AP - Ryan Ludwick tied a franchise record with a homer in his fifth straight game, Albert Pujols hit a grand slam and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-6 on Wednesday night.

AP - Brett Favre's journey from retirement and back has finally ended — in New York.

AFP - The ATP Tour on Wednesday expressed relief as a US court threw out a multimillion dollar antitrust case brought by the German Tennis Federation (DTB) against the dropping of Hamburg's Masters Series status.

AFP - Argentina ignited a major international football row on Wednesday by insisting superstar attacker Lionel Messi will make a controversial Olympic Games debut.

AP - Mike Hampton is definitely going to remember this one. Josh Johnson also had a reason to feel good about his victory.

AP - Green Bay Packers general manager Ted Thompson was not seen at practice Wednesday morning, and his scheduled early afternoon media availability was postponed — one of several signs a trade involving Brett Favre might be brewing.

AFP - Olympic absentee Andy Roddick confessed that he will surely have second thoughts about his decision to skip the Summer Games when the action begins this weekend in Beijing.

AFP - Rangers manager Walter Smith says his team needs to drastically improve after the Scottish side crashed out of the Champions League at the hands of FBK Kaunas on Tuesday.

AP - Chris Waters wasn't even supposed to start for the Orioles. When the team's first choice — Hayden Penn — was deemed unready, Waters got the call.