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Since 1959 only one American has been jailed for traveling to Cuba.

The latest crop of baseball video games offer "almost there" satisfaction.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Brian Dallimore played nine minor league seasons before making the San Francisco Giants last season.

TAMPA -- New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner says an asterisk should be attached to the record of any player who used steroids.

Since the San Diego Padres topped the National League West in 1998, the division was won by either the San Francisco Giants or Arizona Diamondbacks every year until the Los Angeles Dodgers broke through last season.

TEMPE, Ariz., March 29 -- Its Spring Training and McFarlane Toys are breaking in our gloves and readying our bats in our ongoing series of stadium and arena promotions.

NEW YORK, March 29 -- In New York City today, CF Dominicana Cigars has officially announced its trademarked "Cigar Catering" service, which includes on-site cigar rollers for special events nationally.

PEORIA, Ariz. -- Check out a game against the Los Angeles Angels to get a glimpse of how the last-place Seattle Mariners will be different this season.

The four words that sum up the expected dogfight between the National League Central's top three contenders are ''Here we go again.'' For the defending division champion St.

You would think people would have learned by now. The Atlanta Braves extended their record-breaking streak of division championships to 13 last season, and yet predictions of their demise keep howling like a broken record.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Ask Felipe Alou how he plans on using Pedro Feliz this season, and the San Francisco Giants manager has a simple answer.

Hello. Welcome to the official tour inside Barry Bonds' head. Line up here, please, right outside the ear canal.

KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- Andy Pettitte owns 13 postseason victories and a reputation as a playoff bulldog, and yet his baseball legend may be defined by a no-decision, regular-season game he pitched in 2004 when his fastball was high school quality.

CLEARWATER, Fla. -- When Phil Garner was a major league infielder, he had a knack for turning what seemed to be a hopeless situation into a great moment.

JUPITER, Fla. -- Florida Marlins outfielder Miguel Cabrera's numbers as a 21-year-old major leaguer last season were spectacular to the point that improvement is truly too much to ask.

FORT MYERS, Fla. Twins scouts get a lot of credit for unearthing talent.

FORT MYERS, Fla. - Carlos Silva played winter ball so he could work on developing a slider.

He was our Hemingway. He was our friend." Pitkin County, Colo., Sheriff's Investigator Joe DiSalvo, on author Hunter S.

OF Val Majewski, the organization's 2004 player of the year, had successful surgery Friday to repair a lesion of his labrum and an interior tear of his left rotator cuff.

The Giants' pitchers have been noticing. This new guy is everywhere they go.

FORT MYERS, Fla. Michael Restovich hit a booming double off the fence Saturday.

FORT MYERS, Fla. - Twins catcher Joe Mauer, the second-year phenom from St.

Pitcher Johan Santana, the American League Cy Young Award winner, is keeping the same spring training routine with one exception.

TUCSON -- Todd Helton reported early to the Colorado Rockies camp this spring, not sure what to expect from a team that plans to open the season with three rookies and two second-year players in the starting lineup.

Commissioner Bud Selig will be in Arizona on Saturday and attend the spring training game in Mesa between the San Francisco Giants and Chicago Cubs.

FORT MYERS, Fla. Welcome to Torii Hunter's clubhouse. Behave yourself, act like a professional and there won't be any trouble.

WASHINGTON -- Jackie Robinson, the brilliant Brooklyn Dodger who changed the face of the nation's pastime, was honored Wednesday for changing the face of the nation as well.

CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Jim Thome likes to see as many pitches in spring training as possible, so he is the DH for both teams in Philadelphia Phillies intrasquad games.

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. -- After missing one season with a knee injury, third baseman Aaron Boone has returned to baseball, and the good news for him is the Boston Red Sox are the World Series champions.

In the first upset of spring training, Dusty Baker looks about the same as he did three years ago.

CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Gil Hodges, who missed by 11 votes two years ago, is among the leading candidates to be elected to baseball's Hall of Fame today when results of Veterans Committee balloting are announced.

Kevin Towers has made his confession. The Padres General Manager suspected Ken Caminiti of using steroids and feels guilty that he did nothing.

There was a popular theory last season that fame's spotlight was blinding Barry Zito.

Boston Red Sox. But, for this season at least, the two-time American League batting champion is back and big in the Cubs' plans, and it's where he wants to be.

TAMPA -- Baseball is not life and death. Alex Rodriguez realizes that now.

