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WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama recognized 17 Americans with the nation's highest civilian award on Tuesday, including the first African-American woman elected to Congress, one of the greatest catchers in baseball history and a ''Funny Girl.''''Today we celebrate some extraordinary people: innovators, artists and leaders who contribute to...

MIAMI (AP) Federal prosecutors want a Miami judge to reduce by more than a year the prison sentence being served by the former owner of a clinic that supplied banned substances to baseball players including New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez.A court document filed by prosecutors Wednesday asks...

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AP Sports WriterAP source: Matt Wieters, Nationals agree, pending physicalBy HOWARD FENDRICHWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) After waiting and waiting to find a free-agent deal, four-time All-Star catcher Matt Wieters finally found a match with the Washington Nationals.Wieters and the Nationals agreed in principle on a $10.5 million...

CINCINNATI (AP) - Matt Adams delivered his first home run of the season, and the St. Louis Cardinals snapped the Cincinnati Reds' season-opening winning streak at four with a 4-1 win on Saturday.Kolten Wong had a sacrifice fly, Jhonny Peralta and Yadier Molina added ninth-inning run-scoring singles and Michael...

LEADING OFF: Stanton back to hit, Strasburg returnsBy The Associated PressA look at what's happening all around the majors today:---STANTON RETURNSThe Marlins are getting a key reinforcement for their postseason push - sort of. Star slugger Giancarlo Stanton was activated Tuesday, just three weeks after his season was thought...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Veteran pitchers Joba Chamberlain and Wandy Rodriguez agreed to minor league contracts Sunday with the Kansas City Royals, the American League Central leaders, and will report to Triple-A Omaha.Chamberlain, a 29-year-old right-hander, is 25-21 with a 3.89 ERA in 359 games in the majors...

The SEATTLE and the OAKLAND will both be gunning for a victory on 9/26/2017 at 10:05 PM when they meet in a game matchup. GAME: Seattle Mariners (76-81) at Oakland Athletics (72-84) DATE/TIME: Tuesday, September 26 - 10:05 PM EST WHERE: Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, California ROT TEAM PS OU RL 977 SEATTLE 8.5 (110) (110) 9 (-110) -120 110 978 OAKLAND TV: 10:05 p.m. ET, ROOT Northwest (Seattle), NBCSN California (Oakland) PITCHING...

NEW YORK (AP) Washington Nationals manager Matt Williams says he hasn't talked to team management about his job status for 2016 after going through a tough season.''Nobody's spoken to me about anything,'' he said before Saturday's doubleheader against the New York Mets. ''Frankly, it's not a concern of...

The Latest: Francona not recognized in hours before Game 6CLEVELAND (AP) The Latest on Game 6 of the World Series between the Chicago Cubs and the Cleveland Indians (all times local):4:50 p.m.Indians manager Terry Francona could run for mayor and win. Not everyone in Cleveland knows his face,...

MIAMI (AP) Zoilo Almonte broke a tie with a two-run single in the top of the ninth inning to lead Aguilas Cibaenas to a 4-3 victory over Cardenales de Lara on Sunday night in the championship game of the inaugural Serie de las Americas professional baseball tournament at...

The latest on the League Championship Series. The Royals can earn a return trip to the World Series with a win over Toronto in Game 5 of the ALCS, first pitch 4:07 p.m. The Mets also could wrap up the NL's spot in the Fall Classic with a win...