Taiwanese pitcher Wei-Yin Chen maintained his strong early season form and improved his record to 4-0 in leading the Baltimore Orioles to a 5-2 win over the New York Yankees and the previously undefeated C.C. Sabathia on Tuesday.

Washington pitcher Stephen Strasburg may read warning labels a little closer in future after some “Hot Stuff” heat rub ointment got on “the wrong place” and made Tuesday's outing on the mound an uncomfortable one.

Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose could be out of action for an entire year while he recovers from surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament, the doctor who performed the procedure said on Tuesday.

Cleveland Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving is the NBA's rookie of the year, winning the award with the same ease as he dribbled past defenders this season.

Tim Duncan finished with 26 points and 10 rebounds as San Antonio cruised past the Los Angeles Clippers 108-92 in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals on Tuesday, extending the Spurs' win streak to 15 games.

Without Chris Bosh for the first time in the NBA playoffs, championship favorites Miami suddenly looked vulnerable as they fell to an upset 78-75 defeat to the Indiana Pacers that left their Eastern Conference semifinal series tied at 1-1.

The Atlanta Braves moved to the top of the National League East division standings with a 6-2 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday, setting up the victory with a four-run third inning.

Blue Jays third baseman Brett Lawrie slammed his batting helmet to the ground and it ricocheted into plate umpire Bill Miller as the ninth inning turned nasty Tuesday in Toronto's 4-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays.

Jeff Carter scored three goals and Jonathan Quick stopped 24 shots as the Los Angeles Kings matched an NHL record with their seventh straight road playoff victory, beating the Phoenix Coyotes 4-0 Tuesday to take control of Western Conference finals.

With the Ryder Cup a little more than four months away, Europe's top players couldn't pick a better tournament to impress team captain Jose Maria Olazabal than this week's World Match Play Championship in southern Spain.