Cards top Red Sox 4-2 to level Series

BOSTON (AP) ― Just when it seemed Michael Wacha had cracked, the St. Louis Cardinals began scooting around the bases and leveled the World Series. Wacha beat John Lackey in a matchup of present and past rookie sensations, and this time it was the Cardinals‘ turn to take advantage of sloppy fielding as St. Louis topped the Boston Red Sox 4-2 Thursday night in Game 2. David Ortiz put Boston ahead in the sixth inning with a two-run homer just over the Green Monster in left, ending Wacha’s scoreless

BaseballOct. 25, 2013

Serena Williams reaches semis of WTA Championships

ISTANBUL (AP) ― Top-ranked Serena Williams advanced to the semifinals of the WTA Championships by sweeping past Petra Kvitova 6-2, 6-3 on Thursday. Williams, the defending champion, won all three matches in her group without dropping a set. She’s bidding for her fourth title in the elite, eight-women tournament. Earlier, Li Na outlasted Jelena Jankovic 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 for her second victory in two matches and eight-seeded Angelique Kerber upset No. 3 Agnieszka Radwanska 6-2, 6-2 to remain in conte

More SportsOct. 25, 2013

Park earns MVP honors in Incheon

INCHEON (Yonhap News) ― The 94th National Sports Festival drew to a conclusion in Incheon on Thursday as Olympic swimming hero Park Tae-hwan was voted the Most Valuable Player.Incheon, a metropolitan city located just west of Seoul, played host to the nation’s largest multisport competition for the first time in 14 years. Some 22,000 athletes and 8,000 officials descended on the third most-populated city in the country for seven days of action in 46 sports.The national competition came about a y

More SportsOct. 24, 2013

Ronaldo, Ibrahimovic lead Madrid, PSG

GENEVA (AP) ― Cristiano Ronaldo and Zlatan Ibrahimovic warmed up for their World Cup playoffs meeting with big games for Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League on Wednesday.Ronaldo had two goals in Madrid’s 2-1 home victory over Juventus in the marquee matchup of the day, and Ibrahimovic scored four times ― including an unstoppable long-range strike ― to help PSG outclass Anderlecht 5-0 in Brussels.Defending champion Bayern Munich routed Viktoria Plzen 5-0, and Bayer Leverku

SoccerOct. 24, 2013

Lester, Red Sox rout sloppy Cards in Series opener

Given a bit of help by the umpires and a lot more by the Cardinals, the Boston Red Sox turned this World Series opener into a rout.Mike Napoli hit a three-run double right after the umps reversed a blown call, Jon Lester made an early lead stand up and the Red Sox romped past sloppy St. Louis 8-1 Wednesday night for their ninth straight win in a World Series game.A season before Major League Baseball is expected to expand instant replay, fans got to see a preview. The entire six-man crew huddled

BaseballOct. 24, 2013

Herald to host PGA tournament

Herald Corp. will stage a professional golf tournament next week in a bid to boost the development of men’s golf in Korea.The Herald-KYJ Tour Championship will be held on the Hill and Ocean Courses in Lotte Skyhill Jeju Country Club in Seogwipo, Jeju Province, from Oct. 29-Nov. 1Herald Corp. CEO and publisher Lee Young-man, Korea Professional Golfers’ Association chairman Hwang Sung-ha and KATANA chairman Kim Hong-deug signed an agreement to hold the closing event of this season on the KPGA Kore

GolfOct. 23, 2013

Samsung, Doosan eyeing history in Korean Series

History will be at stake as the Samsung Lions prepare to host the Doosan Bears in the Korean Series, the championship round in the Korea Baseball Organization, starting on Thursday.The first game of the best-of-seven series is set to start at 6 p.m. Thursday at Daegu Stadium, about 300 kilometers southeast of Seoul.The Lions won their third straight pennant with a record of 75-51-2 and earned the bye to the Korean Series. They will have home-field advantage and will host the first two games and,

BaseballOct. 23, 2013

Park Tae-hwan front-runner for MVP

With the 94th National Sports Festival heading toward the finish line, Olympic swimming star Park Tae-hwan has emerged as the front-runner for the MVP honors.Park, the gold medalist in the men’s 400-meter freestyle at the2008 Beijing Summer Games, has snatched up four swimming medals through Tuesday. Competing at the swimming arena bearing his own name in the host city of Incheon, west of Seoul, Park finished first in the men’s 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 4x100 m relay and 4x200 m relay.He

More SportsOct. 23, 2013

Boston strong: Sox ride wave of good feelings

BOSTON (AP) ― Walking back to his Fenway Park office after the traditional Patriots Day morning Red Sox game, Charles Steinberg saw the reports on TV that there had been explosions at the Boston Marathon finish line.He saw video of the damage on Boylston Street. He heard the police say that a fire at the John F. Kennedy Library might be related. And he thought to himself, “We’re next.”“That added to the dread,” said Steinberg, an executive vice president with the Red Sox who orchestrates many of

BaseballOct. 22, 2013

NBA eager to ...get Derrick Rose back on the floor

MIAMI (AP) ― There’s no question that the city of Chicago was waiting, impatiently at times, to get Derrick Rose back. And the same could likely be said about the Bulls franchise.They weren’t alone. The NBA was waiting as well.When Rose’s comeback commences for real on opening night in Miami on Oct. 29 against the two-time defending champion Heat, there’s no question the league will be savoring the return of one of its biggest sources of star power. Rose sells tons of jerseys, sells tons of tick

BaseballOct. 22, 2013