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Scott Iskowitz/AP New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma. So, say you’re a guy in your early 20s and you want a certain girl to meet you at a bar. Instead of sending her a text, you send her a voucher for a free drink with your iPhone and she agrees to hang out. No waiting on a long line at ...

Jeff Gross Eric Wedge is out of the hospital and recovering at home after suffering what the Mariners are calling a ‘very mild stroke.’ SEATTLE — Mariners manager Eric Wedge sustained what the club called a “very mild stroke,” but he was released from the hospital on Wednesday and is expected to make a full recovery. The 45-year-old Wedge was ...

LARRY W. SMITH/EPA Eduardo Nunez and Yankee Captain Derek Jeter (l.) are all smiles after Brent Lillibridge plates Nunez with the go-ahead run as the Bombers come back to beat the Rangers in Texas 5-4 in the 9th inning. YANKEES 5, RANGERS 4 ARLINGTON — Brent Lillibridge was headed for goat-ville Tuesday night after his sixth-inning fielding error opened the ...

Kathy Willens/AP Matt Kemp feels that Ryan Braun is an unworthy MVP in light of his recent drug suspension. TORONTO — Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp, who finished runner-up to Ryan Braun in voting for the 2011 National League Most Valuable Player award, thinks the suspended Milwaukee Brewers slugger should be stripped of the honor. Braun finished with 388 ...

Justin K. Aller/Getty Images Ryan Bryan’s legal team contends that it only consulted with Biogenesis’ Anthony Bosch during his successful appeal of a 50-game drug suspension in 2012. Major League Baseball settled its score with Ryan Braun on Tuesday, suspending the Brewers star for the remainder of the season and sending an unambiguous message that the league is committed to ...

Norm Hall/Getty Images Ryan Braun acts like he just hits a walk-off home run when he addresses the overturning of his 50-game suspension for drug use in 2012. This is what Ryan Braun said in February of 2012, an arbitrator having overturned Braun’s 50-game suspension because of a wildly positive, record-setting test for synthetic testosterone: “I truly believe in my ...

AP The Running Doc encourages runners to try conservative measures before opting for surgery to repair meniscus cysts. Tears such as the one former New York Giants defensive end Osi Umenyiora suffered in a preseason game in 2008 usually have to be treated more aggressively. Dear Running Doc: I run 25 miles a week and all of a sudden I ...

PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/Getty Images Christopher Froome is the toast of Great Britain with his Tour de France win. PARIS — Chris Froome won the 100th Tour de France on Sunday, having dominated rivals over three weeks on the road and adroitly dealt with doping suspicions off it. In two years, Britain has had two different winners: Bradley Wiggins in 2012 and ...

Chris Trotman/Getty Images Mike Pouncey tells reporters on Sunday that he’s ‘here to focus on football,’ when asked about his decision to wear a hat at read ‘Free Hernandez’ at his birthday party. DAVIE, Fla. — Miami Dolphins center Mike Pouncey declined to join twin brother Maurkice in apologizing for wearing a baseball cap that supported former college teammate Aaron ...

Patrick McDermott/Getty Images Clarence Goodson (r.) opens the score in the 21st minute, and the U.S. never looks back. BALTIMORE — Clarence Goodson and Joe Corona scored during an eight-minute span of the first half, and the United States cruised past El Salvador 5-1 Sunday to advance to the semifinals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup. Eddie Johnson, Landon Donovan and ...