. The driver known as the White Knight ruled harness racing’s biggest day again. Brian Sears guided Royalty for Life to victory in the $ 1 million Hambletonian for 3-year-olds and steered Bee A Magician to a win in the $ 500,000 Hambletonian Oaks for 3-year-old fillies on Saturday ...

Michael Dwyer/AP Boston Red Sox owner John Henry has entered into an agreement to buy The Boston Globe. BOSTON — Businessman John Henry, the principal owner of the Boston Red Sox, has entered into an agreement to buy The Boston Globe for $ 70 million, a massive drop from its record $ 1.1 billion price two decades ago. The impending ...

Howard Simmons/New York Daily News Alex Rodriguez admires what could be his last home run as a professional ballplayer. TRENTON — If these indeed turn out to be the final two appearances ever on a professional baseball field for Alex Rodriguez, the embattled Yankees slugger is going out with a bang. And not without a fight. With MLB finally expected ...

Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Mucho Macho Man seen in this file photo from 2011 training for the Kentucky Derby. SARATOGA SPRINGS – Coming off a second-place finish in last year’s Breeders’ Cup Classic, Mucho Macho Man was supposed to be one of the top horses in the nation this year. Instead, he’s a huge question mark in Saturday’s Grade I Whitney ...

Robert Sabo/New York Daily News In a perfect world, Chris Ivory, who only has 256 career regular-season carries, would provide versatility this season. CORTLAND — Chris Ivory stood in the rain on Thursday without any worry that his troublesome hamstring that has kept him out of team drills during the first week of Jets practice will be fine. Patience is ...

STEVE NESIUS for New York Daily News Alex Rodriguez bends over in exhaustion after working out at the Yankees spring training complex. By the end of this week he may want to run and hide as sources tell the Daily News that is when he and eight other Major Leaguers will be suspended for connections to Biogenesis. Major League Baseball officials ...

Major League Baseball officials, seeking to put the Biogenesis scandal behind them, have offered 50-game suspensions to eight of the nine players facing discipline this week, while continuing efforts to hammer out a deal with Alex Rodriguez that would prevent the steroid-stained slugger from ever returning to the field. Officials from MLB, union leaders and attorneys for the players linked ...