NEW YORK (AP) — A person familiar with the selection tells The Associated Press that Fredric Horowitz has been hired to replace Shyam Das as the arbitrator for Major League Baseball and its players’ association. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Thursday because no announcement had been made. The 63-year-old Horowitz has been...

Dickey (9-1) tossed four-hit ball for scoreless 7 1-3 innings and extended the longest shutout streak of his career to 24 2-3 innings — a span that began against Pittsburgh and continued against San Diego, St. Louis and the Nats. Dickey became the first pitcher in the majors to reach nine wins this season. He also exceeded his victory total from last...

NEW YORK (AP) — Two people involved in the agreement tell The Associated Press there will be no written decision in the case overturning Ryan Braun’s drug suspension. Major League Baseball and its players’ association announced changes to their drug agreement Thursday in the wake of the February decision by arbitrator Shyam Das to overturn the...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Aaron Harang got his 100th career victory as Los Angeles overcame a two-run, sixth-inning deficit, and the Dodgers won 8-3 Thursday to complete their first four-game sweep at the Philadelphia Phillies in 66 years. Harang (5-3) allowed three runs and eight hits in six innings, improving to 100-97 in 11 big league seasons. The Dodgers...

Buchholz (6-2) struck out six and walked one, throwing 125 pitches, two shy of his career high. It was the fourth complete game for the 27-year-old right-hander, the first since a five-hitter in an 11-0 win at Baltimore on June 4, 2010. His only other shutout was a 10-0 victory in a no-hitter on Sept. 1, 2007, his second big league start and appearance. ...

Todd Heisler/The New York TimesLast Summer, Mike Tanier, top center, covered six New York-area events in one day, including the New York Mini 10K in Central Park. He’ll try to top that this year. From the French Open to an Argentina-Brazil friendly to an Oscar Pistorius 400-meter run to the Belmont Stakes to Yankees-Mets, Saturday will be a sports marathon. Having...

The British Olympic Association ratified the nomination of Lutalo Muhammad to its tae kwon do team Friday. The decision came after weeks of conflict over the exclusion of Aaron Cook, a 21-year-old fighter currently ranked No. 1 in his under-80 kilograms weight class. The B.O.A. qualifying standards panel’s decision was unanimous and was taken “following an...

Goal blog reporters, editors and contributors will provide coverage and live analysis of selected games during Euro 2012, starting with Sunday’s Italy-Spain game from Gdansk, Poland, and Monday’s France-England matchup in Donetsk, Ukraine. Check back next week and beyond for more matches. Article source: http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/08/live-coverage-of-eu