Rain postponed last night's Yankees/Rays season opener, so we'll play two today. The first game, at 1:05 PM ET, will pit Mike Mussina (17-8, 3.48) against James Shields (12-8, 3.64). In the night cap, Sidney Ponson (8-5, 5.10) will get

Chad Jennings reports that Phil Hughes has been promoted back to the Majors. Peter Abraham notes that the earliest he'd be able to pitch is Wednesday, as he helped Scranton win the International League title last night.

Bryan Hoch of MLB.com reports that David Robertson is back with the Major League club, since Scranton's season is over.

Dan Martin of the Post reports on an interesting statistic, given that Yankee Stadium will soon be closing. Lou Gehrig is the all-time hits regular season hits leader in the stadium, with 1,269 hits. Derek Jeter currently sits at 1,261

The Yankees Triple-A affiliate, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees, won the International League title on Friday night, defeating the Durham Bulls, 20-2. It was the first title for the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre organization since the Scranton Red Sox t...

Brian Cashman spoke to the AP's Ronald Blum in response to Hank Steinbrenner's remarks from Thursday. Steinbrenner infered that he would like to form an advisory group to help make decisions, perhaps taking some power away from Cashman."At the...

Fittingly, Anthony DiComo of MLB.com reports that Andy Pettitte is scheduled to start the final regular season game at Yankee Stadium, on September 21.

Bothell coaches screamed "Two! Two! Two! " as Bellevue senior Jamal Atofau, with a big, gold No. 2 on his back, lined up in punt protection...

Woodinville's first-year starting quarterback Tim Ip guided the offense confidently and his team's defense stepped up late to pull off a 34-17 win Friday over Liberty in a nonleague game at Liberty High School.

Cascade of Everett used a one-two punch to knock out Kamiak 27-15 in a WesCo South Division football game, sending the Knights to 2-0. Cascade is 2-0.

Junior fullback Austin Denton rushed for 213 yards and two touchdowns as Marysville-Pilchuck beat WesCo North Division rival Snohomish 34-7, its first home victory over the Panthers in 50 years.

Brittany Rentas, a student and cross country runner at Wright, died Wednesday after she was involved in a car accident last week.

Class 5A n GILLETTE 28, ROCK SPRINGS 0: At Gillette on Friday, Logan Pokallus ran 29 times for 214 yards and a pair of scores as the Camels beat the Tigers (0-3).

CROSS COUNTRY Wayne Chaney Memorial Invitational Friday, at Gillette Girls Team: Sheridan 52; Billings Senior, Mont., 59; Natrona County 74; Billings West, Mont., 75; Gillette 91; Douglas 186; Buffalo 191; Billings Skyview, Mont., 208; Kelly Walsh, Glenrock, Sturgis, S.D., NS.

BUFFALO -- The second 24 minutes went a lot better for the Buffalo Bison on Friday night than the first 24.

Through early Friday Standings CLASS 5A North Conference Overall Conf WHSAA CST WyoPrep CST W-L W-L Pwr Rat Pwr Rat Gillette 2-1 0-0 33.5 36.67 Natrona 2-1 0-0 33 36.25 Sheridan 1-1 0-0 28 35 Kelly Walsh 1-2 0-0 24

TEN SLEEP -- A handful of fans in Washakie County on Friday were witnesses to what might be a peek of Wyoming's football future.

CHEYENNE -- Chalk up another big night for Tom Earl and the Natrona County Mustangs.

The Seahawks signed wide receiver Michael Bumpus to the 53-man active roster on Saturday in time for him to be eligible to play in Sunday's game against San Francisco.

Sen. Barack Obama has decided to tone down his campaign plans in response to Hurricane Ike.