Burton homers twice, A's dismantle Mariners

Homers help Padres stay alive vs. Giants MLB.com By Corey Brock / MLB.com | 10/02/10 3:18 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO -- It's probably not important that Bud Black and Randy Ready had differing opinions on the sounds of survival the Padres managed to produce Friday at AT&T Park. Black, the manager of the ... See all stories on this topic »

Americans Bask in Ryder Cup Sun New York Times By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY NEWPORT, Wales — An opening Ryder Cup session that began on Friday with heavy rain and an American team shopping spree in the merchandise tent finally ended in soothing sunshine on Saturday with the Americans looking much more in ... See all stories on this topic »

US takes early lead over Europe at Ryder Cup Los Angeles Times Rookies Jeff Overton and Bubba Watson lead the Americans to a 2 1/2 to 1 1/2 lead after the first round of four-ball matches. American Jeff Overton celebrates after holing a putt on the 11th green during the four-ball matches on Saturday morning at ... See all stories on this topic » Los Angeles Times

Red Sox Count On Tim Wakefield to Start Game One of Doubleheader With Yankees NESN.com by Tony Lee on Oct 2, 2010 8:41:00 AM The Red Sox and Yankees will make up for a rainout Friday night when they play a doubleheader Saturday. The Sox, who entered the series throwing Daisuke Matsuzaka in the first game and Clay Buchholz in the second ... See all stories on this topic »

Braves' playoff hopes on hold Los Angeles Times The Atlanta Braves' playoff hopes hit a bump in the road Friday night when they dropped an 11-5 decision to the Philadelphia Phillies in Atlanta. The loss left the Braves' magic number to clinch the National League wild-card berth at 2. ... See all stories on this topic »

Donovan McNabb goes against Michael Vick, the man he endorsed for job Boston Herald By Les Bowen / Philadelphia Daily News PHILADELPHIA - Other than once having been the two highest-drafted African-American NFL quarterbacks, Donovan McNabb and Michael Vick didn't have that much in common when McNabb signed off on bringing Vick to ... See all stories on this topic »

No sunup tomorrow for Mets' flub-filled regime New York Post By MIKE PUMA A major league source yesterday confirmed that Mets general manager Omar Minaya has been told he won't be retained in his present role, and manager Jerry Manuel will be dumped as early as Monday. Minaya, who is still owed more than $2 ... See all stories on this topic » New York Post

Public-drunk arrests total nearly 50 ESPN Nearly 50 people were arrested overnight in downtown Dallas ahead of the Texas-Oklahoma game, local police reported Saturday, according to The Associated Press. Police said the arrests were for public intoxication, mostly in the West End section of the ... See all stories on this topic »

Gear can't keep US dry Boston Herald By George Kimball / Notebook NEWPORT, Wales - Lisa Pavin may have been even more pleased by the afternoon resurgence of the United States yesterday than the team itself. A hands-on captain's wife if ever there was one, Pavin offered to take some of the ... See all stories on this topic »

Trenches Talk: Revis drills, remains out of Jets lineup SportingNews.com Darrelle Revis participated in individual drills for the first time since injuring his left hamstring but remains out for the New York Jets' Oct. 3 game at Buffalo. Revis, who was injured against New England two weeks ago, did light work Friday during ... See all stories on this topic »

DVD extra: Da Bears-Packers rivalry, Magic vs. Larry Bird USA Today By By Jonathan Daniel, Getty Images By Jim Cheng, USA TODAY But none has a history like the Chicago Bears vs. the Green Bay Packers. Forget the Cowboys vs. the Redskins. Chicago's Monsters of the Midway and the Pack from Green Bay had been playing each ... See all stories on this topic »

Briefs: Burton homers twice, A's dismantle Mariners San Jose Mercury News One ball went rocketing over the right-field wall in the first inning Friday night at Safeco Field. Another followed directly in its path the next inning, this time with the bases loaded. By the top of the second, A's first baseman Daric Barton had the ... See all stories on this topic »

Solomon: Alabama-Florida rivalry built by greatness and Roy Kramer al.com Nick Saban and Urban Meyer have won four of the past seven BCS national championships. Former SEC Commissioner Roy Kramer knows you might not want to hear this. He understands Alabama-Florida feels different than, say, Alabama-Auburn or Florida-Georgia ... See all stories on this topic » al.com

Commonwealth Games 2010: UKA concern at Games absentees BBC Sport Venue: Delhi, India Dates: 3-14 October 2010 Coverage: The opening ceremony is due to begin at 1430 BST on Sunday, 3 October. Comprehensive live coverage across BBC TV, radio, online, BBC Red Button, mobile and BBC iPlayer services. ... See all stories on this topic »

CUP: Gordon Off To Good Start FOXNews If Jeff Gordon wants to be relevant in this year's Chase for the Sprint Cup, he needs a positive points day Sunday at Kansas Speedway. Period. And the four-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champ got his weekend off to a good start Friday, when he qualified his ... See all stories on this topic »

BYU football notebook: Cougars lose 2 more defenders to injuries Deseret News By Jeff Call, Deseret News Entering Friday night's 31-16 loss to Utah State, the Cougars played without starters Romney Fuga (out for the season with a knee injury), Steven Thomas (concussion) and Jameson Frazier (broken thumb). ... See all stories on this topic »

UCLA's "Pistol" Locked and Loaded FanHouse The Bruins' transition from a traditional offense to the "Pistol" didn't start out the way Neuheisel planned. UCLA was beaten by Kansas State in the season opener and then embarrassed by Stanford, but wins over ranked Houston and Texas teams in the ... See all stories on this topic »

British Idle'MMA Live' ESPN In 2000, eight of the best fighters converged at the Tokyo Dome for the right to be called "world's toughest man." Launch | Discuss WEC fighter Manny Gamburyan previews his upcoming match in WEC 51 against Jose Aldo. Former UFC Lightweight Champion, ... See all stories on this topic » ESPN