The Tampa Bay Bucs overcame two long touchdown passes by Curtis Painter to beat the Indianapolis Colts 24-17 in Tampa on Monday Night Football. Tampa Bay is 3-1 while the Colts fall to 0-4. Bucs quarterback Josh Freeman threw for nearly 300 yards and running back LeGarrette Blount ran for …

Justin Verlander wasn’t his best but it was good enough. The dominant Detroit Tiger righthander gave up four runs but his teammates made it stand up as Detroit beat the New York Yankees 5-4 Monday to go up 2-1 in their American League Divisional Series. Verlander pitched eight innings and …

The St.Louis Cardinals spotted Cliff Lee an early 4-0 lead but chased him later on their way to 5-4 win over Philadelphia to even their divisional series at a game apiece. The Cardinal bullpen also held the Phillies scoreless for six innings after starter Chris Carpenter was ineffective early. Game …

Gator football coach Will Muschamp said Monday that starting quarterback John Brantley is out for this week’s LSU game with what he is describing as a lower leg injury. Muschamp would not elaborate on the injury at all. Brantley went down with a leg injury at the end of the …

The Miami Dolphins are now 0-4 on the season after losing at the San Diego Chargers 26-16 on Sunday. To make matters worse, Dolphins starting quarterback Chad Henne left the game with an injury and did not return and his status for this week is unclear. Jacksonville falls to 1-3 …