Lincoln earns win as Pirates beat Marlins 3-2
MIAMI -- The Pittsburgh Pirates' relievers came through again Monday, this time for one of their own.

CLEMSON, S.C. -- Clemson freshman running back Mile Bellamy was ruled academically ineligible and won't return to school next fall.
MIAMI -- The Pittsburgh Pirates' relievers came through again Monday, this time for one of their own.
OKLAHOMA CITY -- For the second time in less than a week, Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers must figure out how to fight back after a humbling loss.
BOSTON -- After taking out the top seed in the Eastern Conference in the opening round of the playoffs, the Philadelphia 76er's weren't about to get discouraged by a one-point loss to Boston to start the second round.
NEW YORK -- Henrik Lundqvist stopped all 21 shots by the New Jersey Devils that got through to him. The other 26 attempts blocked in front by his teammates were every bit as important in the New York Rangers' Eastern Conference finals opening win.
WASHINGTON -- Bryce Harper is as sentimental about his first big league homer as he is about the rest of the many milestones in his baseball career.
WASHINGTON -- Sports trainer Brian McNamee has described for jurors a relationship with baseball pitcher Roger Clemens that had the hallmarks of an illicit affair -- except their secret was steroids.
SAN FRANCISCO -- The San Francisco Giants are finally getting some timely hits from the familiar faces as well as the newcomers.
NEW YORK -- Major League Baseball management has fired Shyam Das, the arbitrator who overturned Ryan Braun's drug suspension in February.
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The Vikings stadium deal that Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton signed into law Monday involves plenty of public participation, but it also prevents the public from getting a look at the team's finances during their partnership to build the $975 million stadium.
WASHINGTON -- Speaking softly, nervously and in detail, Brian McNamee testified about the life-changing moment when, he said, he first gave Roger Clemens a "booty shot" of steroids.
MIAMI -- LeBron James was promised some rest. It never came.
MIAMI -- Giancarlo Stanton took a lusty swing with his pink bat, then paused a moment to admire his first game-winning grand slam before settling into a home run trot.
The president of Florida State University says moving the athletic program from the Atlantic Coast Conference to the Big 12 has several drawbacks to be considered.
METAIRIE, La. -- The Saints' revamped coaching staff said Monday that they are going to have to get use to the huge void left by Sean Payton's suspension for his role in the team's bounty system. They also might have to get use to life without Drew Brees.
ARLINGTON, Va. -- For quite some time, Washington Capitals general manager George McPhee tried to persuade former player Dale Hunter to return to the team as its coach. This season, McPhee finally got his man -- just not for very long.
NEW YORK -- Major League Baseball management has fired Shyam Das, the arbitrator who overturned Ryan Braun's drug suspension in February.
SAN ANTONIO -- Blake Griffin woke up Monday with his sprained left knee not feeling worse, but not really much better. Rest is the only remedy, a luxury the Los Angeles Clippers don't have, and doctors guess he might miss two weeks if this were the regular season.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Chris Paul played with an aching right hip and Blake Griffin's sprained left knee stiffened up during the game. If the Clippers were truly a two-man team, then they would have been in trouble facing elimination by the Memphis Grizzlies.
NEW YORK -- The NFL players' union will have its grievance against the league in the Saints bounties case heard Wednesday by arbitrator Shyam Das.