Voice of America
The United States had edged Puerto Rico to advance to the semifinals of the World Baseball Classic.
After trailing most of the game, Team USA needed strong hitting and some luck in the bottom of the ninth inning to overcome a two-run deficit against Puerto Rico. The United States got a break when […]

Voice of America
National Football League quarterback Brett Favre has retired again, ending his one-year stay with the New York Jets. The 39-year-old Favre instructed his agent to inform the Jets he will not be returning in 2009.
The decision brings down the curtain on an 18-year career in which he was one of the NFL’s premier […]

WASHINGTON — Miguel Tejada, a Major League Baseball (MLB) player, has pled guilty to misrepresentations to a Congressional Committee investigating the wrongful use of steroids and other performance enhancing drugs in baseball, U.S. Attorney Jeffrey A. Taylor and Joseph Persichini, Jr., Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, announced.
Tejada, 34, of the […]

Voice of America
WASHINGTON — Major League Baseball star Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees has admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs between 2001 and 2003, when he was a member of the Texas Rangers. The three-time American League Most Valuable Player made the admission on Monday in an exclusive interview with the cable sports television […]

Voice of America
TAMPA, Fla. — The Pittsburgh Steelers have won Super Bowl 43 — defeating the Arizona Cardinals in a thrilling 27-23 football game in Tampa, Florida.
The Steelers now own a record six Super Bowl titles.  And, star receiver Hines Ward has the nickname for the collection.
“We call it a six pack.  They [the fans] […]

HarpBlaster.com News Wire
WASHINGTON — With no problems apparently facing the country, a Texas Congressman has introduced legislation requiring a college football playoff.
“This year’s BCS failure proves once again that it’s time for college football to come up with a fair way to determine its champion. If you don’t believe me, just ask the thousands of […]

By Todd DeFeo
HarpBlaster.com News Wire
FLUSHING, N.Y. – When it comes to baseball stadiums, Shea Stadium doesn’t usually top the most charming ballpark list.
The so-called “cookie cutter” stadium opened in 1964 as the home of the hapless New York Mets and the New York Jets until 1983 when they left the city and started calling New […]

By Parke Brewer
Voice of America
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 30, 2008 — The Philadelphia Phillies are the 2008 World Series baseball champions, after beating the Tampa Bay Rays, 4-3, in a game that had been suspended Monday night because of rain.
The Philadelphia Phillies of the National League have won the best-of-seven World Series against the American League’s Tampa […]

Voice of America
The U.S. State Department says baseball great Cal Ripken, Jr., will visit Nicaragua in mid-November in his role as an American public diplomacy envoy.
A statement issued Wednesday says Ripken will make the five-day trip with Nicaraguan native Dennis Martinez, who played with Ripken for the Baltimore Orioles.
During the trip, Ripken and his group […]

By Parke Brewer
Voice of America
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 28, 2008 — Heavy rain forced the suspension of Game 5 of the World Series in Philadelphia on Monday night. And with bad weather remaining in the area, Major League Baseball officials decided they will not try to resume play between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Tampa Bay Rays […]