Twins reliever Joe Nathan has been diagnosed with a torn ligament in his right elbow, leaving the team without a proven closer less than a month from Opening Day, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported. more >>

Carl Edwards will not be suspended for intentionally wrecking Brad Keselowski's car during last weekend's NASCAR race in Atlanta. more >>

The Browns released former Pro Bowl quarterback Derek Anderson one day after the acquiring Seneca Wallace in a trade with the Seahawks. more >>

Kansas City signed running back Thomas Jones to a two-year deal worth $5 million, a league source told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter. more >>

Top draft pick Stephen Strasburg has made his spring training debut for the Washington Nationals, pitching two scoreless innings against the Detroit Tigers. more >>

Mike Dunleavy is out as general manager of the Los Angeles Clippers, barely a month after relinquishing his head coaching duties. more >>

Rafer Alston is content with his decision to leave the Heat, because it wasn't about losing his starting job. more >>

LaDainian Tomlinson more >>

Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick says the possible expansion of the Big Ten could create changes in major college football that force the Fighting Irish to give up their football independence. more >>

Hal Steinbrenner says the New York Yankees won't alter their policy against contract extensions and will deal with Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera and Joe Girardi after the season. more >>

Dozens of protesters lined up outside a banquet hall where Michael Vick received an award on the same day the Eagles exercised their option on him. more >>

Alex Rodriguez says he is "at ease, no matter what" with his relationship with a Canadian sports doctor embroiled in a cross-border drug smuggling investigation involving human growth hormone and another drug. more >>

A high-profile defense attorney hired by Ben Roethlisberger disputed a college student's claim that the two-time Super Bowl winner sexually assaulted her at a Georgia nightclub. more >>

Connecticut's Caroline Doty plays in the Big East championship game after a scary head and neck injury during the Huskies' NCAA-record 71st straight victory. more >>

Titans linebacker Keith Bulluck has awarded nine Middle Tennessee high school football players scholarships in honor of his late teammate, Steve McNair. more >>