Almagro Defeats Simon To Reach Nice Final

The Toronto Blue Jays moved pitcher J.A. Happ to the 60-day disabled list Friday as the left-hander recovers from injuries after being hit in the head by a line drive earlier in this month.    

South Central Athletics Association 2013 all-conference girls soccer team:

BY MIKE BALDWIN, Staff Writer, mbaldwin@opubco.comThe Oklahoma City Barons will give away free tickets to Game 3 of the Western Conference finals Wednesday night at the Cox Convention Center to any fan that makes a donation to the United Way's OK Strong Disaster Relief Fund that will help tornado victims. For residents of the hardest hit areas of central Oklahoma like Moore, Carney, Shawnee and Newcastle, fans affected may attend any of the three Western Conference finals games next Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at the Cox Convention Center at no charge.

Davey Johnson says he's not going to shave until the Washington Nationals start hitting. The Nationals manager apologized for his scraggly appearance before Friday's game against the Philadelphia Phillies, but he added: "I figured I couldn't get any uglier, so what the heck.

The American Red Cross will be accepting donations from fans attending the Memphis Grizzlies' next two home games in the Western Conference finals against San Antonio, and guard Tony Allen will matching those gifts. Allen played at Oklahoma State in college, and he said Friday seeing the damage from Monday's tornado that devastated Moore, Okla., hurt him.