Anthony Rizzo and the Chicago Cubs have agreed to a seven-year, $41 million contract.

Welington Castillo got his bat on the ball at precisely the right time.

Jose Valverde shrugged off his first blown save since returning to the Detroit Tigers.

The suggestion that he's a flopper drew a grin as wide as his wingspan from LeBron James.

Carlos Munoz shot straight to the top of the Indianapolis 500 speed chart Sunday.

Notre Dame managed just two runs in its first two games of the series at St. John's University, including a heartbreaking 2-1 setback in the opener of Sunday's doubleheader, but the Fighting Irish registered season highs in both hits and runs en route to a 16-7 victory of the Red Storm to salvage the finale at Jack Kaiser Stadium. Notre Dame improves to 29-21 overall and 9-12 in the BIG EAST, while St. John's drops to 22-31 and 9-12.

Ubaldo Jimenez outpitched Justin Verlander, and Cleveland's Chris Perez got Miguel Cabrera to hit a game-ending groundout with two on to preserve the Indians' 7-6 win over the Detroit Tigers on Saturday night.

Silver Hawks beat West Michigan Whitecaps 9-4.

Dominant early, Stephen Strasburg fell apart after one of Ryan Zimmerman's two errors and wound up dropping his fifth consecutive decision, an 8-2 loss Saturday to the Chicago Cubs, whose starting pitcher, Edwin Jackson, worked into the sixth inning and hit a two-run double for good measure.

The Notre Dame softball team got a tremendous effort in the circle from its ace and conference player of the year Laura Winter but were unable to outlast host South Florida, falling 1-0 in 10 innings Saturday in the final BIG EAST Conference Championship game at the USF Softball Stadium.

A theatrical playoff series gets an appropriately grand finale when the Anaheim Ducks host the Detroit Red Wings in Game 7 on Sunday night.

Ed Carpenter jumped to the top of the speed chart late Saturday afternoon and finished with the fastest lap of the day during the Indianapolis 500's first practice session.

AJ Allmendinger spent the first few laps Saturday getting acclimated to his new car at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Freshman attackman Matt Kavanagh scored four goals in the second half and Notre Dame rallied past Detroit 9-7 on Saturday in the opening round of the NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament.

Henrik Zetterberg scored his second goal 1:04 into overtime, lifting the Detroit Red Wings to a 4-3 win over the Anaheim Ducks in Game 6 on Friday night to extend their first-round series.

LeBron James came on strong down the stretch to finish with 25 points, Chris Bosh added 20 points and 19 rebounds, and the Miami Heat followed up the most lopsided playoff win in franchise history with a 104-94 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Friday night to take a 2-1 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals.

The man who became a national authority on Notre Dame football and the history of the sports is dead at the age of 92.

Chicago Bulls center Nazr Mohammed was ejected from Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Miami Heat on Friday night after shoving LeBron James to the court.

Ian Desmond's three hits included a two-run homer and an RBI double, and Danny Espinosa and Kurt Suzuki also drove in runs with doubles, helping the Washington Nationals beat the Chicago Cubs 7-3 for their season-high fifth consecutive victory.

Prince Fielder and Miguel Cabrera each hit a long home run, and the Detroit Tigers beat the Cleveland Indians 10-4 on Friday night.

Chargers coach Mike McCoy wasn't interested in talking about Manti Te'o's past Friday as the second-round pick reported for the team's three-day rookie camp.

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence has signed a bill that will provide a $100 million state loan to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for planned improvements.

Manti Te'o is one of four draft picks who've signed contracts with the San Diego Chargers.

Indianapolis signed six of its seven draft picks Thursday and added one more undrafted rookie on the eve of a three-day rookie mini-camp.

Ryan Mattheus, Drew Storen and Rafael Soriano combined for shutout relief after Dan Haren nearly squandered a four-run lead, and the Washington Nationals beat the Detroit Tigers 5-4 Thursday to complete a two-game sweep of the AL champions.