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Memorial service for 2-time All-Star Willie Davis to be held at Dodger Stadium. A memorial service for former Los Angeles Dodgers center fielder Willie Davis will be held at Dodger Stadium.

Longtime Dodgers center fielder Willie Davis found dead in Burbank home at age 69. Willie Davis, a speedy center fielder who collected two World Series rings, three Gold Gloves and was a two-time All-Star during his 14 seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers, has died. He was 69.

Career NL player Juan Pierre ready to adjust to life in the American League with White Sox. Juan Pierre is on a new team, in a new league ? and back at the same spring training complex as last year.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Her loyal subjects unfurl elaborate banners hailing her as Queen Yu Na. When she arrived here amid bodyguards last Friday from her Toronto training base, more than 300 reporters turned up at the airport to pay her homage. ``It was like traveling around with Princess Diana,'' said her coach, Brian Orser. ``She is very gracious to her fans. They love her, they embrace her.'' And that's only in Canada. When Kim Yu Na is home in South Korea, she is treated like rock-star royalty. Her face is everywhere. Her endorsements with Nike, Hyundai, and Kookmin Bank brought her an estimated $7.5 million last year, putting her alongside snowboarder Shaun White as the richest winter Olympian. When Samsung released its new touchscreen ``Yuna phone'' last year, a million were snapped up in seven months. Her country simply has never had a female athlete like this one at the Winter Games. The Koreans are accustomed to winning fistfuls of medals in speedskating, but they've ne

Last pitch? Eric Gagne excited to be back with Dodgers, confident he can make team if healthy. Eric Gagne is pretty sure this is his last shot at a major league comeback. He's glad to be getting it with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Frank McCourt's wife seeks nearly $1 million per month from Dodgers owner. The estranged wife of Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt wants nearly $1 million per month in temporary support, arguing that he is trying to mislead the court about his financial resources.

It was 2001, Frank McCourt had just pitched a roomful of businesspeople on his bold dream to buy the Red Sox and turn 24 acres of pavement he owned on the South Boston Waterfront into a state-of-the-art ballpark. Sensing some resistance to the idea, the silver-haired landowner agreed to sweeten the deal, and was about to offer an enticement when his wife, a blond, slender-framed woman with sharp features, cut him off. ``Shut up, Frank,'' said Jamie McCourt. To those in the room familiar with the couple, the exchange, recounted by a lawyer who was present, was typical. For two decades in Boston, the hard-nosed husband and wife developers had proved themselves to be shrewd, but combative, even with each other. It was a style that won them few friends in the business community or at City Hall, and when their play for the Sox failed and the McCourts headed West to take over the Dodgers, many wondered how their headstrong approach would play in Los Angeles. The answer, it seems, is badly. L

Court denies Jamie McCourt's bid to be reinstated as chief executive of LA Dodgers. The wife of Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt lost her bid Thursday to be reinstated as the team's chief executive during a hearing in the couple's messy divorce.

Pedro Martinez regrets tossing Yankees coach Don Zimmer to ground during playoff fight in 2003. Pedro Martinez walked into a packed interview room in the basement of Yankee Stadium and peered out at all the cameras and reporters waiting for him. "They don't get tired of it, huh?" he said. Not in New York, that's for sure.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Yankees could face familiar old foe Pedro Martinez in the World Series against defending champions Philadelphia Phillies that begins in the Bronx on Wednesday.

J.A. Happ walks in go-ahead run in 8th and Dodgers rally past Phillies 2-1 to tie NLCS 1-1. Keeping the Dodgers down through seven innings is no guarantee of a victory. Philadelphia found that out the hard way. Pedro Martinez allowed just two hits over seven shutout innings for the Phillies, but once he left, the Dodgers staged their latest postseason rally in the weirdest, wackiest way.

Dodgers2Phillies1 LOS ANGELES - Was this the old Pedro Martinez? No, this was a reinvented Martinez, with splashes of the vintage Pedro, who started his career 17 years ago at this ballpark as a skinny kid from the Dominican Republic. After seven scoreless innings and 87 pitches yesterday at Dodger Stadium, Phillies manager Charlie Manuel stuck to his pregame plan of using Martinez for only 80-90 pitches. Thus, Martinez was pinch hit for in the top of the eighth. After Martinez left, the Phillies' bullpen and second baseman Chase Utley blew the game, as the Dodgers prevailed, 2-1, to even the National League Championship Series at a game apiece. Martinez pitched so well that afterward he was asked whether he was now determined to pitch a full season next year. ``Yeah, I'm thinking about it,'' said the soon-to-be 38-year-old. ``I'm considering coming back next year if I don't win the World Series. If I win the World Series, I'll take a little bit more time. I will have to ask my mom. Be

Carlos Ruiz and Raul Ibanez both belted three-run home runs as World Series champions Philadelphia beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-6 in game one of the National League Championship series.

Carlos Ruiz and Raul Ibanez both belted three-run home runs as World Series champions Philadelphia beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-6 in game one of the National League Championship series.

Phillies8Dodgers6 LOS ANGELES - One of the Hollywood producers attending last night's game could make a movie about this. Or Larry King, who was sitting in the front row, could do a ``Larry King Live'' about the once madly-in-love couple from Boston who went West to live their dream of owning a baseball team - the storied Dodgers, to boot - but who are now separated, which could shatter their dream. Frank and Jamie McCourt sat in their usual section near the Dodgers' dugout, but several seats apart, and watched their team go down to defeat in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series to the Phillies, 8-6. It capped a miserable few days for the Dodgers, who not only had to make a public statement about the split, but had Joe Torre saying he would likely not manage the team beyond the 2010 season, amid a report he's had a difficult year with ownership, which he denied. Two days of rain gave way to sunshine before 56,000 fans at Dodger Stadium, who watched the Phillies go out to a

NLCS NOTEBOOK LOS ANGELES - It shows a little guts, and it may not be the safest choice, but Philadelphia manager Charlie Manuel believes starting Pedro Martinez in Game 2 of the National League Championship Series against the Dodgers today could give the Phillies a shot in the arm. Martinez was told of the assignment Wednesday night, and he plans to bring his A game for his first postseason start since Game 3 of the 2004 World Series, when he beat the Cardinals for the Red Sox. Dodger Stadium is also where Martinez made his major league debut, on Sept. 24, 1992, against the Reds in relief. ``It's going to be special, especially bringing back memories about my start here,'' said Martinez. ``I was born in this place, and I hope this is not the last one that I pitch here, but if it is, it would be a great joy to actually do it in the same place I started.'' Martinez hasn't pitched well since a 130-pitch outing against the Mets Sept. 13. It was believed that he pulled a neck muscle in his

Dodgers add Scott Elbert, drop Jon Garland, Jeff Weaver to NLCS roster. The Los Angeles Dodgers have added left-handed rookie pitcher Scott Elbert and right-hander Hiroki Kuroda to their roster for the National League championship series and dropped right-handers Jon Garland and Jeff Weaver.

Angels, Dodgers tantalize with prospects of a Freeway World Series. Ssshhhh, don't let it get out, but the prospect of a Freeway World Series is a tantalizing prospect to Torii Hunter, of all people.

The Philadelphia Phillies hope to get back to the World Series for the second-straight year but first they must get past a familiar National League foe in the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Lidge, Phillies rounding into shape as defending champs brace for Dodgers in NLCS rematch. Brad Lidge was at the center of the celebrations, mobbed on the mound and then later bathed in bone-chilling ice water inside the clubhouse.