NFL: Vereen gets in on all the fun

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) - The New England Patriots superb offense finally got some help from the rest of the team.

Track and field: Felix wins Owens award

Olympic gold medalists Allyson Felix and Ashton Eaton are the 2012 Jesse Owens Award winners.

Pro baseball: Next step for Valaika

Hart High graduate and former third-round draft pick Chris Valaika is headed to the Miami Marlins organization.

MLB: Major progress

As if it needed another reason to assert itself as a baseball factory, the Santa Clarita Valley had its moment on July 31 in Oakland.

Pro baseball: Season comes to a close in minors

A number of athletes with Santa Clarita Valley ties took to the diamond over the course of the past month for the final time in their 2012 minor league seasons.

Chuck Crim: Dreams fulfilled

In the summer of 2005, Chuck Crim moved to Arizona from Canyon Country. After two years of being the Canyon High Cowboys head baseball coach, the former Major League relief pitcher decided to chase his dream and go where opportunity was. Crim, after teaching teenagers about the game of baseball, wanted to guide professionals. Fast forward seven years and you can find Crim in the Dodgers' bullpen at Dodger Stadium. In September, Major League rosters ...

MLB: Shields tabbed for best of the week

For the fourth time in his career, Hart High graduate James Shields has been named the American League Player of the Week.

Minor League baseball: It’s postseason time

As Major League baseball continues on toward October, the minor league affiliate are already in full playoff mode.

MLB: Locals make playoff pitch

Take a look at the top of the American League Wild Card standings and you'll find Tampa Bay trailing Baltimore by one game, and Oakland by two for two AL Wild Card berths.

MLB: Into the stretch

Baseball's home stretch is here. Major League Baseball teams are gearing up for pennant races as they begin the final month of the regular season, and local products are right in the middle of it. Four players who graduated from four different Santa Clarita Valley high schools are on MLB rosters right now, and some of them are playing pivotal roles on potential playoff teams. Others appear to be on the cusp of everyday life ...

NFL Matt Moore: And then there were just two

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) - With first-team quarterback David Garrard out for up to a month, Dolphins quarterback of the future Ryan Tannehill had a promising preseason debut Friday night.

MLB: Canyon grad foiled by Sox

CLEVELAND (AP) - Canyon High graduate Chris Seddon allowed five hits and two earned runs over six innings in his second start since the Indians purchased the left-hander's contract from Triple-A Columbus on Aug. 5, but it wasn't enough to get past Boston on Friday night.

Local Olympians: Saugus' David Smith

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Local Olympians: Hart graduate Anthony Ervin secures spot in 50-meter freestyle final

Hart High graduate and two-time Olympic medalist Anthony Ervin finished third overall in the semifinals of the 50-meter freestyle today with a time of 21.62.

New rule makes first bolt from blocks a no-no

LONDON (AP) - Warning: At these Olympics, sprinters will get no warnings. Under the zero-tolerance false-start rule in place for the London Games, a sprinter's mistimed jump from the blocks could destroy four years of hard work in an instant. If that runner happens to be, say, Usain Bolt, it could turn one of the most anticipated moments of the entire Olympics into one huge downer. Under the old rule, the entire field was given ...

After the draft SCV minor league update

The Santa Clarita Valley is well represented at all levels of the minor leagues this season, as athletes continue their quests for the Major Leagues.

Shields helps Royals take down Rangers

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - David Lough was willing to endure a little pain to help the Kansas City Royals win.

MLB: Valaika breaks his wrist

Hart High graduate and Miami Marlins infielder Chris Valaika will miss the next four to six weeks of the season after fracturing his left wrist Tuesday night in a game against the San Diego Padres, the Associated Press reported.

Three COC products sign with NFL teams

The 2013 NFL Draft wrapped up this past weekend, but three more College of the Canyons products signed on with teams on Monday as undrafted free agents.

NFL draft: COC product Mychal Rivera drafted by Oakland Raiders

Former College of the Canyons wideout Mychal Rivera heard his name called today at the 2013 NFL Draft.

Tommy Milone gets third straight win

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Jed Lowrie drove in four runs, Saugus High graduate Tommy Milone won his third straight start and the Oakland Athletics beat the Houston Astros 11-2 on Monday night.

Hart's Jessica Shults drafted by USSSA Pride

USA Softball player and University of Oklahoma catcher Jessica Shults has another option for her post-collegiate career. The Hart graduate was selected fifth overall by the USSSA Pride of the National Pro Fastpitch softball league this week. She would join Valencia High graduate Jordan Taylor as the only Santa Clarita Valley products currently playing in the league. Taylor, coincidentally, is also on the Pride's roster. Shults would also join currently Oklahoma teammate, and arguably the ...

Hart graduate James Shields overcomes slow start for Royals

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Billy Butler was excited his hit drove in three runs and he was standing on second base. It got a whole lot better for Butler when the umpires returned from the video review room.

MLB: Bauer roughed up in his 1st Cleveland start

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Alex Cobb scattered four hits in 7 1-3 innings, Kelly Johnson homered and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Cleveland Indians 6-0 on Saturday night.

Hart grad Trevor Bauer to start for Indians Saturday

TORONTO (AP) - Indians left-hander Scott Kazmir was placed on the 15-day disabled list Thursday with a strained ribcage muscle, retroactive to April 2.

Tommy Milone settles down for win in debut

OAKLAND (AP) - Jed Lowrie and Chris Young hit back-to-back home runs in the seventh inning, helping Saugus High graduate Tommy Milone and the Oakland Athletics beat the Seattle Mariners 6-2 on Wednesday night.

James Shields gets outdueled in opener

CHICAGO (AP) - For all the deep breaths he took before the game, Chris Sale sure was a picture of calm once he stepped on the mound. More important for the White Sox, he was the definition of dominant.

Hart graduate Chris Valaika is getting another shot at the Major League

Santa Clarita Valley athletes had mixed results in Spring Training

Hart grad Chris Valaika earns Marlins roster spot

Four days ahead of Major League Baseball's opening day, the Miami Marlins announced Hart graduate Chris Valaika has earned a roster spot, according to the Marlins' official website.