Jeff Samardzija hit a two-run home run and pitched eight strong innings for his first win since opening day and the Chicago Cubs beat the Colorado Rockies 6-3 on Wednesday night.

Johnny Oduya and Marcus Kruger scored in the third period, Corey Crawford made 20 saves and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-1 in the opener of their second-round playoff series Wednesday night.

The Miami Heat are headed back to the Eastern Conference finals.

NASCAR driver Mike Harmon has been accused of stealing a team transporter from Jennifer Jo Cobb.

Adam Dunn homered twice, doubled and drove in five runs, powering the Chicago White Sox past the Minnesota Twins 9-4 on Wednesday.

Brandon Barnes caught Miguel Cabrera's bases-loaded drive against the wall in right-center field for the final out, and the Houston Astros avoided a season sweep against the Detroit Tigers with a 7-5 victory Wednesday.

A final video of a man who was killed while attempting to dribble a soccer ball from Seattle to Brazil shows him smiling and happy on an Oregon beach on his planned 10,000-mile walk.

Fairfield's Sophie Brown broke her own sectional record in the pole vault and Warsaw's Ann Harvuot won two sectionalt titles to highlight the girls track sectionals at Warsaw Tuesday.

Adam Dunn and Dayan Viciedo homered to back another strong start from Jake Peavy and lead the Chicago White Sox to a 4-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night.

Carlos Gonzalez homered twice and finished with a career-high five hits to lead the struggling Colorado Rockies to a 9-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday night.

Mishawaka sophomore Anna Rohrer set a sectional record while Clay Senior Michelle Adeniyi tied one en route to 3 sectional titles at the Girls Track Sectionals at Bremen High School Tuesday.

Miguel Cabrera homered, Doug Fister pitched seven impressive innings and Andy Dirks gave the Tigers a lift for a second straight night in Detroit's 6-2 victory over the Houston Astros on Tuesday.

George Hill scored 26 points and Paul George added 18 points and 14 rebounds Tuesday night, leading the Indiana Pacers to a 93-82 victory over the New York Knicks and a 3-1 lead in the second-round series.

Notre Dame opens up NCAA Regional play Friday at 5pm against Virginia Tech. This group is ready to make Irish history.

Michigan coach Brady Hoke has taken the Notre Dame rivalry up a notch.

The Chicago Blackhawks have waves of talented lines, making them a difficult matchup for any team. Months after Nicklas Lidstrom retired, they pose quite the challenge for the Detroit Red Wings in their second-round playoff series that begins Wednesday night.

Travis Wood pitched seven scoreless innings and the Chicago Cubs came within two outs of their first shutout since last August in a 9-1 win over the Colorado Rockies on Monday night.

Rookie Aaron Hicks hit two home runs and made a leaping catch in center field to take a home run away from Adam Dunn in the Minnesota Twins' 10-3 win over the Chicago White Sox on Monday night.

Manti Te'o has gone through his first practice with San Diego Chargers veterans, and by all accounts he didn't embarrass himself.

Andy Dirks hit his first career grand slam, part of a six-run fourth inning for the Detroit Tigers in their 7-2 victory over the Houston Astros on Monday night.

Tyler Eifert lined up here, there and just about everywhere during his first practice with the Cincinnati Bengals. Felt like old times.

Left fielder Alex Glenn’s two-run single backed a strong start from Jesse Darrah as the South Bend Silver Hawks defeated the West Michigan Whitecaps 6-2 on Monday afternoon. In front of a crowd of over 5,000 on a School Day at Coveleski Regional Stadium, the Midwest League Eastern Division-leading Hawks took the rubber game of the series.

LeBron James scored 27 points and the Miami Heat nearly matched a franchise record for points allowed in a playoff game, pounding the listless and short-handed Chicago Bulls 88-65 on Monday night to take a 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals.

After finishing with 17 wins in its last 20 games, winning the BIG EAST Conference regular season championship title and reaching the tournament final of the BIG EAST Championship, the University of Notre Dame softball team has earned an at-large bid to the 2013 NCAA Championship.

The Chicago Bulls will likely be without the ailing Luol Deng and injured Kirk Hinrich for Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals on Monday.