Brandon Morrow strangled the home team for his second career shutout and Angels slugger Albert Pujols, a pricey offseason acquisition who has yet to hit a home run, grounded out three times to the left side. Dan Haren suffered the loss, despite a solid outing, after Brett Lawrie and Colby Rasmus led off with back-to-back singles in the top of the third...

May 4, 2012 — The New York Yankees’ 42-year-old star closer, Mariano Rivera, injured his knee while chasing fly balls during batting practice in Kansas City. His storied career may be over. Article source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=89ad1d4e8dfd099b049b5ce4106193b8

CHICAGO – Don Mattingly’s final season was Mariano Rivera’s first. Mattingly retired from the Yankees after an excruciating playoff loss in 1995. He said he hopes Rivera does not retire after Thursday’s knee injury in Kansas City. “I’d hate to see him end like this,” Mattingly, now the manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, said on Friday at Wrigley...

Rivera had hinted at the start of spring training that he would retire after this season, and he wasn’t sure what he would do after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament and damaging the meniscus in his right knee while shagging fly balls during batting practice Thursday. In the visitor’s clubhouse at Kauffman Stadium on Friday, the 42-year-old...

Maholm (3-2) allowed one run and three hits while improving to 1-5 with a 4.91 ERA in nine career starts against Los Angeles. The left-hander has won his last three outings after dropping his first two, allowing three runs over 18 1-3 innings during the streak. Matt Kemp hit a run-scoring triple and scored on Andre Ethier’s sacrifice fly to get Los...

Even with a freakish injury that has likely ended his season, he is promising to close out his remarkable career on his own terms and vows to return no later than next spring. Rivera confounded batters with a cut fastball that changed direction as it neared home plate, shattered bats by the hundreds and sent hitters back to the dugout muttering. In his time...

OTTAWA (AP) — The expanded Women’s World Cup in 2015 will be played in six Canadian cities: Edmonton, Montreal, Ottawa, Vancouver, Winnipeg and Moncton. FIFA President Sepp Blatter announced the sites Friday on Parliament Hill for what will be the largest single sports event for women. The tournament set to increase from 16 to 24 countries...

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