Carl Crawford’s glove and a dominant bullpen helped save the AL’s streak.
Crawford pulled back a home run with a leaping grab an inning before Curtis Granderson tripled and scored the tiebreaking run in the eighth, giving the American League a 4-3 victory Tuesday night at the new Busch Stadium.

Shawnee resident Kyle Goforth is atop the standings this week at Brill Motor Speedway with 1,255 total points as of July 11 in the modified division.
Goforth finished first in the second heat Saturday, while Chad Miller of Chandler came in fourth. Miller sits at eighth in the points standings with 566.

With the 2009 All-Star Game approaching, Ryan Franklin is having a banner pitching season for the St. Louis Cardinals.
Franklin, who grew up in Spiro, pitched for Seminole State College and presently makes his home in Shawnee, has been a major player in the Cardinals’ 40-34 record and first-place standing in the National League’s Central Division.

Blake Griffin was the consensus No. 1 pick. Shaq to the Cavs was the consensus blockbuster.
On a day of head-turning trades around the NBA, the Los Angeles Clippers started Thursday night’s draft with the obvious choice: Griffin, the only player considered a sure thing in a class full of question marks.

Through 12 games, Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz defensive back Fred Shaw ranks third in the interception department of the Arena Football2 League.
Shaw, a Shawnee High School product in his fourth year in the league, has eight interceptions. He trails only league-leader Micha Robinson of the WB Scranton Pioneers with 11 and William Mulder of the Kentucky Horsemen with nine.

During an up-and-down season for the Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz, Fred Shaw has almost always landed on the up side.
Shaw, a former Shawnee High School football standout, is having a banner 2009 campaign for the Arena Football League Yard Dawgz.

Chandler’s Tad Sweitzer is among Brill Motor Speedway’s five first-place entrants after Saturday’s races.
Sweitzer sits at No. 1 in the e-modified category with 582 points after finishing second in the Heat 2 race Saturday. Fellow Chandler resident Mark Robinson, who finished first in the heat, is third in the standings at 474.

To Kobe Bryant, a little bit of rest is way overrated. Getting ready for the playoffs is what the last stretch of the season is all about.

Gregg Popovich didn't coach 1,000 games in the NBA without having a few leads slip away on him.

Former NFL player-turned-actor Brian Bosworth has been charged with drunken driving after being arrested in Hollywood last Friday.

The Oklahoma City Thunder are finding ways to win without their top two scorers.

With franchise cornerstones Kevin Durant and Jeff Green out with injuries, Russell Westbrook and the last-place Oklahoma City Thunder could easily have been overlooked by any team.

Kobe Bryant needed just a few minutes to thwart an Oklahoma City rally and put the Los Angeles Lakers on the way to improving the NBA's best record.

Chris Paul performed all kinds of amazing feats in launching his All-Star career in Oklahoma City. There was still something missing.

Oklahoma City's first impression of Greg Oden would not be a lasting one.

Portland's 7-foot center was not a factor last week in the first display of the top two picks in the 2007 NBA draft, No. 1 Oden and No. 2 Kevin Durant.

But Wednesday night in the Trail Blazers' 106-92 victory over the Thunder, Oden showed his potential with 16 points, 10 rebounds and three blocked shots.

Super Super Bowls are becoming a habit.
The Steelers’ 27-23 win Sunday night over Arizona was another classic in an era of great games — “a game for the ages,” commissioner Roger Goodell called it.

The Oklahoma City Thunder never would have had to go to overtime if Kevin Durant hadn't fumbled the ball away in the closing seconds of regulation.

The fact that the Thunder's normally rowdy crowd was kept away by icy weather didn't keep the team from putting together one of its most impressive wins.

Kevin Durant scored nine of his 18 points in the decisive third quarter, and the Thunder enjoyed big advantages at the free throw line and on the boards to beat the New Jersey Nets 94-85 Monday night in front of just 5,000 fans.

The Denver Nuggets pulled off another deal Wednesday that had both owner Stan Kroenke and coach George Karl smiling.

Randy Foye and the Minnesota Timberwolves are on their first roll of the season.