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In a span of six days last offseason, Rockies general manager Jeff Bridich signed the two players — closer Greg Holland and first baseman Mark Reynolds — that might very well have gotten his team over the top in its quest to return to the postseason. Holland signed an incentive-laden …

A television station employee was shot dead on Friday in the northwestern city of Peshawar as violent crowds filled the streets of several cities on a day of government-sanctioned protests against an anti-Islam film made in the United States. The unrest came as governments and Western institutions in many parts …

Former NBA star Ben Gordon was arrested Saturday in Los Angeles on a felony robbery charge, the latest in a recent string of troubling incidents. Gordon, 34, was accused of punching the manager of a downtown apartment complex where he is renting, pulling a knife on the man and taking …

Bank will serve up $1 million as the main sponsor of the 10th staging of the Men’s and Women’s Open Tennis Championships, which is scheduled to be held from December 2-9 at the Liguanea Club in New Kingston. “Jamaica National is passionate about honing and recognising the talents of our …

No one picked Cameron Davis to win the Australian Open this week, not even the man himself. He missed the cut in his two previous Australian Open appearances and even missed the cut at the NSW Open last week, an $AUD400,000 event on the Australasian PGA Tour. Jordan Spieth fell …

Cleveland Cavaliers guard Derrick Rose is apparently taking a leave from the group in order to assess his NBA future, inning accordance with ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and Dave McMenamin … Read More

Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez, who defected from Cuba to sign with the Phillies organization and pitched briefly for Philadelphia at the Major League level in 2014, died Thursday in an automobile accident in his home country, the club confirmed. Rumored to have been offered more than $60 million, the Phillies wound …

SportsLine computer picks also would have won more than 96 percent of CBS Sports Office Pool Manager leagues that made straight-up NFL picks last season. Philly wins this game straight-up in a whopping 89 percent of simulations and covers the spread 63 percent of the time. And in a surprise, …

Durant did have 21 points and five rebounds, but he was one of just three Warriors to score in double digits on the night. “The first quarter, we’ve been this type of team that came out tonight, second quarter we knew we had to bring it, don’t let up, especially …

Darko Grncarov was just a regular young sportsman set to embark on the long, winding road towards stardom, until he was told by doctors he may never play tennis again. After long practises and training sessions in the gym, a blood vessel burst in his brain and Grncaraov suffered a …