MLB: Byrd joins Pirates in style
Marlon Byrd celebrated his arrival in Pittsburgh with a three-run homer, and the Pirates beat the Brewers 7-1. Byrd, acquired along with catcher John Buck from the Mets on Tuesday, hit his 22nd homer of the season into the bushes in center field in the seventh inning as Pittsburgh ended a three-game losing streak.
In Detroit, Brandon Moss homered twice, drove in a career-high six runs in the Athletics' 14-4 rout of the Tigers.
In Los Angeles, Dodgers manager Don Mattingly pulled star rookie Yasiel Puig from the teamn's 4-0 win against the Cubs in the fifth inning for disciplinary reasons. Mattingly would not disclose the exact reason for Puig's benching.
In St. Petersburg, Fla., Chris Archer pitched seven strong innings, David DeJesus scored twice and the Rays, 4-1 winners, ended Los Angeles' four-game winning streak.
In Boston, pinch-hitter Mike Carp's bloop single to left in the eighth inning scored the tiebreaking run and lifted the Red Sox to a 4-3 win over the Orioles.
In Atlanta, Chris Johnson singled to left with two outs in the ninth inning for his first career walk-off hit and the Braves beat the Indians 3-2.
A federal judge has sentenced ex-White Sox scouting executive David Wilder to two years in prison for accepting about $400,000 in kickbacks from Latin American players the team signed.
NFL: Flacco flap takes Denver by storm
Joe Flacco looms larger than life in Denver, and not just because he engineered the stunning upset of the Broncos in the playoffs that propelled the Ravens to the Super Bowl title.
The league's marketing campaign for next week's kickoff game between the Broncos and the defending Super Bowl champs features several large banners of Flacco fluttering from lamp posts on downtown streets — and a giant one several stories high that hangs at Sports Authority Field alongside a banner of Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning.
That has drawn an angry public reaction from Broncos fans who have taken to Twitter and to the streets to vent their frustration. Some have organized an online petition asking the league, to remove the Flacco banners.
ETC.:
Landon Donovan signed a multiyear contract extension with the Los Angeles Galaxy, keeping the United States forward with his MLS club.
Veteran NASCAR driver Bobby Labonte suffered three broken ribs in a cycling accident and won't participate in this weekend's race in Atlanta. The accident happened while Labonte, 49, was riding his bicycle near his home in Trinity, N.C.
Lindsey Vonn said her surgically repaired right knee is almost completely healed and she plans to ski this weekend in Portillo, Chile.
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