Darren Fletcher is hoping a pain-easing injection will delay the need for ankle surgery until next summer.

  High School Football Playoffs get underway this Friday. Thanks to a win last week, The Bartlett Panthers are in the post-season for the first time in 5 years.

  Dwyane Wade scored 40 points, including a go-ahead jumper with 25 seconds left, to lead the Miami Heat in a 93-89 victory over the Washington Wizards on Wednesday night.

  All-Star center fielder Shane Victorino was in Philadelphia's starting lineup Wednesday night for Game 6 of the World Series despite a finger injury.

  ASP World Tour rookie, Coco Ho has beaten Chelsea Hedges to claim the 2009 Rip Curl Women's Pro Search title.

  Jarrad Page #42 of the Kansas City Chiefs runs a pattern during the NFL game against the Cincinnati Bengals on December 28, 2008 at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio.

  Toyota pulls out of Formula One Toyota Motor Corp.'s Tadashi Yamashita, F1 Team Principal, gets emotional during a press conference to announce the company's withdrawal of the F1 Grand Prix in Tokyo AP World's largest automaker says it will instead focus on cutting costs JIM ARMSTRONG TOKYO - Published on Wednesday, Nov.

  Through much of the 2009 season in seemed that the Texas Rangers were going to not only make the playoffs, but make some noise in the post season there as well. They got off to a hot start, but typically wilted in the Hot Texas Sun of late summer. Much like the Detroit Tigers this is a team that played well enough to win their division, but they collapsed in the last quarter of the season. It seemed in August that this team was good enough to run down the Boston Red Sox for the American League Wild Card, but a late season loss to the Tampa Bay Rays killed the post season aspirations of this ball club.

  Rick Rypien scored the go-ahead goal 8:48 into the third period, the first of three late goals that lifted the Vancouver Canucks to a 4-1 victory over the New York Rangers on Tuesday night.

  England's preparations for Saturday's clash against Australia have been disrupted further after Martin Johnson was forced to delay his team announcement by 24 hours.

  Quick, raise your hands if any of you believe that last nighta s game five loss in Philadelphia changes anything.

  Alan Curbishley has won his case for constructive dismissal against West Ham after claiming he had no option but to resign.

  By the ninth inning, Phillies fans were preparing for the worst. The New York Yankees were at it again, chipping away at a dwindling lead and threatening to take away the Phils' World Series title right there at Citizens Bank Park.

  New Orleans Saints defensive coordinator congratulates defensive end Will Smith after a stop against the Atlanta Falcons on Monday night at the Superdome.