mlb.com: Thousands of miles away from any hint of the Major Leagues, history was made in professional baseball on Friday. That's when Eri Yoshida, a 17-year-old with a wicked sidearm knuckleball, took her 5-foot, 114-pound frame to the mound to become Japan...

tmz.com: Shaquille O'Neal's wife Shaunie has abruptly flown to Los Angeles and filed a petition for legal separation in Los Angeles County Superior Court ... and Shaq's people think it's all about money. Shaunie filed legal papers yesterday in L.A., even though the couple lives in Florida. The petiti...

timeslive.co.za: E-editions also have been withheld for Sarah Palin's Going Rogue, Edward Kennedy's True Compass and Stephen King's Under the Dome as publishers worry that the growing e-market will take business from the more expensive hardcovers.

tab.com.au: More than $140 million is bet on the Emirates Melbourne Cup alone on the Tote throughout Australia in all manner of bets. The most common form of Emirates Melbourne Cup betting is Win and Place, which accounts for nearly 60% of all wagers. Visit the official TAB page for Melbourne Cup odds.

telegraph.co.uk: Everton's plans to move to a new 50,00-seat stadium in Kirkby on the outskirts of Liverpool have been rejected by a public inquiry. The news will be a devastating setback to Everton owner Bill Kenwright, who viewed the £400 million project as crucial to the club's efforts to provide more trans...

smh.com.au: Andre Agassi claims it would be physically impossible to play tennis while high on crystal meth and says he never played the game while doped. Talking exclusively to Fairfax Media in the wake of his admission that he once took crystal meth and then lied about it, Agassi was emphatic about the de...

miamiherald.com: "My Life Outside the Ring" (St. Martin's Press, 320 pages, $25.99), by Hulk Hogan: He may have had his own reality show and starred as Thunderlips in "Rocky III," but Hulk Hogan will always be remembered as the wrestling legend who told children to take their vitamins and say their prayers, br...

carzi.com: Just before the inaugural Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Arabian Business magazine published the salaries of several current drivers. MSN has an article listing the salaries, along with an interesting Points Per Million Dollars Spent Ratio. So which team got the best bang for their buck in terms of dollars ...

online.wsj.com: As president, Mr. Obama has neglected the court. He has played only seven known games of basketball since taking office, compared with 25 rounds of golf, a sport he picked up about a decade ago when he was an Illinois state senator. That's more golf than former President George W. Bush played in t...

news.bbc.co.uk: Michael Phelps' indifferent form continued at the short-course World Cup in Stockholm as he came second in the 200m medley final on Wednesday. The multiple Olympic champion's time was one minute 53.93 seconds, over two seconds behind winner Darian Townsend. Earlier, Phelps failed to reach ...

10questions.time.com: He got his first skateboard at 8 years old, and was competing as a professional by the age of 14. Nicknamed the Birdman for his vertical feats, the skating star won three national titles by the time he was 18 and continued competing into his 30s, before retiring in 1999. His new video game, Ride, i...

news.bbc.co.uk: New York Yankees collected a record 27th World Series title with a 7-3 home victory over Philadelphia Phillies to take the best-of-seven series 4-2. Hideki Matsui hit a record six RBIs and became the first Japanese-born player to be named Most Valuable Player.