SEATTLE (AP) The Red Sox are calling up top prospect Andrew Benintendi from Double-A Portland, giving the big club a boost in the outfield hours after the non-waiver trade deadline passed.
NEW YORK -- The 105th regular-season game between the New York Mets and New York Yankees, played Monday night at Citi Field, might have been the most unusual one yet.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) Sean Payton stops short of calling the HBO series ''Ballers'' a realistic portrayal of life in pro football, even if he likes the show enough to have made a cameo appearance in this week's episode.
CLEVELAND -- The Cleveland Indians, with their newly-configured bullpen, will host the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night in the second game of their four-game series.
CHICAGO (AP) Jon Lester sought out Kyle Hendricks in the clubhouse, telling him the only thing that would have made his night better was if he had hit a solo homer for the game's only run.
PHILADELPHIA -- San Francisco left-hander Madison Bumgarner came up big as a hitter on Sunday. He hopes to make a more conventional contribution Tuesday night, when the Giants open a nine-game road trip with a game against the Philadelphia Phillies.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Tennessee safety Todd Kelly Jr. is switching his uniform number from 6 to 24 this season to honor Zaevion Dobson, a Knoxville high school football player who was shot to death last year while shielding two girls from gunfire.
NAPA, Calif. (AP) While many people around the league have questioned whether DeAndre Washington has the size to stick in the NFL, Raiders rookie running back sees his stature as a benefit instead of a hindrance.
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers will be in attendance in Canton, Ohio, on Saturday as Brett Favre is enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) The moment Saints safety Kenny Vaccaro saw a gap opening along the offensive line, he raced through it at full speed, slamming into the first offensive player who tried to block him.
CINCINNATI (AP) Cedric Ogbuehi breaks the huddle with Cincinnati's starting offense and heads for the right side of the line. He's trying to make up for a year of lost time.