The Phillies brought in Brad Lidge to take his job, and Tom Gordon is just happy to be there. Scott Miller says the veteran reliever figures the team stuck with him so he'll stick with the team -- no matter what his role is.
It's a bona fide major league position in the American League, with a lucrative paycheck, but to the Los Angeles Angels' star-studded outfield, it's the ugliest two-letter word in the English language: designated hitter.
While fans and media argue about Tribune Co. Chairman Sam Zell 's proposal to sell the naming rights of Wrigley Field , the people who actually call the ballpark home are monitoring the situation in Arizona with varying degrees of interest.
After 87 years, Loehmann's, the king of discount retailers, is going where no man has gone before: Specifically, it's opening its first store devoted to off-price designer goods for guys only.
"We haven't qualified well yet, but we did turn a good lap for the time of day, but I think the track is going to get quite a bit faster. It is going to get pretty quick, so those guys going later are going to get a little bit of an advantage.
ON QUALIFYING: "I think it was a decent lap. We had to go out early and that's going to hurt us some, but I'm proud of our guys. I think we're going to have a pretty good piece for Sunday.
Joe Sakic was feeling a little nostalgic Friday, reflecting back on the Colorado Avalanche's glory days. Those days are almost here again. With Adam Foote already back in an Avalanche sweater and Peter Forsberg set to arrive in town soon, the Avalanche captain said Friday that it felt "like old times" around the locker room. All that's missing is Patrick Roy in net. Sakic, Forsberg and Foote