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Due to the devastation from Hurricane Sandy, the Brooklyn Nets will have to wait almost a month to entertain their uptown NBA rivals, the New York Knicks.

Damage across New York from Hurricane Sandy has forced the NBA to postpone the Brooklyn Nets' home opener against the New York Knicks originally set for Thursday, the league announced on Wednesday.

The Chicago White Sox inked pitcher Jake Peavy to a two-year, $29 million deal, with $15 million more on offer depending on how many innings he pitches in the next two seasons.

The Detroit Tigers are sticking with manager Jim Leyland for another season, despite being swept out of baseball's World Series by the San Francisco Giants in four games.

San Francisco third baseman Pablo Sandoval was a unanimous choice for Most Valuable Player of the World Series thanks largely to the Venezuelan slugger's powerful performance with a bat.

Crafting a World Series sweep with masterful pitching and clutch hits, the San Francisco Giants won a second Major League Baseball title in three seasons Sunday with a 4-3 victory over Detroit.

San Francisco pitchers have baffled Detroit batters with back-to-back World Series shutouts, giving Matt Cain the chance to make history and complete a title sweep for the Giants.

San Francisco pitcher Tim Lincecum has turned the worst season of his six-year Major League Baseball career around by accepting a relief role, finding his once-magical form in the World Series.

San Francisco pitchers have humbled Detroit batters by throwing the first back-to-back World Series shutouts in 46 years at the Tigers, putting the Giants on the brink of a championship sweep.

Series adversaries Miguel Cabrera of Detroit and Buster Posey of San Francisco were named winners of the Hank Aaron Award for Major League Baseball's outstanding offensive players.

World Series adversaries Miguel Cabrera of Detroit and Buster Posey of San Francisco were named winners of the Hank Aaron Award for Major League Baseball's outstanding offensive players.

Detroit will try to snap a five-game San Francisco playoff win streak on Saturday in game three of the World Series with the Tigers facing the brink of elimination with another defeat.

Detroit manager Jim Leyland says San Francisco's two-game World Series lead over his Tigers can't be blamed on a bad bounce or a poor decision, it's just that the Giants are that good.

A precocious schoolboy pitcher with a 100-mile-an-hour fastball has set feathers flying in Japan's staid baseball establishment by vowing he will leapfrog straight to the US leagues.

San Francisco pitcher Madison Bumgarner bounced back in a big way on Thursday as the Giants stretched their World Series lead over the Detroit Tigers with a 2-0 victory.

US President Barack Obama lampooned Donald Trump, saying the real estate tycoon's feud with him dated back to "when we were growing up together in Kenya."

Detroit's 2-0 loss to San Francisco on Thursday was especially painful for starting pitcher Doug Fister, and not just because it extended the Giants' World Series lead.

San Francisco's Madison Bumgarner bounced back in a big way, giving up two hits and striking out eight as the Giants stretched their World Series lead over Detroit with a 2-0 victory.

Venezuela's Pablo Sandoval has emerged as the standard bearer for an unprecedented collection of Hispanic players in baseball's World Series with his rare three home run outburst in game one.

San Francisco slugger Pablo Sandoval hit a spectacular three home runs to lead the Giants to an 8-3 victory over Justin Verlander and the Detroit Tigers in game one of the World Series.