Aug. 4—The Red Sox lost their fifth straight game Tuesday night, falling to the Detroit Tigers 4-2 in another listless performance. Boston took an early 2-0 lead on a J.D. Martinez RBI single and a solo home run by Hunter Renfroe, but the Tigers came back, taking the lead on an RBI double by Akil Baddoo in the fifth and adding an insurance run an RBI single by Robbie Grossman in the seventh. ...

Aug. 4—Compared to last year's disaster squad, the Red Sox starting rotation has been remarkably durable and adequate through the first two thirds of the season. None of the regular five starters have missed time on the injured list, and through the first two months the rotation was not only consistent, but legitimately good. But since the start of June, the group has begun regressing and the ...

Aug. 4—Welcome to Tyler Nelson's professional basketball career. He has signed a contract to return to the Rostock Seawolves, in the second division for the German pro league. In fact, he left on Sunday, taking the red-eye to Amsterdam before taking a puddle-jumper to Hamburg. That's the good news. For Nelson, who turns 26 on Aug. 9, it gives an opportunity to play a full season as he joined ...

Aug. 4—Oli Udoh has been asked to adjust plenty this offseason. So when the Minnesota Vikings' offensive lineman stepped to the podium after morning practice Tuesday, he crouched down to talk into the microphone. Turns out, the microphone wasn't attached and someone pointed out that he could move it up to better fit his 6-foot-6, 325-pound frame. He just smiled. "I just work hard and do what ...

Aug. 4—AMSTERDAM — Despite a fantastic regular season, the Amsterdam Mohawks were unable to add another league championship to their storied history this summer. Needing a win Tuesday to force a deciding Game 3 later that night, the Mohawks fell 13-6 to the Saugerties Stallions at Shuttleworth Park. The victory clinched the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League championship for the ...

Australia's consumer watchdog filed a court case against Mercedes-Benz on Wednesday alleging that the company downplayed the risks involved with the use of Takata airbags in its vehicles. The defective airbags, which in rare instances lead to a rupture in inflator and send potentially deadly metal fragments flying, have resulted in the world's largest automotive recall impacting 100 million vehicles. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said staff at Mercedes call centre told customers it was "okay" to use vehicles that were more than six years old and that the recall was precautionary as there have been no major incidents.