Ryan Church will likely return to the New York Mets' roster on Sunday, according to MLB.com.

DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) — Beneath a gray sky and dreary rain, thousands of colorful umbrellas framed both sides of every fairway at Muirfield Village. On a miserable day to watch golf, no one was about to miss a single shot.

TACOMA, Wash.— Rusty Ryal smacked a three-run double in the eighth Wednesday night, turning a two-run deficit into a one-run lead and vaulting the Reno Aces to a 10-4 victory over the Tacoma Rainiers at Cheney Stadium.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Randy Johnson's bid to become the 24th pitcher to win 300 games has been postponed.

"I am saying it today and today only," Shaq tweeted. "I want kobe bryant to get number four, spread da word."

In men's quarterfinals action, second seeded Roger Federer topped 11th-seeded Frenchman Gael Monfils of France, 7-6, 6-2, 6-4 to move within two victories of completing a career Grand Slam.

SAN DIEGO (AP) - Reliever J.C. Romero is back with the Philadelphia Phillies following his 50-game suspension for testing positive for a banned substance.

ATLANTA (AP) - The Braves have acquired All-Star center fielder Nate McLouth from the Pittsburgh Pirates for three prospects, a move to beef up Atlanta's offense in hopes of contending in the NL East.

ATLANTA (AP) - Braves release pitcher Tom Glavine.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Yahoo Inc. is suing the NFL Players Association to try to ensure it won't be sued for using player statistics, photos and other data for its popular online fantasy football game.

WASHINGTON (AP) - A lawmaker is urging the National Basketball Association to repeal its requirement that players be at least 19 years old and a year out of high school before entering the league.

A source for the New York Mets insists Carlos Beltran and John Maine do not have swine flu or any of the symptoms associated with the virus in the wake of a swine flu care, according to CNNSI.com.

College sports' largest governing body has announced it will suspend membership dues for the next school year. It also hopes to save about $500,000 by holding most of its future committee meetings in Indianapolis. Some meetings are currently held in Indy, but about half of the meetings are held in other parts of the nation.

BOSTON (AP) - Boston Celtics guard Tony Allen has had surgery on his right ankle and leg.

ROSSBERG, Ohio (AP) - Tony Stewart and star drivers are taking a break from the NASCAR circuit to compete in Stewart's charity race at the dirt track he owns in Ohio.

PARIS (AP) - Serena Williams' bid for a third consecutive Grand Slam title has been ended by Svetlana Kuznetsova in the quarterfinals of the French Open.

NEW YORK (AP) - Mine That Bird has been made the 2-1 favorite for the Belmont Stakes, when Calvin Borel will attempt to become the first jockey to win all three Triple Crown races with different horses.

FIFA said Wednesday that it turned a $184 million profit in 2008, remaining 13 percent under its own budget and not losing any money on assets during the year. FIFA collected $957 million in revenue, mostly off additional television and marketing deals struck for TV rights to the 2010 World Cup.

Late Tuesday night, the Bills receiver posted a message on his Twitter.com site which read that he's "tripping about residents" who won't rent a home to him in Orchard Park because they "(don't) want any drama n their neighborhood!! LOL!!! Wow!!."

DENVER (AP) - The Colorado Avalanche have promoted Greg Sherman to general manager and fired coach Tony Granato and five others in a sweeping shakeup.

NEW YORK (AP) - Tony Dungy and Rodney Harrison are joining NBC's Sunday night NFL studio show

LONDON (AP) - David Haye has pulled out of his IBF and WBO heavyweight title fight against Wladimir Klitschko because of an injury.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Four middle-school students in the Tampa, Fla., area have been charged as adults with sexually assaulting a younger flag-football teammate in a locker room.

CLEVELAND (AP) - Cavaliers star LeBron James has been released from the Cleveland Clinic after a five-hour procedure to remove a benign growth from his jaw a day earlier.

IRVING, Texas (AP) - A series of text messages from city officials after the Dallas Cowboys practice facility collapsed reveal concerns about the structure's quality and suggest the team "pushes" things through and receives preferential treatment.