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Ryan Ludwick said he simply followed Albert Pujols’ lead.
Ludwick tied a franchise record with a homer in his fifth straight game, only four pitches after Pujols’ grand slam, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-6 on Wednesday.
“The best part about it is we’re winning,” Ludwick said. “I felt like I had […]

Brett Favre’s journey from retirement and back has finally ended—in New York.
The Green Bay Packers reached an agreement Wednesday night to trade their three-time MVP and Super Bowl-winning quarterback to the New York Jets, ending an emotionally grinding month of indecision over Favre’s future.
The move ends a remarkably ugly split between Green Bay and one […]

After a week of tough matches, the final was a breeze for Dinara Safina.
The seventh seed from Russia easily handled unseeded Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia in a 6-2, 6-1 victory at Uniprix Stadium on Sunday to win the Rogers Cup.
“I came onto the court thinking OK, it’s not going to be an easy match,” Safina […]

Steve Yzerman and Joe Nieuwendyk were forced into retirement by injuries and never really had to wrestle with the decision about when to call it a career.
So when they see players like Mats Sundin or Joe Sakic struggling to make up their minds, they have one simple piece of advice.
“If there’s any doubt and guys […]

The Houston Rockets are close to an agreement to acquire Ron Artest from the Sacramento Kings, two people familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press.
The Rockets will give up guard Bobby Jackson, who played for the Kings from 2000-05, and another player—likely rookie forward Donte Greene, according to two NBA people who confirmed the […]