Sports Etc. News

Years of talk about building an arena capable of hosting professional sports and big-name concerts yielded an announcement Tuesday that casino giant MGM Resorts International and entertainment company AEG will build a privately financed 20,000-seat indoor venue on the Las Vegas Strip.

A bus carrying the Elizabethton Twins, the rookie-league affiliate of the Minnesota Twins, was involved in a fatal accident Tuesday morning, though the team said none of the passengers were injured, according to multiple reports.

The driver Oregon police say fatally struck a man trying to dribble a soccer ball 10,000 miles from Seattle to Brazil for the World Cup has been arrested.

This is a story about heroes - good people doing good things. The cast of characters in this performance shares one thing in common: They are strangers to one another.

That changed in an 11-4 win over Louisville on Monday, when the 5-foot-8 senior center fielder reached base three times in five plate appearances.

When the raw sewage backed up into the A's clubhouse on Sunday night, it was the perfect symbol for the way Major League Baseball has handled the team's situation regarding a proposed new ballpark in San Jose.

A man charged with critically injuring a spectator at an Orioles game contends he was defending himself during an altercation, his lawyer said, citing information in a police report that raises "questions over who was the true aggressor."

Officials at the U.S, Naval Academy will reportedly charge three football players in connection with the alleged rape of a female midshipman in April of 2012.

The San Francisco 49ers on Monday named its biggest Silicon Valley tech teammate yet for its new stadium, signing an exclusive fantasy football and social media deal with Yahoo .

But then you watch a game at a "retro" or "throwback" park such as Camden Yards of Safeco Field, with all the state-of-the-art amenities, and facilities such as Fenway Park just seem old.

Jay Greenberg has worked at a lot of publications in his professional life, in Kansas City, Philadelphia, New York and Toronto, and covered most everything there has been to cover.

JUNE 16: A general view is seen as Justin Rose of England celebrates with the U.S. Open trophy after winning the 113th U.S. Open at Merion Golf Club on June 16, 2013 in Ardmore, Pennsylvania.

The Mariners' Brendan Ryan, right, tags out Yoenis Cespedes of Oakland while turning a double play during the first inning.

Rosa Ayala loads food into bags at the food distribution center at MEND in Pacoima, Ca May 30, 2013.

Richard Collier, center for the Brooks Ballers and a former Jaguar, looks to pass against the Fort Stewart Warriors during a wheelchair basketball game Saturday.

Jaime, the Dodgers' Hall of Fame Spanish-language play-by-play man since the team moved to L.A. in 1958, took his son, Jorge, currently working on the Dodgers' postgame radio talk show, to his native Ecuador last December to visit relatives he hadn't seen in years.

Tyler Boyd returned the opening kickoff 91 yards for a touchdown and had a hand on five scoring plays to lead Pennsylvania over Maryland 58-27 in the Big 33 Football Classic on Saturday night.

A solar-powered plane bidding to fly across the U.S. has landed at Dulles International Airport near the nation's capital, with one leg to New York left.

A performance by the Alabama Symphony Orchestra in Railroad Park in Birmingham, Ala.

Serving a lengthy prison sentence for a rape he didn't commit, Robert E. Nelson asked for DNA testing to prove his innocence.