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With the go-ahead run on base after Washington’s 10th walk of the night, Rick Ankiel was hoping to get something hittable up and over the plate. The way Nationals pitchers had trouble locating, it wasn’t an unreasonable expectation. Ankiel hit a tiebreaking RBI double in St. Louis’ five-run ninth inning and the Cardinals beat the [...]

Dwight Howard can trade the keyboard for hitting the boards. Orlando’s big man will get to play again in the next round of the NBA playoffs. On a night the suspended Howard recorded a double-double in blog and Twitter posts from his hotel room, the Magic advanced to the second round of the Eastern Conference [...]

Von Wafer was cleared to play in Game 6 of the Houston Rockets’ first-round series against the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday night, a few hours after the team announced he would sit out with back spasms. The Rockets lead the series 3-2. The 6-foot-5 Wafer has been a key reserve for Houston in the [...]

Already embroiled in controversy, Boston Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo threw an elbow at the Chicago Bulls’ Kirk Hinrich late in the first quarter Thursday but was not ejected from the first-round playoff game. Trying to avoid elimination in Game 6, Chicago was leading 34-25 when Derrick Rose rebounded a missed 3-pointer by Boston’s Stephon [...]

Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan has had right knee replacement surgery. The Jazz said Thursday the surgery went well and the 67-year-old coach was recovering. Utah’s 21st season under Sloan ended Monday night with a loss to the Los Angeles Lakers, who won the first-round series 4-1. Sloan signed a one-year extension in January that [...]

Now that the Denver Nuggets have won a playoff series for the first time in 15 years, the big question is what to make of their season sweep of their next opponent, the Dallas Mavericks. Does it foreshadow anything? Reveal something? Mean much at all? “A lot, it means a lot,” suggested Carmelo Anthony after [...]

B.J. Raji and Clay Matthews are in for some culture shock in the NFL’s smallest market. At least they were smart enough to prepare for it. The Green Bay Packers picked them in the first round of Saturday’s draft. Raji, a defensive tackle from Boston College, was selected No. 9 overall, and Matthews, a linebacker [...]

The Seattle Seahawks and starting outside linebacker Leroy Hill have reached agreement on six-year contract worth a guaranteed $15.5 million. The deal could potentially be worth $38 million. Hill became a free agent last weekend after the team dropped its franchise tag on him and Hill refused to sign an $8.3 million tender offer.

Running back Chris “Beanie” Wells shrugged off concerns about durability that apparently caused him to fall to the No. 31 pick in the NFL draft. “I missed three games in three years,” he said, “so I don’t understand the durability question. … I played the whole 2007 season with a broken wrist.” Wells came to [...]

Sheldon White has been promoted to vice president of pro personnel by the Detroit Lions. White has served as director of pro personnel since 2000. In that position, he headed a team of scouts responsible for evaluating all NFL players, including current Detroit players, and consulted with others in the front office on free agency [...]