Matt Downs

Thursday, May 23, 2013 YOUTH SWIMMING Hagerstown YMCA results District championships at Prince George’s Sports and Learning Complex Top 10 finishers 12U Girls 500 free: 4. Caitlin Dawson 5:55.81; 9. Amilia Fontes 6:07.93. 10U Boys 100 back: 1....

MESA, Ariz. -- Talking baseball while wondering if Brandt Snedeker is the new Tom Watson: 1. Tony Campana isn’t really gone yet, but I’m already missing him. The Cubs made an unpopular decision Sunday, dropping Campana off the 40-man...

|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| Soccer--Premier League, Norwich City at Queens Park, 6:30 a.m. (ESPN2) Men’s College Basketball--Cincinnati Seton Hall, 10 a.m. (ESPNU); Syracuse at Pittsburgh, 11 a.m. (ESPN); Purdue at Northwestern, 11 a.m. (ESPN2);...

TODAY HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL ****HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL**** District 1B Summit (25-1) vs. Rosholt (15-10) at Waubay, 7 p.m. District 2B Warner (29-0) vs. Northwestern (23-7) at Aberdeen Civic Arena, 7 p.m. District 5B Highmore-Harrold (18-...

Contact a Hollywood agent, quick. It's time for someone to do the miniseries "Trading Sori: Inside the Cubs' Quest for the Holy Grail.'' The conversations about the Alfonso Soriano situation that have taken place recently and will take place for who...

The Houston Astros set a franchise record by hitting three triples in a five-run first inning, backing starter Bud Norris with a season-high 17 hits on the way to an 11-4 victory over the Washington Nationals on Thursday night. Norris pitched six innings...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Maybe all James McDonald needed to pitch deep into a game was a little urging from Mother Nature. Working quickly in a steady rain, McDonald pitched into the eighth inning to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 3-1 win over the...

HOUSTON (AP) — Roy Halladay pitched his 20th career shutout and the Philadelphia Phillies became the first team to reach the playoffs this season with a 1-0 victory over the Houston Astros on Wednesday. The NL East leaders clinched at least a wild-...

HOUSTON (AP) — Jeff Karstens shut down the Houston Astros and pitched the Pittsburgh Pirates into a tie for first place in the NL Central. Karstens threw a five-hitter and Andrew McCutchen tripled and drove in two runs as the surging Pirates opened...

HOUSTON (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates found themselves in an unfamiliar position Sunday, needing to bounce back after All-Star closer Joel Hanrahan blew a save. Hanrahan gave up Chris Johnson's tying double in the eighth inning for his first...

TV SPORTS Major League Baseball-Cleveland Indians at Minnesota Twins, Noon and 7 p.m. (FXSP); New York Yankees at Tampa Bay Rays, 6 p.m. (ESPN) Soccer-MLS-Premier League, World Football Challenge, Manchester City at Vancouver, 9 p.m. (ESPN2) TODAY...

Michael Morse and Ryan Zimmerman homered and Zimmerman drove in the go-ahead run in the ninth inning to give the Washington Nationals a 5-2 win over the Houston Astros on Monday night. Laynce Nix added a pair of insurance runs with an RBI single after...