MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

Baseball sluggers Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz, who helped the Boston Red Sox end an 86-year World Series title drought in 2004, tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003, the New York Times reported on Thursday.

Chicago White Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle threw a perfect game on Thursday by retiring all 27 batters he faced in a 5-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays.

The Chicago Cubs baseball team may file for Chapter 11 in order to speed its sale by bankrupt media company Tribune Co , two sources familiar with the process said on Monday.

Judge Sonia Sotomayor, who has been nominated by President Barack Obama to the U.S. Supreme Court, begins her confirmation hearings on Monday before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

The Ricketts family has reached a deal to buy the storied Chicago Cubs baseball team from bankrupt media company Tribune Co for slightly less than the original $900 million bid, a source familiar with the deal said on Monday.

The Ricketts family, after five months of negotiations, may complete the purchase of the Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Field for about $900 million, according to the Chicago Tribune website on Monday

Corrects timing of Tribune Co reopening talks in last sentence

Corrects timing of Tribune Co reopening talks in last sentence

Cablevision Systems Corp, Major League Baseball and the New York Yankees cable network said on Wednesday they reached a multiyear deal for live streaming online Yankees games in the team's home market.

Talks to sell the storied Chicago Cubs baseball team have reopened with a rival bidding group, and are continuing alongside negotiations with the original Ricketts family buyers, sources familiar with the situation said on Thursday.

The Ricketts family's $900 million purchase of the Chicago Cubs from Tribune Co could close soon, despite disagreements on the value of broadcast contracts, two sources familiar with the talks said.

President Barack Obama nominated Appeals Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, selecting a woman who would be the court's first Latino to replace retiring Justice David Souter.

Major League Baseball has won a patent for technology that blocked certain fans from viewing local games online, and it may open the door for the U.S. sports league to profit by licensing it to media companies.

Manny Ramirez, the Dodgers’ All-Star outfielder, was suspended by Major League Baseball for 50 games on Thursday for violating its performance-enhancing drug testing program, the Major League Baseball said.

The sale of the Chicago Cubs baseball team could drag on past May as the Ricketts family arranges financing for its $900 million bid and works for Major League Baseball's approval.

Bernard Madoff's $80,000 New York Mets baseball season tickets may be sold -- sort of -- to the highest bidder on eBay.

U.S. prosecutors raised the pressure on jailed swindler Bernard Madoff's family on Tuesday, signaling their intent to ask for $31.5 million from loans to his sons and $2.6 million worth of his wife's jewelry.

NEW YORK - Mel Karmazin's Sirius XM Radio Inc won a reprieve from its debt deadlines on Tuesday after Liberty Media Corp agreed to lend $530 million to help the satellite radio provider fend off bankruptcy. In return, Liberty, controlled by cable mogul John Malone, stands to take a controlling 40 percent equity stake in Sirius XM, the second largest U.S. subscription service after cable company...

Former San Francisco Giants slugger, Barry Bonds pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges he lied to a grand jury investigating steroid use in sports.

San Francisco Giants' former first baseman Will Clark - one of the most popular players in history of Giants is rejoining the clubs as a special assistant in the front office.

Tribune Co. agreed on the Ricketts family bid for the Chicago Cubs baseball team, according to reports.