Mets, Phillies Open Key Nl East Showdown

He was a punter out of St. Lawrence University and maybe there have been more unlikely great Giants than Dave Jennings, but it is hard to think of one today, the day when we get the news that Jennings is dead, much too soon, at the age of 61.

Police in Massachusetts sifted through high grass with black hiking poles, searching flowerbeds, underbrush, front lawns and a creek around the corner from Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez's house, looking for clues in the death of 27-year-old Odin Lloyd.

It was a day of many firsts for manager Don Mattingly and the Dodgers on Wednesday at the Stadium, but it was Hiroki Kuroda who earned the victory in his first career start against his former team.

Sparkplug shortstop joins infield-mates Alonso and Gyorko on 15-day disabled list.

There aren't many body parts Tiger Woods hasn't hurt in his career and the latest, an elbow, has forced him to pull out of his own tournament, next week's AT&T National at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md., raising eyebrows across the golf universe.