NEW YORK (AP) ― Alex Rodriguez had surgery on his left hip Wednesday and is expected to be sidelined until after the All-Star break.The New York Yankees said Dr. Bryan Kelly repaired a torn labrum and impingement and the operation at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York “went as planned and without complication.”The 37-year-old former All-Star third baseman is expected to be released from the hospital on Thursday and the anticipated time for a full recovery is six months. The Yankees sig

KT, South Korea‘s largest fixed line operator and No. 2 mobile carrier, was approved as the owner of a new professional baseball team on Thursday.At their general meeting, owners of the existing nine clubs in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) put their stamp of approval on the expansion plan put together by KT and the city of Suwon, the provincial capital of Gyeonggi, located south of Seoul.It was the last administrative hurdle for KT, which last week drew more favorable reviews for its appl

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NEW YORK (AP) ― There’s a chance the podium under the chandeliers in the gold-and-ivory-colored Vanderbilt Room of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel will go unused.With the cloud of steroids shrouding the candidacies of Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and others, baseball writers may fail for the only the second time in more than four decades to elect anyone to the Hall of Fame, rendering a news conference unnecessary.About 600 people are eligible to vote in the BBWAA election, all members of the organizatio

Aided by a record number of fans, South Korea’s top professional baseball league in 2012 posted its largest-ever revenue, a league report showed Wednesday.The Korea Baseball Organization Properties, the marketing wing of the Korea Baseball Organization, said the league earned 35 billion won ($32.9 million) in baseball-related businesses in 2012, surpassing the previous record of 34 billion won set in 2011.The eight KBO clubs drew about 7.15 million fans in 2012, the first time that the KBO’s att

NEW YORK (AFP) ― The New York Knicks snapped San Antonio’s seven game winning streak Thursday with a 100-83 victory behind a big fourth quarter and 23 points from Carmelo Anthony.J.R. Smith scored 15 of his 20 points in the second half and the Knicks outscored San Antonio 44-31 during the last 17 minutes at Madison Square Garden.Steve Novak nailed five of seven shots from three-point range while Tyson Chandler finished with 10 points and 14 rebounds as the Knicks avoided their first three-game l

CHICAGO (AP) ― Edwin Jackson keeps bouncing around, and he thinks he knows why.“I think everybody likes me,” he said.The 29-year-old right-hander might find some stability now that he has a four-year, $52 million deal with the Chicago Cubs.The team announced the move on Wednesday after reaching an agreement last month, giving the Cubs a durable starter to add to their rotation as they try to dig themselves out from a 101-loss season.Jackson is now on his eighth team in 11 years, including a run