ST. LOUIS(AP) Matt Holliday and Chris Carpenter helped the St. Louis Cardinals continue their surge with two impressive performances.

MANKATO, Minn. (AP) -- Minnesota Vikings quarterback Tarvaris Jackson left the field on Saturday morning with an apparent leg injury.

PITTSBURGH(AP) Andrew McCutchen just shrugged, claiming ''every baseball player just has one of those days.'' But only nine other players in the 122-year history of the Pittsburgh Pirates have had the kind of day this rookie did.

A slimmed-down Beanie Wells arrived at the Arizona Cardinals training camp in the wee hours on Saturday and set his sights on winning the starting running back job by the time the season begins.

CHICAGO(AP) No. 9 batter Jayson Nix stirred up his team's offense without even swinging the bat and helped the Chicago White Sox beat the New York Yankees for a third straight game.

WESTMINSTER, Md. (AP) -- Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Derrick Mason has ended his retirement.

When opportunity knocks, Matt Cassel answers. Coming off his breakout season with the Patriots, Cassel is ready -- for better or worse -- to be the face of the Chiefs, writes Don Banks.

Michael Phelps beat Milorad Cavic again, and this time there was no doubt about it.

Milorad Cavic wanted revenge. What he got was an emotionally driven Michael Phelps, says Brian Cazeneuve. Phelps won their 100-meter butterfly showdown in world-record time.

The nation's economy is starting to rebound, but the Obama administration's massive stimulus package had little to do with it.

Treasury prices rose Friday after a record week of debt sales ended on a high note, easing some fears that foreign demand for U.S. debt is wearing thin.