Not that the Washington Capitals need an alibi, but is it too much to put this entire three-game funk on the atrocity of NHL all-star balloting? Feeling intense disrespect from fans, unable to rock the vote, much less the red, they have now scored an anemic three goals in nine periods at Verizon Cen...

The Nationals offer of $160 million over eight years to free agent first baseman Mark Teixeira, according to multiple industry sources....

If you thought the lowly Tampa Bay Rays vanquishing the Boston Red Sox in the American League Championship Series last month was baseball's ultimate David-over-Goliath moment, imagine a scenario in which the Washington Nationals, losers of 102 games and immeasurable amounts of local goodwill and ......

If you thought the lowly Tampa Bay Rays vanquishing the Boston Red Sox in the American League Championship Series last month was baseball's ultimate David-over-Goliath moment, imagine a scenario in which the Washington Nationals, losers of 102 games and immeasurable amounts of local goodwill and ......

The Phillies are a feeble 1-for-28 with runners in scoring position, a damning statistic that led manager Charlie Manuel to state his team was 'trying too hard.'...

The Phillies are a feeble 1-for-28 with runners in scoring position, a damning statistic that led manager Charlie Manuel to state his team was 'trying too hard.'...

James Shields pitches seven innings of shut out ball as Tampa Bay tops Philadelphia, 4-2, to tie the World Series at a game a piece....

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Oct. 19 -- Sleep, precious sleep, had been hard to come by for the tormented Tampa Bay Rays. If it wasn't being stolen by 1 a.m. finishes, 2 a.m. flights or 5 a.m. arrivals on the other end of the East Coast, it was being destroyed by the demon that had been unleashed upon......

The Maryland insurance commissioner yesterday cut in half the $18 million severance package paid to former CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield chief executive William L. Jews, saying the CareFirst board failed to restrain his compensation and the company "strayed significantly from its nonprofit......

After injuries ended his playing career and drug addiction destroyed his coaching career, former Red Sox player and manager Butch Hobson is left managing the first-year Southern Maryland Blue Crabs, an independent minor league baseball team....