Phillies left-hander Cole Hamels was suspended
five games and fined by Major League Baseball for throwing at Nationals rookie
Bryce Harper on Sunday night.

9NEWS Now's Bruce Johnson just returned from China.  His reflections on what he saw and heard.

Joe Saunders leads the major leagues with a 0.90 earned
run average and the Arizona Diamondbacks hope he can keep it that way tonight
in the second test of a three-game series against the Washington Nationals.

Virginia Tech athletic director Jim Weaver
announced Tuesday that former assistant coach James Johnson will take over as
the Hokies' head men's basketball coach.

Virginia Tech athletic director Jim Weaver
announced Tuesday that former assistant coach James Johnson will take over as
the Hokies' head men's basketball coach.

The $2 billion sale of the Los Angeles
Dodgers to Guggenheim Baseball Management LLC, a group that includes
Basketball Hall of Famer Magic Johnson, was completed on Tuesday.

The National Football League on Tuesday
disclosed its 17-week, 256-game regular-season schedule for 2012. It will
include Peyton Manning expected to make his debut in a Denver uniform in prime
time when the Broncos host the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday, Sept. 9.

Los Angeles is off to its best start in 31 years and a
strong showing in San Diego to open the season was a big part of that.

The New York Yankees lift the lid on the home portion of
their schedule this afternoon when they welcome the Los Angeles Angels of
Anaheim to the Bronx for the home opener at Yankee Stadium.

A presumed pitchers' duel between Phillies
ace Roy Halladay and Marlins counterpart Josh Johnson never materialized as
Philadelphia's bats awoke in a 7-1 win Wednesday night.

In a rematch of their historic quarterfinal
clash of the 2011 Women's World Cup, Brazil and the United States squared off
in the final match of the Kirin Challenge Cup on Tuesday with the Americans
taking a 3-0 win.