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Memo to Reds' clubhouse staff: Buy more shaving cream. Fast.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Major League Baseball player David Segui testified on Thursday in the perjury trial of Roger Clemens that the pitching ace's personal trainer told him he had saved needles that he claims he used to inject Clemens with performance-enhancing drugs. Segui told the court that trainer Brian McNamee …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Major League Baseball player David Segui may be called to testify in the perjury trial of ex-pitching ace Roger Clemens, the judge in the case ruled on Thursday. According to prosecutors Segui has been reluctant to travel to Washington for the trial without knowing he will definitely testify. …

The New York Yankees say they aren't for sale.

(Reuters) - The Arizona Diamondbacks hammered Los Angeles starter Ted Lilly for eight runs in an 11-4 rout to spoil his unbeaten start to the season and snap the Dodgers' six-game winning streak. The 36-year-old Lilly, who entered the night 5-0 for the best start of his career, lasted just 3 1/3 innings as Arizona batters …

Jason Kipnis left his flesh and blood on home plate as he scored the go-ahead run against the Tigers.

On Tuesday night, after another mediocre game at the plate, Alex Rodriguez insisted he was ready to go on a tear.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Roger Clemens had a close relationship with his ex-strength and conditioning coach who has said he injected the former pitching ace with performance-enhancing drugs, a retired New York Yankees trainer testified in Clemens' perjury trial on Wednesday. Prosecutors were using the testimony by Eugene …

Reigning US Open golf champion Rory McIlroy will be imortalized by baseball's San Francisco Giants as a bobblehead doll, a small statue with its head attached to a spring so it will wobble.

Usain Bolt has vowed not to swap his sprinting spikes for a pair of skates after news that Jamaica had been accepted as a member nation of the International Ice Hockey Federation.

BOSTON (Reuters) - The cost of much coveted television rights for top sports programming will continue to rise, a panel of top U.S. TV sports executives predicted on Wednesday.

Yu Darvish's smooth start with the Texas Rangers has rekindled Japan's love for Major League Baseball (MLB), but the sport is casting longing glances at the biggest potential market of all -- China.

Ivan De Jesus showed some surprising muscle at the plate and Dee Gordon hung tough turning two.

(Reuters) - Tampa Bay rookie starter Matt Moore fared better than his Toronto counterpart Drew Hutchison as the Rays blasted three home runs in an 8-5 victory on Tuesday. The Rays rocked 21-year-old Hutchison for six runs in four innings to take a 6-0 lead, then held on for the win despite some struggles from 22-year-old …

Joe Girardi was frustrated. Six losses in seven games left the New York Yankees last in the AL East.

When the bullpen door swung open, Chris Perez braced himself.

Chris Perez, greeted by a standing ovation from the time he left the bullpen, worked another scary ninth inning for his 14th save as the Cleveland Indians ended a 10-game losing streak to Detroit with a 5-3 win over the Tigers on Tuesday night.

The college student who got national attention for catching two home run balls is back in the spotlight at Great American Ball Park.

Taiwanese pitcher Wang Chien-Ming was activated by Major League Baseball's the Washington Nationals on Tuesday with relief pitcher Ryan Mattheus replacing the Asian hurler on the disabled list.

Japan's Ichiro Suzuki knocked in two runs as the Seattle Mariners routed Yu Darvish's Texas Rangers 6-1 to win their fourth consecutive Major League Baseball game.

(Reuters) - David Ortiz sparked a dramatic comeback with a sixth-inning home run to help the Boston Red Sox beat the first-place Baltimore Orioles 8-6 on Monday to get their record back on level terms for the first time in nearly a month. Trailing 5-2 on the road, Ortiz blasted a solo homer to trigger Boston's three-run …

What's more unusual than a team hitting back-to-back homers? How about one fan catching both of them.

(Reuters) - The division-leading Texas Rangers face a nervous wait for Neftali Feliz to recover fitness after placing the starting pitcher on the disabled list on Monday. The 24-year-old Feliz has a sprained ligament in his right elbow that will keep him out at least through the All Star Break and possibly longer. Feliz, …