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Baltimore Orioles pitcher Alfredo Simon surrendered to National Police early Monday morning to face murder charges in the death of Michael Esteban Castillo, 25, police said.

Drew Brees has New Orleans swinging, singing and trumpeting their Saints like never before....

Turns out the Philadelphia Phillies do have enough money for both Cliff Lee and Roy Halladay - and Roy Oswalt and Cole Hamels, too. A year after Phillies traded him away, Lee chose to rejoin them and form a fearsome foursome that is the envy of all of baseball.

The decision denying Frank McCourt s claim to sole ownership of the team is not expected to immediately affect day-to-day operations.

The New York Yankees have finalized the $51 million, three-year contract with captain Derek Jeter.

Ron Santo, one of the greatest players in Chicago Cubs history and a longtime WGN radio announcer whose devotion to the perennial losers was made obvious night after night by his excited shouts or dejected laments, has died. He was 70.

Baseball management is more likely to consider expanded playoffs for 2012 than for next year.

The Atlanta Braves acquired All-Star second baseman Dan Uggla from the Florida Marlins on Tuesday in a trade for utility man Omar Infante and pitcher Mike Dunn ...

San Francisco Giants defeat Texas Rangers in Game 5 of the World Series, 3-1, to capture the title, winning the organization's first championship since moving West in 1958.

Midway through Game 4, the speakers at Rangers Ballpark blared the 1960s Halloween favorite "Monster Mash."