Major league baseball

Kent, 40, a five-time All-Star and the National League’s most valuable player in 2000, played 17 seasons in the major leagues and finally announced his retirement Thursday.

The Braves are looking to hire two announcers to serve in their new radio broadcast team.

Former amateur bodybuilder Jay McGwire, the youngest brother of baseball player Mark McGwire, reveals in his book details of Mark McGwire's use of performance enhancing drugs.

Dodger's Jeff Kent plans to announce his retirement from baseball on Thursday at the Dodger's Stadium after 17 seasons.

Major League Baseball announced Tuesday Phillies reliever J.C. Romero is suspended for the first 50 games of next season after testing positive for a banned substance.

Rock band Bon Jovi is scheduled to perform in New York City's Central Park on July 12 for free as a prelude to the All Star Baseball Game 2008, New York City officials said on Monday.

Roger Clemens will sit before U.S. lawmakers tomorrow, attempting to fight off charges from his former trainer Brian McNamee tomorrow that he took forbidden drugs.

Major League Baseball suspended two players for 15 days on Thursday over violations of the league’s drug policies.

Major League Baseball said on Tuesday it will use a service provided by a joint venture of Medialink Worldwide Inc and the Netherlands' Philips Electronics to track the use of its game broadcast footage more effectively.

San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds hit the 755th home run of his career on Saturday, tying the Major League Baseball all-time record held by Hank Aaron since 1974.

Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX) is getting out of the baseball business and, as of Tuesday, the Atlanta Braves' new owner is Liberty Media Corp (NASDAQ: LCAPA), according to reports.

Google Inc. on Wednesday said it struck a deal with XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. to help the search engine's advertisers automatically insert ads on XM's nonmusic radio channels.

U.S. retailers, always on the lookout for hot trends, appear to be deliberately behind the times when it comes to advertising.