Major League Baseball announced on Tuesday that it has denied the Tampa Bay Rays’ protest of Saturday’s 5-4, 10-inning loss to the Toronto Blue Jays.    

Arnold Palmer is counting down the days until he can play golf again after having successful pacemaker implant surgery Aug. 18 in Pittsburgh.    

Jerry Jones said he hopes that Josh Brent can be a better football player when he returns to the Cowboys because of the time he spent in jail.    

Retired NFL player Sean Gilbert, who wants to replace NFL Players Association chief DeMaurice Smith, released his formal platform Tuesday, highlighted by a plan to terminate the league’s collective bargaining agreement and includes support for an 18-game    

One of Tiger Woods’ former coaches is unsure who might get the job in the future, but Hank Haney believes it doesn’t much matter unless the golfer can get healthy enough to put in the time working on his game.    

A majority of NFL players surveyed by ESPN.com’s NFL Nation would submit to human growth hormone (HGH) testing if it meant their contracts were guaranteed.    

Giancarlo Stanton upstaged Mike Trout with a three-run homer in the first regular-season showdown between two of baseball’s brightest young stars, leading the Miami Marlins to a 7-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Monday night.    

The Chicago Cubs are set to call up top prospect Jorge Soler, sources confirmed to ESPNChicago.com’s Jesse Rogers on Monday.    

A contrite Matt Prater apologized for his four-game suspension for violating the league’s substance abuse policy and vowed not “to drink as long as I’m in this program.”    

Right-hander Tim Lincecum has been moved to the San Francisco Giants’ bullpen as he tries to work through his latest struggles.