AP - A deal could be reached within days to sell a majority interest in the Pittsburgh Steelers to the chairman of a Pittsburgh-based investment firm, taking control of the NFL franchise away from the Rooney family.

AP - Martin Truex's bid to make the Chase for the championship took a severe hit Tuesday when NASCAR penalized his Dale Earnhardt Inc. team 150 points for bringing an illegal car to Daytona.

AP - CC Sabathia was a little wild in his debut with the Milwaukee Brewers, but still delivered as advertised in a 7-3 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday night.

AP - The Golden State Warriors will sign high-scoring free agent Corey Maggette to a five-year contract worth around $50 million, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Tuesday night.

AP - One day after the Milwaukee Brewers landed an ace, the Chicago Cubs answered. Intent on ending their 100-year drought without a World Series title, the NL Central leaders acquired talented right-hander Rich Harden in a six-player deal with the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday.

AFP - Rejuvenated German Nicolas Kiefer made the switch from grass back to clay, mowing down Italian qualifier Gianluca Naso 6-3, 6-2 on Tuesday to reach the second round of the Gstaad Open.

AFP - Luiz Felipe Scolari capped a confident public debut in his new role as Chelsea boss by revealing that he expects Frank Lampard to stay at the club.

AP - Hiroki Kuroda was nearly perfect in lifting the under-.500 Dodgers into a first-place tie in the NL West. Pedro Martinez was sharp, too. The Mets bullpen, though, almost denied New York its first winning record in a month.

AFP - American Donald Young got off to a rousing start at the 385,0000 dollar Hall of Fame Tennis Championship by registering an opening round win on Monday.