He’s worn them for years, primarily to keep sweat out of his eyes, as well as out of habit and in recent years possibly to hide his oft-discussed receding hairline. But when he lost the headband Tuesday night, the Miami Heat’s fortunes turned around. James lost his signature accessory with just over 9 minutes left in the fourth quarter,...

CROMWELL, Conn. — Justin Rose says he may need adrenaline to carry him through the Travelers Championship after winning the U.S. Open last week. Rose says he had always planned to play a three-week stretch starting at Merion, and loves playing the TPC River Highlands course, where he has three top-10 finishes in seven starts. The 32-year-old...

Jim Boyce, chairman of the tournament organizing committee, acknowledged that security has been beefed up for the June 21-July 13 tournament. He said FIFA security experts were comfortable with arrangements for the 24 teams and spectators in the seven host cities and predicted there wouldn’t be problems with security. “The FIFA security people...

“The UEFA emergency panel and decided that due to the security situation in Dagestan and the North Caucasus, no UEFA competition match is allowed to be played in this region during the 2013/14 season,” UEFA said in a statement. “Consequently, Anzhi Makhachkala have been requested to propose an alternative venue for their home matches in...

Tiger Woods’ sore left elbow will keep him out of competition until the British Open. Woods says on his website that he had his left elbow checked out when he returned home from the U.S. Open at Merion. He says doctors found a strain to his left elbow and advised him to take a few weeks off for rest and treatment. He will not be playing the...

Terms were not disclosed Wednesday ahead of an afternoon news conference with Appel and team officials. The 21-year-old Appel was 10-4 with four complete games and a 2.12 ERA this season. He had 130 strikeouts in 106.1 innings pitched and allowed opponents a .203 batting average. Appel is an Astros fan who grew up in West Houston before moving to...

South Korea reached their eighth consecutive World Cup finals by finishing runners-up in Group A of Asian qualifying but only secured their place on goal difference after losing 1-0 at home to Iran on Tuesday. Choi took over in December 2011 and said at the time his only mission was to get the team to Brazil and that he would step aside after qualification....

Brandon Moss and John Jaso homered, Jarrod Parker went seven strong innings for his fourth consecutive victory and the AL West-leading A’s beat the Rangers 6-2 on Tuesday night. “We may do better against him than other teams, maybe, because we see him more often being in our division and we always seem to get him,” Moss said. “But at...