Joe Torre is safe...for now. With pitching issues mounting, Ken Rosenthal wonders if the Yanks can dodge The Boss' looming threat.

  Which star do you want on the mound in October — Schilling or Clemens? After Sunday, Mark Kriegel thinks the choice is obvious.

  The Pats have strolled to a 5-0 start, which has Jimmy Johnson doing something New England never does...looking ahead.

  He didn't get to the front until late, but Jeff Gordon took the lead on the last lap to win his sixth career Talladega race.

  At his best on baseball's biggest stage, Curt Schilling pitched the Boston Red Sox to another sweep of the Angels.Schilling worked seven masterful innings, David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez homered, and the Red Sox routed Los Angeles 9-1 Sunday to complete a three-game sweep of their AL playoff series.Boston joined the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies in sweeping a first-round series this October, and earned itself a long rest.

  

  

  Win or else! That was George Steinbrenner's message to Joe Torre before the New York Yankees played the Cleveland Indians on Sunday night.

  A battle of backup quarterbacks was decided, predictably, by who made the biggest mistake.Kurt Warner produced three touchdowns, one in his typical relief role and two more after Matt Leinart was sidelined by a collarbone injury, and Rod Hood returned an off-target pass by Gus Frerotte 68 yards for an easy go-ahead touchdown early in the fourth quarter of the Arizona Cardinals' 34-31 victory over the St. Louis Rams on Sunday.