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NFL scouts show interest in player born without left hand

As an eager freshman, Eddie Delaney and his father walked into his university's football office and asked for a shot at the team. An average enough story - except Delaney was born without a left hand.

Red Sox extend Mariners' skid to 13

Jacoby Ellsbury continued his July power surge with his seventh home run of the month and John Lackey picked up his third consecutive win as the Boston Red Sox extended Seattle's losing streak to 13 with a 7-4 win over the tumbling Mariners on Friday night.

M's lose 12th straight, 7-5 to Blue Jays

Rajai Davis hit a tiebreaking double in the eighth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays handed the Seattle Mariners their 12th straight loss, 7-5 on Thursday.

Mariners nip A's in 10

Franklin Gutierrez scored the go-ahead run on a throwing error by Athletics shortstop Cliff Pennington in the 10th inning and the Seattle Mariners held on to beat Oakland 4-2 on Tuesday night after wasting a stellar performance by All-Star Felix Hernandez.

Pineda, Bard lead Mariners over Athletics 2-1

Josh Bard got his first chance to catch Michael Pineda since spring training and saw what the rest of baseball has been seeing from Seattle's overpowering rookie the first half of the year.

Ackley, Olivo could be back soon for Seattle

Both Dustin Ackley and Miguel Olivo were out of the Seattle Mariners' lineup again on Saturday, although both say they feel ready to play.

Disputed run gives Padres 1-0 win over M's

San Diego's Cameron Maybin walked after just three balls were thrown by Seattle's Doug Fister and came around to score the only run of the game on Antonio Gonzalez's fifth-inning single, sending the Padres past the Mariners 1-0 on Saturday night.

Sounders rolling heading into match with Galaxy

Through two decades of world-class goalkeeping, Kasey Keller has put up some world-class statistics. But through two-plus seasons in Major League Soccer, the stats for Keller and the Seattle Sounders when facing the Los Angeles Galaxy haven't been nearly as good.

NBA in lockout after sides fail to reach new deal

The NBA is locking out its players until a new collective bargaining agreement can be reached, the second pro sports league shut down by labor strife.

No luck for Mariners in loss against Braves

Freddie Freeman saw first-pitch fastballs in his first two at-bats Monday night. He guessed right that Seattle starter Erik Bedard was going to throw him a third.