Andrew McCutchen hit a pair of two-run homers and A.J. Burnett pitched six solid innings to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 4-3 win over the Detroit Tigers on Saturday. A day after Detroit's Justin Verlander took a no-hitter into the ninth while shutting ...

Justin Verlander came within two outs of his third career no-hitter, allowing only Josh Harrison's ninth-inning single in the Detroit Tigers' 6-0 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night. The 29-year-old Verlander, last year's AL MVP and Cy Young ...

PHILADELPHIA _ I don't know whether two free throws can change a legacy, but for one night, at least, Andre Iguodala was finally what Philadelphia had begged him to be _ the leading man, the guy who made the plays that carried the team to victory. It hasn ...

From a park near Albuquerque, to the top of Japan's Mount Fuji, to the California coast the effect was dramatic: The moon nearly blotting out the sun creating a blazing "ring of fire" eclipse. Millions of people across a narrow strip of eastern Asia and ...

ROME — Italy's economy will contract this year more than the government forecasts as falling domestic demand and investments extend the country's fourth recession since 2001, the national statistics institute said. Gross domestic product will decline 1.5 ...

Obama said he came to support gay marriage after spending years talking to family and friends. Looking at his comments dating to 2009, here's a sampling of how his views have change: — "I believe strongly in stopping laws designed to take ...

St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Matheny has been trying to pick his spots in terms of when to give 36-year-old first baseman Lance Berkman days off because of his history of knee problems. Now, he may not have a choice. Berkman left Saturday night's game ...

Former longtime Pennsylvania House Democratic leader Bill DeWeese is out on bail days after he began serving a 2 1/2 -to-five-year prison term for corruption. A spokesman for the State Correction Institution in Camp Hill confirmed late Friday that DeWeese ...

Arbitrator Shyam Das heard arguments Wednesday from NFL and players union lawyers on whether Commissioner Roger Goodell can discipline players for actions that occurred before the league's current labor agreement was signed last August. The hearing, which ...

Fernando Sales' shaky ninth inning spoiled a dramatic moment for slugger Lance Berkman. Salas retired only one of the five batters he faced in the ninth inning, walking A.J. Ellis on four pitches with the bases loaded to force in a run and send the St ...