Big Z's reaction  —  Carlos Zambrano was grabbed for an interview on WGN TV immediately after firing his no-hitter.  Here are his comments:  —  “I can't believe it.  It's exciting.  —  “I'm tired, man.  I'm tired from jumping up and down on the mound with my teammates.  This is great.”

Cano benched for lack of hustle on fielding play  —  NEW YORK — Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano was benched Sunday after manager Joe Girardi became upset with his lack of hustle on a fielding play against the Tampa Bay Rays.  —  Cliff Floyd led off the fourth inning with a hard grounder between …

Jeter Helps the Yanks Forget Woes for a Moment  —  For a while on a hot, late summer afternoon Sunday, the Yankees seemed like the Yankees of old.  They hit three towering home runs, and the fans were chanting Derek Jeter's name when one of those home runs tied him with Lou Gehrig for the most career hits at Yankee Stadium.

Vasquez leads White Sox over Tigers  —  CHICAGO — Javier Vazquez took a shutout into the eighth, Alexei Ramirez homered and the Chicago White Sox hung on to beat the Detroit Tigers 4-2 in the first game of a doubleheader on a soggy Sunday after two days of rainouts.

Champions!  —  More in a bit.  The Thunder are the 2008 Eastern League Champions!  —  Humberto Sanchez to the big leagues.  Kevin Russo and Ramiro Pena to Scranton.  —  Tony Franklin also up in the bigs and will be in uniform.  —  I will have videos, photos, quotes and everything …

Ed Bouchette on the Steelers: Tom Brady is out.  Matt Cassel is in  —  A weekly look inside the team, the issues & the questions  —  Bill Belichick, this is your time to shine.  —  Or not.  —  An interesting scenario will play out in New England over the course of the next 15 games …

Don't Look at Us Now  —  About the best thing that the Royals have to say about themselves is that they aren't the Pirates.  The Pirates matched one of the most inglorious records in baseball history a week ago today when they clinched their 16th consecutive losing season, matching the 1933-48 Phillies streak of futility.

Figgins' hit in 9th gives Angels sweep  —  ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP)—Chone Figgins singled home the winning run in the ninth inning and Mark Teixeira hit his 200th career homer as the AL West champion Los Angeles Angels beat Seattle 4-3 Sunday for a four-game sweep.

Niese one!  Rookie salvages split  —  NEW YORK - There were no black cats roaming the field at Shea Stadium on Saturday afternoon, but there was still a very ominous sign.  —  The Mets began the day with 17 games left in the season.  Sound familiar?  Like the 17 games it took the Mets last season to collapse?