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A day after police cleared the last of three Occupy Oakland camps, another popped up overnight, this time in West Oakland on a property that is in foreclosure.

Mariano's unhittable cutter impossible to replicate.

Chicago Cubs' right-hander Carlos Zambrano will sit out the rest of the season after his 30-day suspension ends Sept.

Avoiding a close pitch led to the Washington Nationals tying the game in the bottom of the ninth.

Drew Stubbs led off the ninth with a first-pitch homer, sending the Cincinnati Reds to a 4-3 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Sunday night and their first set of back-to-back victories in more than five weeks.

A few hours before gametime, Derek Jeter was asked what advice he'd gotten about trying to reach 3,000 hits.

"Hurry up," he said, smiling. Jeter did his best Thursday night. He lined a sharp double on the first pitch he saw for hit No. 2,998, then kept grounding out as his New York Yankees lost to the Tampa Bay Rays 5-1.

Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey dedicated his winning goal against Manchester United to all the people who helped him get back onto the pitch after a horrific broken leg - and vowed to make up for lost time next season.

Clint Barmes, here trying to tag Derek Jeter on Friday, is out for four weeks with a broken hand after being hit by a pitch later in the contest.

England's bowlers made full use of some early assistance from the Bellerive Oval pitch to reduce Australia to 86 for four in the second one-day international in Hobart.