SPORTS
Yani Tseng and Katherine Hull both posted rounds of four-under 68 on Thursday to share the first-round lead of the Women's British Open at Royal Birkdale.

ORONO, Maine (AP) -- The Maine football team has been selected to finish seventh in the 10-team Colonial Athletic Association this season in a vote of the league's head coaches and media relations personnel.

HOUSTON (AP) -- Manchester United turned the Major League Soccer All-Star game into its own showcase of talent.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -- The New England Patriots faltered badly late last season without four veteran leaders who were gone before the opener.

Marco Scutaro's grand slam in the eighth inning helped the Boston Red Sox to a three-game sweep of the LA Angels of Anaheim with a 7-3 win in the finale.

LONDON (AP) -- London is marking the two-year countdown to the 2012 Olympics with a series of activities across the city.

ANAHEIM, CA (Sports Network) - John Lackey returned to his former stomping grounds and pitched 7 1/3 quality innings to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 4-2 win over the Angels in the middle installment of a three-game series.
MILWAUKEE, WI (Sports Network) - Jack Roush, co-owner of Roush racing, was hospitalized Tuesday night following a plane crash at Wittman Air field in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

The New York Yankees used the long ball to come through with a win over the Cleveland Indians last night, but none came off the bat of Alex Rodriguez.

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Sports Network) - Matt Garza tossed the first no-hitter in Tampa Bay history in a 5-0 win over Detroit in the opener of a four-game set at Tropicana Field.
ANAHEIM, CA (Sports Network) - David Ortiz homered twice and knocked in three runs, powering the Boston Red Sox past the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 6-3, in Dan Haren's injury-shortened debut with his new team.

Robinson Cano went 2-for-4 with a three-run double in the first inning, as the New York Yankees roughed up the Kansas City Royals, 7-1, in the second installment of a four-game series.

Bill Hall hit the go-ahead home run in the seventh inning and Josh Beckett pitched into the sixth in his first appearance in over two months as Boston edged the Mariners, 2-1, in the continuation of a four-game series.

Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - Hiroki Kuroda threw eight scoreless frames, stonewalling an already befuddled ...

Eric Patterson's two-run double in the 13th inning lifted the Red Sox to a wild 8-6 win over the Seattle Mariners to open a four-game series.
NEW YORK (Sports Network) -- Major League Baseball announced Thursday that it will immediately implement a plan to test for human growth hormone in the minor leagues.

SEATTLE (Sports Network) -- The Boston Red Sox need to get some momentum going on this current road trip and hope that an upcoming four-game series against the Seattle Mariners at Safeco Field will do the trick.

BOSTON (AP) -- The New England Patriots have signed seventh-round picks defensive lineman Kade Weston and quarterback Zac Robinson.

PAU, France (AP) -- The 172 remaining riders have set out on the Tour de France's biggest stage, a make-or-break day for Luxembourg's Andy Schleck if he wants to overcome defending champion Alberto Contador of Spain

PAU, France (AP) -- After a fist fight between two riders following the sixth stage and the fury of Andy Schleck toward Alberto Contador, now even riders on the same team can't get along at the Tour de France.

Mike Napoli, Maicer Izturis and former Yankee Hideki Matsui each hit a two-run homer to lead the Angels to a 10-2 win over New York at Yankee Stadium.

Kevin Kouzmanoff's RBI single in the bottom of the 10th inning lifted the Oakland Athletics to a 5-4 win over the Boston Red Sox in the middle installment of a three-game series.

OAKLAND, Calif. (Sports Network) - After getting an important West Coast road trip off to a good start, the Boston Red Sox shoot for a second straight win over the Oakland Athletics when the teams continue a three-game series tonight at the Coliseum.

OXFORD, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Eddie MacDonald won the TD Bank 250 for the second year in a row at Oxford Plains Speedway.

BOSTON (Sports Network) -- The Boston Celtics have re-signed guard Nate Robinson.