Michael Wuertz

|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| Soccer--Premier League, Norwich City at Queens Park, 6:30 a.m. (ESPN2) Men’s College Basketball--Cincinnati Seton Hall, 10 a.m. (ESPNU); Syracuse at Pittsburgh, 11 a.m. (ESPN); Purdue at Northwestern, 11 a.m. (ESPN2);...

FIRST INNING Sox top: Oh, no. What happened to small ball? Scott Podsednik walked on four pitches but Willie Harris wasn't asked to sacrifice and Podsednik was picked off. Cubs top: Carlos Zambrano was smokin'. You could hear the pop on his pitches....

The most impressive number for Jose Contreras was 67. That was the percentage of strikes Contreras threw Saturday that enabled him to last seven innings, keeping the White Sox within striking distance in their 5-3 comeback victory over the Cubs. It also...

The White Sox and Cubs showed Saturday why their seasons are heading in opposite directions. After Carlos Zambrano shut them out on one hit over seven innings, the Sox broke through with four runs in the eighth off the Cubs' bullpen to spark a 5-3...

Pregame Situation: Like Friday, and again Sunday, what to do with DH Carl Everett? Ozzie Guillen's decision: Put Everett in right field and sit Jermaine Dye, even though Dye is by far the better fielder and was hitting .429 in his last six starts....

NEW YORK (AP) - The 2011 salaries for the 844 major league baseball players on opening day rosters and disabled lists. Figures were obtained by The Associated Press from management and player sources and include salaries and pro-rated shares of signing...

TV SPORTS Tennis-WTA Tour, Family Circle Cup, Noon (ESPN2) Major League Baseball-Minnesota Twins at New York Yankees, Noon (FXSP) PGA Golf-Masters Tournament, 2 p.m. (ESPN) Men's College Hockey-NCAA Division I Tournament, Notre Dame vs. Minnesota-...

After competing in a playoff-caliber atmosphere at Busch Stadium over the weekend, the Cubs played before a relatively subdued crowd of 11,337 on Monday night at PNC Park. And as the excitement level fell off, so too did the Cubs' offense in a 3-2 loss...

AMERICAN LEAGUE WEST LOS ANGELES ANGELS (100-62, 1st) MANAGER: Mike Scioscia (10th season) PAYROLL: $110 million X-FACTOR: Top prospect Nick Adenhart wasn't ready last year but if he breaks into the rotation the Angels will have tremendous depth in...