He blows 2nd straight save as Detroit Tigers increase lead to 3 games DETROIT — The White Sox were one out away Saturday from cutting their deficit in the American League Central to one game until they suffered from another of their recent bullpen debacles.

JULY 28 LET THE GAMES BEGIN! Los Angeles provided a dazzling opening ceremony befitting a Hollywood production .

TAIPEI - Chinese athletes boycotted the closing ceremony Sunday evening of the 8th World Games in Kaohsiung, south Taiwan.

KAOHSIUNG (Taiwan) - THE World Games came to an end in Taiwan’s second city on Sunday, with China skipping the closing ceremony.

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This growing genre represents games that are released quickly after significant news events and spread virally worldwide on social media sites like Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter.

The proliferation of Flash games that allow players to kill the swine flu virus, throw shoes at George W. Bush or run a Ponzi scheme test the limits of good taste. But millions are playing them.

Major League Baseball has suspended Manny Ramirez for 50 games. The Los Angeles Dodgers star tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs. Ramirez issued a statement attributing the test results to medication prescribed for a personal medical issue.

PITTSBURGH — Washington Capitals GM George McPhee was blunt when offering his assessment of playing back-to-back games in the playoffs. His Capitals and the Pittsburgh Penguins play Game 4 Friday in Pittsburgh and Game 5 in Washington on Saturday.

Manny Ramirez joined a growing lineup of All-Stars linked to drugs Thursday, with the dreadlocked slugger banished for 50 games by a sport that cannot shake free from scandal.