Joe Torre opened his press conference this afternoon by saying that he had “just gotten off the phone with George Steinbrenner and he has informed me that I will be the manager in 2007.” So closes one of the more bizarre 48 hours in Yankees’ history. First we heard Joe was gone, then he was coming back, and then no decision had been reached. (And somewhere in there, Giuliani called Steinbrenner to save Torre's......

With the U.S. Open behind thanks to two days of rain, plenty of tennis was played on Sunday in Flushing. Andre Agassi's final match, a loss to qualifier Benjamin Becker, drew most of the headlines, but Andy Roddick's resurgence also deserves some attention. He won his third-round match over Fernando Verdasco and will play Becker -- not Agassi -- in the fourth round. Jimmy Connors may have helped the 2003 champion, but only time, and......

In their 40 plus years as a franchise, the Mets have never had a no hitter. And while they didn't get one last night's 3-1 win over the Astros, one of their newest members came within three innings of securing the first no no in franchise history. Pedro Martinez took a no hitter into the 7th inning, but Chris Burke ruined his bid when he hit his first career home run. Despite the home run,......