ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Music blared in the Tampa Bay clubhouse and four large, flat-screen televisions mounted around a column in the middle of the room were tuned to the same in-house channel di » Full Story

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jason Bay’s first pinch-hit homer delivered the latest jolt of anguish to Jason Isringhausen.

Bay’s three-run shot off the St. Louis Cardinals’ struggling reliever, working t » Full Story

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Charles Barkley acknowledged he owes a $400,000 gambling debt to a Las Vegas Strip casino and promised Thursday to repay it after a prosecutor said the retired NBA star faced criminal » Full Story

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) —Penn State coach Joe Paterno is back home after spending several hours at a hospital being treated for dehydration.

Penn State spokesman Jeff Nelson says the 81-year- » Full Story

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hold on, NFL. Spygate isn’t over. Not if an ‘‘incensed’’ senator from Pennsylvania has anything to do with it.

Sen. Arlen Specter on Wednesday called for an independent inve » Full Story

NEW YORK (AP) — The memories are painful for Tonya Harding, and somehow liberating.

They fill a new book, ‘‘The Tonya Tapes,’’ in which she speaks frankly, if a bit confusingly, about the Ton » Full Story

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Pittsburgh Penguins’ road to the Stanley Cup finals along the Pennsylvania Turnpike took an unexpected detour.

The smooth ride through 12 playoff games got a bit bumpi » Full Story

DETROIT (AP) — Marty Turco has quite an opportunity in front of him.

The Dallas goalie is 0-9-2 in the NHL at Joe Louis Arena, where he will have a chance to stop nagging questions and extend » Full Story

PHILADELPHIA (AP) _ A little more than two years ago, coach Michel Therrien — 11 games into his tenure behind the Pittsburgh Penguins bench — ripped his club for its evident indifference to defense.» Full Story