Ryan Cook (baseball)

Women's college basketball Vermont's Lauren Wheeler made her only 3-pointer of the game with 26 seconds left to break a tie and lift sixth-seeded Vermont (10-20) to a 47-43 win over third-seeded UMBC (10-20) in an America East quarterfinal Friday in...

Colleges Towson's Booker is top FCS running back of week Towson senior running back Dominique Booker was honored as the Football Championship Subdivision National Running Back of the Week by College Football Performance Awards. Booker ran for a career-...

MLB Team Report - Oakland Athletics - INSIDE PITCH Dan Straily had been more about hype than substance. Now he's about substance, too. Straily pitched the game of his life Tuesday night, tossing seven scoreless innings to beat the Rangers 1-0. He gave...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Oakland Athletics - INSIDE PITCH Chris Young returned to Oakland's lineup on Saturday, but the outfielder is still not contributing much, and another recent returnee, Coco Crisp, also hasn't caught fire since...

A's sweep Royals thanks to Cespedes' homer OAKLAND -- Someone wondered before the first pitch what Oakland Athletics' manager Bob Melvin was going to do about Yoenis Cespedes. The second-year major-leaguer from Cuba was hitting below the dreaded...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Oakland Athletics - INSIDE PITCH Brett Anderson has missed large chunks of the past three years with injuries and a new one might cost him the rest of this season. Anderson has a stress fracture in his right foot,...

Athletics 4, Royals 3: Yoenis Cespedes belted a tiebreaking home run to lead off the eighth inning and host Oakland completed a three-game sweep. Jed Lowrie had an RBI single and Josh Donaldson and Coco Crisp each plated a run with a sacrifice fly as...

The Sports Xchange A's 2, Royals 1 OAKLAND -- Kansas City Royals starter Ervin Santana was his usual effective self against the Oakland A's on Saturday night, but one night after James Shields had an equally strong outing at the Oakland Coliseum and...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Athletics 2, Royals 1 Athletics 2, Royals 1: Brandon Moss tripled home the go-ahead run in the sixth inning and host Oakland notched its second consecutive 2-1 decision over Kansas City. Left-hander Tommy Milone (4-5) allowed...

Athletics 2, Royals 1: Brandon Moss tripled home the go-ahead run in the sixth inning and host Oakland notched its second consecutive 2-1 decision over Kansas City. Left-hander Tommy Milone (4-5) allowed one run in six innings to snap a five-start...

The Sports Xchange A's Milone overcomes rough beginning OAKLAND, Calif. -- Tommy Milone threw so many pitches in the first two innings that Oakland A's manager Bob Melvin feared he wouldn't make it far into the game. The A's left-hander not only kept...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Oakland Athletics - INSIDE PITCH With Brett Anderson's ankle a lingering problem, Dan Straily will remain in Oakland's rotation -- at least for now. Straily didn't make it out of the fifth inning on Wednesday, and...