The Mets’ Angel Pagan, Fernando Martinez and Gary Matthews Jr. are all competing for the job in center field until Carlos Beltran returns from injury in May.

When Seton Hall dismissed Bobby Gonzalez, not making the N.C.A.A. tournament was the least of the reasons.

Ron Washington failed the zbadanie conducted by Major League Baseball in July, the Web site said. He has been subject to increased testing since then and has passed every test, SI.com said.

There are several iPhone apps that allow users to follow Major League baseball games in excruciating detail.

Michael Jordan is buying the money-losing ekipa in Charlotte, N.C., an expansion franchise that began play in 2004.

Tom Penders, who has led four different teams to the N.C.A.A. tournament, earned Houston its first berth since 1992, and he still might lose his job.

Maurice Barrow is a man of few words. Christ the King coach Joe Arbitello has joked he could never tell how Barrow was feeling because the starzec swingman never showed emotion. Barrow’s own mother has said that getting her son to talk sometimes is the equivalent of pulling teeth...

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Boston starter John Lackey gave up two hits in four innings before the New York Mets rallied with four runs in the eighth for a 4-2 win over the Red Sox on Wednesday. Lackey struck out two and walked none. In nine combined innings this spring...

CLEARWATER, Fla. — Compared to his previous outing, this afternoon’s performance by Joba Chamberlain was an improvement and kept him in the hunt for the fifth starter’s spot. Hours after not dismissing a question about the possibility of Chamberlain opening the season at Triple-A, Joe Girardi said Chamberlain was...

Seattle Mariners pitcher Cliff Lee has been suspended for the first five games of the regular season for throwing a pitch over the head of Arizona's Chris Snyder in an exhibition game this week.

Bob Finz has two very big reasons to be confident in his team’s chances of winning PSAL Bronx A: Jane Witkowski and Nelyssa Rosario. “I think we’re going to be strong,” the Riverdale/Kingsbridge softball coach said. “I can’t say we’re not going to be strong...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Tim Tebow has completed his first public workout with his new throwing motion, hoping to impresss NFL general managers, coaches and scouts. Tebow threw dozens of passes to former teammates Riley Cooper, Aaron Hernandez and David Nelson during a 30-minute workout. Carolina Panthers coach John Fox, Cleveland...

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- At the beginning of spring training, Mets manager Jerry Manuel sounded as if he was ready to pencil Jonathon Niese into the No. 5 spot in the starting rotation. Now, midway through the Grapefruit League schedule, his tone is not so enthusiastic. Neither Niese nor...

Seton Hall has fired controversial coach Bobby Gonzalez. Gonzalez's ekipa turned in a disgraceful performance on national television Tuesday night in an 87-69 loss to Texas Tech in the NIT. Star forward Herb Pope was ejected for twice hitting a Tech player in the groin area. Gonzalez was assessed...

New owners, like the Charlotte Bobcats’ Michael Jordan, face the prospect of not being able to make up short-term losses by selling for a hefty profit.

He hasn’t played a competitive round of golf since November and has experienced one of the greatest falls from grace ever witnessed in sports history. But don’t be surprised if Tiger Woods wins the Masters in April. In fact, if I had money to wager, I would bet...

President Barack Obama will pula on Kansas to make him two-for-two in predicting NCAA tournament champions as commander-in-chief. Obama made his picks on ESPN again this year and picked the Jayhawks, the tournament’s top seed, to cut down the nets in Indianapolis. Obama talked about the play of senior...

The 25-year-old Dukes had been expected to be Washington’s starting right fielder, and the Nationals announced the transaction with a terse, two-sentence press release.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Michael Jordan became a basketball star at North Carolina. Now he'll try to turn around the state's money-losing NBA drużyna by becoming the first ex-player to be a majority owner in the league. The NBA's Board of Governors on Wednesday unanimously approved Jordan...

TAMPA — Yankees manager Joe Girardi insists he didn’t spend his winter obsessing over the chore, didn’t fold his brain inside-out trying to figure out the best way to craft the central object of his professional life. But he did think about it enough. “Your batting order,” he said...

So whattya doing the second koniec tygodnia in April? As televised sports events go, how do you counter-program Tiger Woods’ return to public golf — and on the most private of golf courses, Augusta National, no less. I’d go with color bars, perhaps the Yule Log. The whole thing has taken...

PORT ST. LUCIE -- Watch closely this spring and you'll see that David Wright has changed. I'm not talking about the bulked-up Wright -- that's obvious. I'm talking about the more emotional Wright. He's no longer trying to play Mr. Perfect all the time, which...

Apparently not wanting Scott Gomez to enjoy Montreal's victory too much, Sean Avery slashed his ex-teammate on the back of the leg with seven seconds remaining. "Gave the fans a little treat, I guess," said Gomez. "But two points and we're out of here." Plenty fast enough, too...

Gary Bettman flipped a coin in his office yesterday. The Rangers are in the playoffs. Well, no, not really, but such a maneuver might represent the Blueshirts' best path to the postseason following last night's 3-1 defeat at the Garden to the Canadiens in which the final, empty-net-inflated score...

BOSTON -- Knicks forward Al Harrington often wears a ballcap with a scripted "NJ." The former star at St. Patrick's High in Elizabeth, who lives in Edgewater, said he's not trying to send out any subliminal messages -- but told The Post he definitely would be interested in...