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DENVER – No win for the ages. Or, for that matter, the aged.At 49, Jamie Moyer failed in his second attempt to become the oldest pitcher to win a major league game when Madison Bumgarner took a...

DENVER – George Karl was in a foul mood after his team squandered a 24-point lead and nearly the game against a Minnesota Timberwolves squad playing much of the contest without its star...

DENVER – After watching teammate Barry Zito throw the first shutout for the Giants at Coors Field 48 hours earlier, Tim Lincecum never saw this coming:The shortest outing of his career.Lincecum was...

DENVER – The Colorado Avalanche rewarded coach Joe Sacco with a two-year extension even in the wake of the team missing the postseason for a second consecutive season.The Avs were in the thick of...

MIAMI – Chastened Miami Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen sat alone at a podium and began in Spanish, then halted in the middle of a sentence when his voice wavered. He took a sip of water and cleared...

PITTSBURGHSidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin spent last spring watching their Pittsburgh Penguins teammates try to carry on without the injured stars, a burden that became too much during a seven-game...

DENVER – Buster Posey understands all the fuss over his healing left leg.He really does, even if he’s asked the same questions again and again.And when the San Francisco Giants catcher takes a day...

NEW YORK – Sean Payton now knows for certain he won’t be coaching in 2012.And New Orleans must figure out whether Bill Parcells or someone else is best suited to take over a team seeking its fourth...

AUGUSTA, Ga. – Bubba Watson had reason to feel like a rock star. His playoff win at the Masters on the second extra hole stretched into early evening, and when he finally slipped on the green...

DENVERJhoulys Chacin kept reminding himself just to put the ball over the plate and don’t nibble too much.Still, the Colorado Rockies’ ace-in-the-making couldn’t bring himself to follow that plan,...