Hockey

YellowBrix Top Headlines

• O's End Cubbies' 14-Game Home Winning Streak
  Chicago, IL (Sports Network) - Nick Markakis and Luke Scott drove in two runs each for Baltimore, as the Ori...
• Trio of Gloucester High Teen Moms Deny Pre-Pregnancy Pact
  Jun. 25--Claims that girls at Gloucester High School made a pact to become pregnant, first questioned by city ...
• MEDIABIZ ; Door to Doubt Creeps Open
  Time magazine yesterday backpedaled from its bombshell report about a teen pregnancy pact in Gloucester - a st...
• Sportscene
  ESPN's Melrose new Lightning coach Barry Melrose was hired as coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning today, returnin...
• Palestinian Rockets Threaten Cease-Fire With Israel
  JERUSALEM _ Palestinian militants fired three homemade rockets into southern Israel on Tuesday, jeopardizing I...

Basketball

• Suns May Be Able to Answer Three Pressing Needs
  The Suns would like to start next season having added a quality backup for Steve Nash at point guard, a qualit...
• Timberwolves Still Working on Draft Strategy
  Timberwolves executives interviewed West Virginia forward Joe Alexander by telephone Tuesday as they continue ...
• Warriors' Davis Unlikely to Opt Out of Contract but Might Seek a Trade; What About the Pistons?
  OAKLAND, Calif. _ As the hours tick down to a draft that will start the ball rolling on the Warriors' potentia...
• Despite Off-Court Issues, Sonics Keep Focused on Draft
  SEATTLE _ Morale may be low at the Sonics' downtown headquarters, but general manager Sam Presti said coaches ...
• Busy Week for Luukko With NHL and NBA Drafts
  PHILADELPHIA _ Having played and coached at the amateur level, Peter Luukko said, "I know enough about hockey ...

YellowBrix Top Health

• Salmonella Can Ride Water into Tomatoes
  WASHINGTON - Pick a tomato in the blazing sun and plunge it straight into cold water. That doesn't mean peopl...
• Produce Fresh From the Field is Trademark at Farmers' Market
  Jun. 24--Where can a person get a juicy, fresh tomato without worrying about getting salmonella, too? "Come t...
• Scientists Find New Alzheimer's Clue
  WASHINGTON Researchers have uncovered a new clue to the cause of Alzheimer's disease. Also involved are tangl...
• Lowcountry Growers Fill Produce Bins With Tomatoes Free of Contamination
  Jun. 23--You say tomato. Since mid-April, a salmonella outbreak linked to raw tomatoes has sickened at least...
• Tomato Growers Anxious: AS CROPS RIPEN, MANY AWAIT CONSUMER FALLOUT
  Jun. 24--Bay Area eateries are putting juicy red Romas and round red tomatoes back into pita sandwiches, chees...

Golf

• CALL ME THE BOGEY MAN ; I'Ve Made Six Cuts in a Row but Silly Errors Are Costing Me Dear
  IT'S a small world, you know. But even I was amazed to end up with acaddie at the US Open who was best man at...
• Tri-State Amateur is Good for 'Handicapped'
  Playing in the Tri-State Amateur today and Sunday at Helfrich Hills Golf Course appeals to golfers with a vari...
• Double Eagle Puts Erdy in Command at Tri-State
  The initials - D. E. - for the leader of the Tri-State Amateur and the way he got there are the same. David Er...
• Simply Putting Along Niemann Owns Greens to Win Amateur Title
  Some golfers might consider the cover for Brad Niemann's putter - silver on the outside, soft and fluffy on th...
• BRIEF: Carol Semple Thompson Named to Golf Hall of Fame
  Jun. 24--Carol Semple Thompson, often called "the First Lady of Amateur Golf" in the United States, will recei...

Baseball

• White Sox beat Dodgers 6-1 behind Buehrle
  LOS ANGELES - Mark Buehrle pitched eight solid innings, Jermaine Dye hit a two-run homer, and the Chicago Whit...
• Red Sox Rally to Defeat Diamondbacks
  BOSTON _ One inning a night, the Arizona Diamondbacks' road trip is slipping away. Boston used a four-run eigh...
• Mariners Blank Mets for Rare Back-to-Back Victory
  Flushing, NY (Sports Network) - R.A. Dickey had a strong performance on the mound and Raul Ibanez drove in...
• Berkman, Astros Slip Past Rangers
  Houston, TX (Sports Network) - Lance Berkman's 21st home run of the season supported veteran Brian Moeh...
• BoSox Score Four Runs in Eighth to Stun D-Backs
  Boston, MA (Sports Network) - Mike Lowell hit a two-run double, and Jason Varitek drove in the go-ahead ...

NCAA Football

• Scouting the NBA's Top Five Small Forwards
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. _ Joe Alexander sat in a courtside chair at the Kings' practice facility after a closed dra...
• Westbrook Stays Home to Get Coach ; Jeff Guerette, a Four-Year Assistant, is Promoted to Head Coach
  Jeff Guerette, an assistant football coach the last four years at Westbrook High, has been appointed varsity h...
• Alabama LB Johns Charged With Sale of Cocaine
  Birmingham, AL (Sports Network) - University of Alabama linebacker Jimmy Johns has been arrested and ch...
• Keller Teacher Jessica Springer Loves Women's Football
  Jun. 24--Jessica Springer never really got to deck opponents while playing basketball at Texas Woman's Univers...
• A Decade Later ...: Golden Empire Youth Football Has Become One of the State's Largest Leagues
  Jun. 24--The Golden Empire Youth Football League, which has grown to 1,700 players on 56 teams with 350 coache...

Football

• Giants Sign Woodson, Kehl and Goff
  East Rutherford, NJ (Sports Network) - The New York Giants signed three of their 2008 draft picks, t...
• Bradshaw Acknowledges Steroid Treatments
  In a radio interview with Dan Patrick, Steelers Super Bowl quarterback Terry Bradshaw acknowledges that he was...
• Suppressing Egos Will Be the Key to Dallas Cowboys' Season
  DALLAS _ Whether the Cowboys finally end their ridiculously long drought without a playoff win won't have anyt...
• Looking for This Year's 'BCS Buster'
  YOU KNOW what we need in college football this fall? We thought we had something in Hawaii last season, but th...
• Prep Sports: ; Huff is Out of Touch With Talent on State's Prep Football Fields
  BOWL bids are much easier to come by now than they were in 1953. Those facts make the bids and players each s...

NCAA Basketball

• Berkman, Moehler Push Astros Past Rangers
  Houston, TX (Sports Network) - Lance Berkman's 21st home run of the season supported veteran Brian Moeh...
• Connecticut Upends Detroit in First-Place Battle
  Uncasville, CT (Sports Network) - Asjha Jones netted a game-high 20 points and Amber Holt chipped in 19 p...
• Sports Briefs
  2 men charged in Herron burglaryGREEN BAY, Wis. - Two Green Bay men face charges of burglarizing the home of P...
• Kevin Lose Trying to Change Perception Before NBA Draft
  MINNEAPOLIS _ By the time the Timberwolves either use or trade their third pick in Thursday night's NBA draft,...