Indians start 2nd half with winning rally in 9th CLEVELAND — It didn’t take long for the rally pie to make an appearance in the second half. The Indians’ symbol of success carried by veteran Trot Nixon for much of the first half of the season found Ryan Garko’s face Friday night after Garko’s single [...]

CLEVELAND — The Indians planned on activating reliever Aaron Fultz after the All-Star break but that was scrapped Friday, with the team feeling the left-hander wasn’t ready. Fultz, on the disabled list with a strained muscle in his rib cage, pitched a simulated game Thursday and the decision to leave him on the injured list [...]

Nancy Armour The Associated Press It’s safe to say no athlete, no matter how famous, has ever gotten a welcome quite like David Beckham. Hundreds of fans at the airport, and thousands more at the stadium — decked out in his brand-new jersey, of course. His every word, smile and wave during his introduction carried [...]

Andrew Welsh-Huggins The Associated Press COLUMBUS — The new president at Ohio State University, the nation’s largest, says college athletics must be fixed at the national level and he will have “zero tolerance” for player misbehavior at Ohio State. Gordon Gee disbanded the athletics department at Vanderbilt University because he felt sports had become too [...]

Opportunistic North wins district ELYRIA — Elyria North Little League had just seven hits but was the recipient of 18 walks and took advantage of other miscues to come away with a 15-5 mercy-rule victory over Elyria East to win the District 3 Juniors All-Stars (ages 13-14) championship at North Park on Friday. North advances [...]