That same shoulder cost him more than a month earlier this season. Newsday says that surgery has not been ruled out yet, and that if an operation is required, Posada will miss the rest of the season.
Since returning from the DL on June 5, Posada has been limited in his catching duties, playing mostly as [...]
“We are in Iraq to thank our troops, diplomats and civilians for the remarkable job they are doing and to let them know that, back home, Americans are proud of them. We came to consult with our military leaders, embassy team and the Iraqi government about a way forward in Iraq that advances the interests [...]
National League starting pitcher Ben Sheets wants a piece of Yankee Stadium for an All-Star keepsake, but he’s not going to scoop dirt from the mound.
“I’m going to keep my cleats, and hopefully they’ll have something there,” the Milwaukee Brewers right-hander said Monday.
For the 12 NL All-Stars who have never played a game at Yankee [...]
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is returning to Indiana on Wednesday for a campaign appearance at Purdue University with Sen. Evan Bayh.
The event will be Obama’s first trip to Indiana since he spent several weeks crisscrossing the state before the May 6 primary, which he narrowly lost to Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Obama’s campaign said Monday that [...]
The Republican governor is meeting with several businesses at the Farnborough International Air Show in England on Monday. Also on his itinerary are a nuclear waste processing plant in France, and meetings with officials in Spain and Russia.
Crist says he hopes the trip will generate economic opportunities for Florida.
But Democratic Party spokesman Eric Jotkoff says [...]
White House hopeful Barack Obama will outline his views on Iraq and U.S. national security in a speech Tuesday before a planned trip there, his campaign said.
“He will focus on the global strategic interests of the United States, which includes ending our misguided effort in Iraq,” Obama spokesman Bill Burton said in a statement.
The speech [...]
A Lawrence teacher was chosen to spend a weekend in Washington, D.C., as part of a program celebrating the Bill of Rights.
She was one of 15 teachers to make the trip, and was selected for her commitment to spreading the values of the Bill of Rights.
Curtis, who visited the nation’s capital for the first time, [...]
A red-shirt freshman on the University of Oregon football team has died after trying to swim the McKenzie River during an inner-tube trip down the river.
It says that most of the party started down the river, but Doxey decided to jump off a bridge.
He swam across the current toward a boat ramp. But, the Lane [...]
Jurors in the trial of Juan Alvarez have gotten to see the four train cars damaged in the crash that killed 11 people in January 2005.
The Metrolink train was traveling southbound from Chatsworth when it slammed into Juan Alvarez’s Jeep that was parked on the tracks near the Los Angeles-Glendale city line.
The cars damaged in [...]
At least two businessmen who went on the state’s March trade mission to Ireland and the United Kingdom said they were disappointed with Commerce Secretary Jack Fischer, one even saying Fischer hurt his efforts.
“I’m not sure of Jack’s purpose on the trip but it did nothing to help any of the participants’ businesses,” Chris Frigo [...]
