As a member of a small minority in Major League Baseball, Curtis Granderson, an All-Star outfielder for the New York Yankees, said Monday he believes diversity is the most important thing in baseball today.In Seoul as an MLB International Ambassador, helping promote the sport across the globe during offseasons through clinics and fan meetings, Granderson said the ability to connect with people from different backgrounds is the key to success on the field.“If you can’t get along in the clubhouse,

Montenegrin striker Dejan Damjanovic of FC Seoul was voted the MVP of South Korea’s top soccer league Monday, while his head coach, Choi Yong-soo, was honored as coach of the year as the 2012 K-League champion club dominated the awards ceremony.At the year-end festivities held at a Seoul hotel, Damjanovic earned 92 of 116 votes from the media to become only the third foreign-born player to win the K-League MVP since the league’s inception in 1983. The 31-year-old led the competition with 31 goal

THOUSAND OAKS, California (AP) ― Graeme McDowell could think of no better way to head home for a 10-week holiday that to win for the first time in two years.And he couldn’t have found a better place to end the drought than Sherwood Country Club.Even with the course playing longer than ever in a light rain, McDowell closed with a 4-under 68 on Sunday and held off Keegan Bradley with a pair of superb short-game shots that carried him to a three-shot win in the World Challenge.It was the 10th time