In shakeup of the league structure for 2013.

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Baseball Adds Two Wild-Card Slots

Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig made two announcements today at the close of the owners meetings that will significantly alter the competitive shape of the sport. By 2013, the league will have constant interleague play and perhaps as soon as next season 10 teams will make the postseason rather than eight. Read full article > >

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Houston Astros shifting to AL; wild-card teams added

Eleven of the 12 Southeastern Conference presidents will meet Sunday to discuss the admission of Texas A&M to the league, a high-ranking SEC official said.

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SEC to Discuss Admission of Texas A&M

The name on the antitrust lawsuit NFL players have filed against the league — Brady v. NFL — belongs to pro football’s highest-paid player. The nine other plaintiffs are eight financially established veterans and a college star, Von Miller, who is likely to be one of the first five picks in this month’s draft and will earn millions of dollars in his first season.

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NFL lockout: Redskins’ Selvish Capers is a practice squad player trying to stay ready, solvent

Manny Ramirez is retiring from Major League Baseball due to “an issue” with drugs, the league said Friday. In a statement, MLB said it had “recently notified Manny Ramirez of an issue under Major League Baseball’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment…

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Manny Ramirez Quits Baseball

ST. PAUL, Minn. — A federal judge told NFL players and the league here Wednesday that she will need “a couple of weeks” before she can rule on the players’ request to lift the lockout imposed by owners, and urged them to resume negotiations in the meantime.

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NFL lockout: Judge sees ruling on injuction request in ‘a couple of weeks’

When the dust settled and the Round of 32 drew to a close Sunday night, only 2 of the league’s 11 teams were left standing.

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What to Make of Big East After the First Weekend

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger says his side have to show they can bounce back in the league after the disappointment of crashing out of three competitions in two weeks.

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Wenger urges Arsenal to respond

This has been a bad week for collective-bargaining agreements. National Football League team owners locked out the league’s players Saturday, shutting down pro football for the first time since 1987. The owners took this course of action after labor…

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NFL Lockout Under Way

National Football League team owners locked out the league’s players Saturday, shutting down professional football for the first time in 24 years and plunging the nation’s most popular and prosperous sport into a time of uncertainty.

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NFL lockout is now in effect; pro football enters first work stoppage since 1987

Two of the N.B.A.’s worst teams took to the court in the league’s first regular-season game in Europe.

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Nets 116, Raptors 103: N.B.A.’s London Debut Is Greeted With Mixed Results

N.F.L. players prepared to decertify their union, which could set off a chain reaction leading to the league’s first work stoppage since 1987.

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N.F.L. and Union Prepare for Worst

Celtic halt Hearts’ title bandwagon in its tracks with a thumping victory, as Anthony Stokes grabs a double for the league leaders.

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Celtic 4-0 Hearts

The Packers and the Jets are still alive in the N.F.L. playoffs while the top-seeded Falcons and Patriots are out, once again illustrating the league’s parity.

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N.F.L. Fast Forward: No. 1s Out as Sixth Seeds Celebrate

Cincinnati Reds first baseman Joey Votto won the National League MVP award on Monday for a season in which he batted .324, hit 37 homeruns, and had 113 RBIs. He also had the league’s best on-base and slugging percentages. He received 31 of 32…

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Joey Votto Wins NL MVP