The most surprising thing about the revelations in Jose Canseco's new book "Juiced" is how unsurprising they really are.

National League champions St. Louis signed closing pitcher Jason Isringhausen to a two-year contract extension with a club option for 2008.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Vince Naimoli sat on a bench Thursday morning watching intently as his Tampa Bay Devil Rays went through various stages of a spring-training workout and seemed at peace with himself.

Manager Lou Piniella made his first appearance at the Tampa Devil Rays' St.

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Curt Schilling's ankle isn't the only question in the Boston Red Sox's rotation.

FORT LAUDERDALE -- Chicago Cubs fans used to seeing Sammy Sosa in blue pinstripes might be unsettled by his new orange-and-black threads.

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- On a picture-perfect morning under a cloudless sky, Curt Schilling stretches, plays long toss and does fielding drills.

LOS ANGELES -- For years, people referred to Los Angeles as the City of Angels, but they never had baseball in mind.

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Surroundings that are new to Raul Mondesi feel just like home to Brian Jordan, and both hope the environment helps them achieve a common goal with the Atlanta Braves.

CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Walk into Charlie Manuel's office and it's like pulling on an old glove.

TUCSON -- The massive offseason overhaul of the Arizona Diamondbacks -- they introduced nine new players and two new managers -- is most conspicuous at the top of the pitching rotation.

TAMPA -- A few minutes before New York Yankees pitchers and catchers headed for a workout Monday, Jason Giambi walked through groups of reporters in the clubhouse, looking for teammates to hug.

Francisco Rodriguez found a handwritten note taped to his locker that sarcastically read, ''Whenever you're ready.'' Rodriguez's tardiness was caused by a delay in securing a visa to leave his native Venezuela, but no one doubts the fireball-throwing right-hander is ready for his new role as the closer for the Angels.

Another day at Boston Red Sox camp, another shot at A-Rod. Kevin Millar became the sixth Red Sox player in six days to criticize Alex Rodriguez for boasting about his workout routine and not measuring up to Derek Jeter as a ''Yankee type.'' A-Rod was still a lightning rod Sunday when Millar got rolling.

Only powerful strength can protect justice and truth." North Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a statement officially announcing that the country has nuclear weapons "I'm just coming down to earth," Camilla Parker Bowles, on her plans to marry Prince Charles in April.

A few days ago, at the annual Bay Area baseball luncheon, the rumbling through the room was all about steroids.

A few days ago, at the annual Bay Area baseball luncheon, the rumbling through the room was all about steroids.

We've all seen the wedding proposals on the video scoreboard at sporting events.

SARASOTA, Fla. -- Ken Griffey Jr., baseball's forgotten man, is sitting on a picnic table outside the Cincinnati Reds clubhouse Wednesday showing a visitor the 9-inch scar on his right hamstring.

The classified ad for Brian Cashman's job would take up just one line.

TAMPA -- Manager Joe Torre can't wait to see his three new starting pitchers in New York Yankees uniforms, but on his first day at Legends Field, Torre was peppered with the reality that his first baseman, Jason Giambi, is a focal point in Major League Baseball's steroid controversy.

I'm not passing judgment on whether a downtown stadium would work here - there are pretty good arguments on both sides.

Most baseball fans, no doubt, have heard Jose Canseco's allegations of widespread steroid use in Major League Baseball.

Major League Baseball officials were warned a decade ago by federal agents top players were taking steroids but did nothing to halt the doping scandal, according to a US media report.

I'm not passing judgment on whether a downtown stadium would work here - there are pretty good arguments on both sides.

Steroid controversy swirled around Major League Baseball here as a new book with doping accusations hit the stands and players began pre-season training in Florida.

Mike Ilitch pondered the question. He has three Stanley Cups, a place in hockey's Hall of Fame, and his Red Wings are hockey's gold standard.

Barry Larkin, who spent his entire 19-year career with the Cincinnati Reds, announced his retirement.

Mike Ilitch pondered the question. He has three Stanley Cups, a place in hockey's Hall of Fame, and his Red Wings are hockey's gold standard.

Mike Ilitch pondered the question. He has three Stanley Cups, a place in hockey's Hall of Fame, and his Red Wings are hockey's gold standard.

CF Steve Finley was signed as a free agent, which means Garret Anderson returns to left.

After a 111-loss season, the D'backs got busy. They signed 3B Troy Glaus, RHP Russ Ortiz, LHP Shawn Estes, SS Royce Clayton, 2B Craig Counsell and 1B Tony Clark and traded for RHP Javier Vazquez and OFs Shawn Green and Jose Cruz Jr.

