JAPAN - Japan did not let down its home crowd on Friday night, throttling Canada, 11-3, in the gold medal final of the 2008 IBAF Women's World Cup. The third installment of the Women's World Cup kicked off one day after the close ...

JAPAN - Marti Sementelli (Burbank, Calif.) hurled a one-run complete game to lead Team USA to a 2-1 win over Australia on Friday and earn the U.S. a bronze medal at the Women's World Cup in Matsuyama, Japan. Sementelli, who did not allow a runner to reach third until the fifth ...

USA - David Price was the Tampa Bay Rays #1 overall pick in the 2007 Major League Baseball draft. A 6 foot 6 inch left-handed pitcher, Price throws in the high 90s and is expected to make an impact in the Rays ...

USA - Kentucky sophomore southpaw Logan Darnell was named the top prospect in the New York Collegiate Baseball League and junior catcher Marcus Nidiffer was tabbed the 14th-best prospect in the Valley Collegiate Baseball League, according to PGcrosschecker.coms surveying of scouts and summer league coaches. Darnell, a native of Joelton, Tenn., ...

USA - Two Yankees pitchers from the Dominican Summer League were suspended for 50 games on Friday for testing positive for banned performance-enhancing drugs under baseball's Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. Justo Arias and Rafael Martinez of the Yankees tested positive for metabolites of stanozolol, according to an announcement ...

USA - Mitch Maier was honored as the Omaha Player of the Year on Friday as the Royals named their top players and pitchers for Minor League clubs in 2008. A center fielder, Maier was called up to the Royals on July 24 ...

ITALY - One of the keys for T&A San Marino heading into Game 1 of the Italian Series was to deliver clutch hits against a porous Danesi Nettuno bullpen. Mission accomplished. San Marino blew open a 2-1 encounter with five runs in the ninth to beat Nettuno 7-1 on ...