AP - Dioner Navarro singled with the bases loaded and one out in the ninth inning, enabling the Tampa Bay Rays to beat the Boston Red Sox 2-1 and remain in first place in the AL East.
AP - The Chicago Cubs did what no other National League team has been able to do this season. They beat CC Sabathia. Ryan Dempster got his 16th win and Chicago sent the Milwaukee Brewers to their fifth straight loss, holding on for a 5-4 win Tuesday night that spoiled interim manager Dale Sveum's debut.
AFP - Former world number one Amelie Mauresmo squandered four match points before falling 0-6, 6-1, 7-6 (10/8) to Dominika Cibulkova in round one of the Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament here Tuesday.
AFP - Colombia's football federation announced the sacking of national football coach, Jorge Luis Pinto, Tuesday following the team's poor results in qualifying for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
AP - Taxpayers and ticket buyers are the losers in plans to provide hundreds of millions of dollars in public subsidies to build the new Yankee Stadium, a New York lawmaker said Tuesday. -- read full article
Reuters - Marion Barber's one-yard touchdown run
with a little under five minutes remaining completed a wild
41-37 victory for the Dallas Cowboys against the Philadelphia
Eagles on Monday.
AP - Marion Barber scored the go-ahead touchdown with 4:35 remaining as the Cowboys knocked off Philadelphia 41-37 in a game that featured seven lead changes. Barber also grabbed a 17-yard scoring pass from Tony Romo to put Dallas ahead 31-30 late in the third quarter.
AP - Ed Hochuli received the support of the NFL Referees Association on Tuesday, two days after he botched a call at the end of the San Diego-Denver game that allowed the Broncos to keep possession and go on to score the winning points. -- read full article
AP - Houston Texans owner Bob McNair has discussed the possibility of his team playing at Rice Stadium if repairs to Reliant Stadium from Hurricane Ike can't be made in time for its first home game on Oct. 5. -- read full article
AP - East Carolina linebacker Quentin Cotton is likely out for the season after injuring his right knee during the Pirates' recent victory over Tulane.
AFP - Spurs problems deepened further on Monday as they were beaten 2-1 by Aston Villa to leave them bottom of the Premiership with just a point after four matches.