Spring was in the air Thursday at the annual Bay Area baseball luncheon.

Mike Ilitch pondered the question. He has three Stanley Cups, a place in hockey's Hall of Fame, and his Red Wings are hockey's gold standard.

New York Yankees slugger Jason Giambi apologized for the "distractions" but refused to comment on the steroid speculation that is swirling around his baseball career.

Mike Ilitch pondered the question. He has three Stanley Cups, a place in hockey's Hall of Fame, and his Red Wings are hockey's gold standard.

Mike Ilitch pondered the question. He has three Stanley Cups, a place in hockey's Hall of Fame, and his Red Wings are hockey's gold standard.

Mike Ilitch pondered the question. He has three Stanley Cups, a place in hockey's Hall of Fame, and his Red Wings are hockey's gold standard.

Mike Ilitch pondered the question. He has three Stanley Cups, a place in hockey's Hall of Fame, and his Red Wings are hockey's gold standard.

The NHL lockout won't matter tonight in Boston, when the 53rd annual Beanpot Tournament, a four-team event showcasing Boston's best in collegiate hockey, begins at sold-out Fleet Center.

The Roots of Many of Baseball's Greats Hank Aaron, Leroy "Satchel" Paige, Willie Mays and many others started their careers in the Negro Leagues before the Majors became integrated, with Jackie Robinson paving the way as a Brooklyn Dodger.

Brilliant. It's a word we haven't associated much with the Tigers in the past 15 years, but it applies in the second successful courtship of a great player -- and another who comes to Detroit with great risk.

Championships galore. Meanwhile, the Iggles are the new Red Sox.

Sports Network wants to take its swings at becoming the nation's pre-eminent regional sports network through a package of advertising-sales and programming initiatives.

Even before there was American football or even a United States, the home areas of Sunday's Super Bowl opponents Philadelphia and New England were major rivals.

The fantasy is, the A's just magically show up here in San Jose.

The connections between New England and Philadelphia begin at the top, where the Patriots' Robert Kraft and the Eagles' Jeffrey Lurie are good friends and two of the NFL's most powerful owners.

Years ago there was a Broadway musical about a Hollywood hustler named Sammy Glick.

Major League Baseball wastes no time this year in rekindling its fiercest rivalry.

The fantasy is, the A's just magically show up here in San Jose.

Forget what you might have heard. It's a lie. New Twins outfielder Armando Rios did not buy performance-enhancing drugs.

All-star slugger Sammy Sosa was traded to the Baltimore Orioles in a blockbuster four-player deal that ends the home-run king's 12-year association with the Chicago Cubs.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have agreed a deal with veteran third baseman Norihiro Nakamura that will give the Japanese slugger the opportunity to make the major league baseball club's roster.

BALTIMORE -- The last time the Baltimore Orioles dealt for a slugging outfielder who had worn out his welcome elsewhere was when Frank Robinson came from the Cincinnati Reds before the 1966 season.

Forget what you might have heard. It's a lie. New Twins outfielder Armando Rios did not buy performance-enhancing drugs.

The fantasy is, the A's just magically show up here in San Jose.

Jax, an expert in his own mind on everything Florida and football, serves as USA TODAY's Super Bowl consultant leading up to Super Sunday in Jacksonville and will answer your questions.

Sammy Sosa is expected to be introduced as the newest Baltimore Oriole as part of a five-player trade with the Chicago Cubs.

Forget what you might have heard. It's a lie. New Twins outfielder Armando Rios did not buy performance-enhancing drugs.

The fantasy is, the A's just magically show up here in San Jose.

San Francisco Giants all-star Barry Bonds underwent right knee surgery to fix a small tear in the meniscus and to repair minor arthritis.

Sammy Sosa is expected to take a physical exam either today or Wednesday in Baltimore that, if he passes, will clear the way for the slugging right fielder to be traded from the Chicago Cubs to the Baltimore Orioles.

In the mid-1990s , downtown St. Louis was hemorrhaging jobs, and a vacant garment district in its central corridor only accentuated the blight.

Forget what you might have heard. It's a lie. New Twins outfielder Armando Rios did not buy performance-enhancing drugs.

Summers were longer in the 1970s. At least that's how I remember them, spending the daylight hours playing ineffectual right field for any number of sub-.500 softball teams in Saskatoon.