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Del Worsham powered to the top Funny Car qualifying spot Friday at the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals at Brainerd International Raceway.

SEATTLE (AP) The Seattle Mariners optioned slumping first baseman Dae-Ho Lee to Triple-A Tacoma.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) Tampa Bay Rays utility man Nick Franklin entered Friday night's game as a defensive replacement in the third inning but departed after playing two innings, two days after being hit in the head by a teammate's bat while on deck.

DENVER (AP) The Colorado Rockies reinstated reliever Chad Qualls from the 15-day disabled list on Friday and cleared a roster spot for him by optioning struggling rookie reliever Carlos Estevez to their Triple-A affiliate in Albuquerque.

Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s race team said on Twitter that four-time Sprint Cup champion Jeff Gordon won't be able to drive the No.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) The topic of discussion in Les Miles' second-floor office at LSU's expansive football complex centered on how the coach intended to handle the ever-heightening scrutiny upon him this season - particularly in light of the raging speculation that he was on the brink of being fired last November.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) The New York Mets activated outfielder Yoenis Cespedes and shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera from the disabled list in a move manager Terry Collins hopes will provide a much-needed offensive boost for his ball club.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) Tampa Bay Rays utility man Nick Franklin entered Friday night's game as a defensive replacement in the third inning, just two days after being hit in the head by a teammate's bat while on deck.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) Now that he's lifted South Florida out of the American Athletic Conference basement, Willie Taggart is aiming to take the Bulls all the way to the top of the league.

SEATTLE (AP) The sale of the Seattle Mariners from Nintendo of America to a group of minority owners led by Western Wireless Corp. founder John Stanton and retired Microsoft executive Chris Larson has become official.

After subbing for Dale Earnhardt Jr. for four NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races in a row, Jeff Gordon will not be in the No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet for next weekend's race at Michigan International Speedway.

Check out Friday's qualifying results for this Saturday night's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Carl Edwards won his second straight pole at Bristol Motor Speedway, leading Joe Gibbs Racing's Olympic-style sweep of the top three spots in qualifying Friday for the Saturday night race.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The Kansas City Royals didn't have a postseason prayer. Until, that is, a praying mantis showed up in their dugout.

Call it an MLS Cup hangover, but luck hasn't been on Portland's side.

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) Before California coach Sonny Dykes could even think about designing a game plan for the season opener against Hawaii, he had to devise a strategy to deal with playing a game on the other side of the world.

Si Woo Kim shot a tournament-record 10-under 60 on Friday at Sedgefield to take the second-round lead in the Wyndham Championship.

  

Damien Magnifico optioned to Triple A Colorado Springs; Milwaukee Brewers reinstate Domingo Santana from disabled list