SEATTLE (AP) ― Mariano Rivera earned his 600th save, moving within one of Trevor Hoffman’s major league record, by closing out the New York Yankees’ 3-2 win over the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday night. Rivera entered with a one-run lead in the ninth and allowed just a one-out single to Ichiro Suzuki. He was retired when catcher Russell Martin caught Suzuki trying to steal second for the final out...

ZAGREB (AP) ― Usain Bolt made a cautious start in his first 100 meters since his disqualification at the world championships, and still won in a season-best 9.85 seconds at the Zagreb World Challenge on Tuesday. Bolt, who false-started in South Korea last month to end his hopes of retaining his world title, shaved 0.03 seconds off his previous fastest time this year ― 9.88 at Monaco in June ― on...

The South Korean basketball team traveled Tuesday to China to participate in the 2011 FIBA Asia Championships, which will be held in Wuhan, Hubei, Sept. 15-25. Sixteen teams ― including Korea, host China and defending champion Iran ― are divided into four groups of four in the biennial event. This year, the 26th competition will serve as the qualifying tournament for the 2012 Olympic Games in L...

NEW YORK (AP) -- American Grace Min added the U.S. Open girls championship to her Wimbledon girls doubles championship Sunday, defeating top-seeded Caroline Garcia of France, 7-5, 7-6 (3). Min became the first American and first unseeded player to win the girls single title since CoCo Vandeweghe in 2008. Min, who trains at the U.S. Tennis Association facility in Florida, teamed with Canada's Eu...

NEW YORK (AP) ― Serena Williams overcame a difficult first set to advance to the U.S. Open semifinals Thursday with a 7-5, 6-1 victory over Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Williams, the 28th seed but the favorite to win at Flushing Meadows, lost serve in the first game of the match but won it back in a love game to make it 3-3, then got another break to win the first set 7-5. The second set against t...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ― Peyton Manning underwent more neck surgery Thursday, the third time in 19 months, and will miss not only the opening game but possibly the entire season. Losing Manning for any stretch of time is a huge blow to the Colts and throws the race for the AFC South wide open. The four-time NFL MVP hasn’t missed a game in 14 NFL seasons, with 227 consecutive starts, including postsea...

WASHINGTON (AP) ― Too bad the Washington Nationals couldn’t hop on the plane and follow the Los Angeles Dodgers to sunny California. The Nationals lost a series to the Dodgers this week, and what a messy one it was. It rained Tuesday, nearly ruining Stephen Strasburg’s comeback game. It rained Wednesday. It rained Thursday. OK, Monday was fine, but that seems like a long time ago. Somewhere in ...

ROGERS, Arkansas (AP) ― Stacey Lewis still feels like she has plenty to prove, even now. Even during a season in which she’s won her first major championship and has posted eight top-10 finishes, the former Arkansas golfer isn’t content. Lewis will have the chance to add to her growing resume when the LPGA’s P&G NW Arkansas Championship tees off Friday. In order to do so, however, she’ll have t...

NEW YORK (AP) ― Even in Thursday’s perfect weather, Andy Roddick ran into trouble completing a rain-delayed victory over David Ferrer at the U.S. Open ― this time, because of water gathering behind a baseline in the second-largest stadium. At least there was progress at Flushing Meadows after two wet days that left nerves frayed and the schedule in disarray. In addition to Roddick’s 6-3, 6-4, 3-...

NEW YORK (AP) ― The Dallas Cowboys are the NFL’s most valuable franchise at $1.85 billion, according to Forbes magazine’s annual survey. That also gives the Cowboys the highest worth of any U.S. team, and makes them second only to Manchester United of the English Premier League, valued at $1.9 billion, among franchises worldwide. The New York Yankees are worth $1.7 billion, according to Forbes’...