What Happened in Aug 2010

Boston Red Sox defeat Detroit Tigers, 4-3

Wins don’t always come with a pretty bow on top. It almost happened yesterday at Fenway Park, with the Red Sox’ Clay Buchholz outdueling the... Read more

CIA Officials Locate Osama bin Laden's Compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan

The National Security Agency reportedly tracked phone calls between the courier Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti's relatives in the Persian Gulf to all numbers... Read more

Chicago White Sox defeat Oakland Athletics, 4-1

Since June 9, the White Sox have the best record in the majors at 35-12. But they haven't run away from their American League Central competition.... Read more

Stuart Appleby Becomes the Fifth PGA Tour Player in History to Score a 59

In the entire history of the PGA Tour, which dates to 1916, there had been a total of three official scores of 59, and none since 1999. Now, in... Read more

Study Shows Gulf Spill Largest of Its Kind in History

Nearly five million barrels of oil have gushed from BP’s well — and about 800,000 have been captured by containment efforts —since the Deepwater... Read more

Cleveland Indians defeat Boston Red Sox, 6-5

Milwaukee Brewers defeat Chicago Cubs, 18-1

Chicago — Something like this was bound to happen. The Milwaukee Brewers, kings of inconsistency in several areas, were due for an offensive... Read more

Boston Red Sox defeat Cleveland Indians, 3-1

Josh Beckett slammed a batting helmet down as bench coach DeMarlo Hale reached for him, holding him back. Beckett was heated. And he wasn’t... Read more

Detroit Tigers defeat Chicago White Sox, 7-1

DETROIT -- From Curt Schilling to Eduardo Perez, Bobby Valentine to Nomar Garciaparra, former major-league players both of Latin descent and born... Read more

BP Begins 'Static Kill' to Plug Oil Leak

Crews should know within hours whether the mud is pushing down the oil as envisioned. But engineers still won't know for more than a week whether... Read more

Oil Discovered Oozing from Louisiana Ground

These days in Louisiana, even the hermit crabs are digging oil wells. Researchers on a barrier island off the southeastern Louisiana coast who were... Read more

Cleveland Indians defeat Boston Red Sox, 9-1

In the real world, a first-time father returns to work after a day or two off and eases back into the routine while showing everybody photos of his... Read more

Minnesota Twins defeat Tampa Bay Rays, 2-1

ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. - The Twins left Tropicana Field on Wednesday pacified by pleasant thoughts after beating the Rays 2-1 in 13... Read more

US Government Report Indicates Three-Quarters of Oil has Disappeared

And officials say they’re pretty confident about their calculations. “There’s absolutely no evidence that there’s any significant concentration of... Read more

BP Announces Success of 'Static Kill'

The operation was "textbook. It went exactly as we would have expected," a BP exec told CNN, adding that the firm's engineers won't decide whether... Read more

Chicago Cubs defeat Milwaukee Brewers, 15-3

Chicago - With two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning Wednesday, the Milwaukee Brewers were ahead, 3-2. With two outs in the bottom of the... Read more

Minnesota Twins defeat Tampa Bay Rays, 8-6

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - This popup took a bad hop. Jason Kubel's two-out pop clanked off a catwalk high above Tropicana Field and fell behind the... Read more

BP Begins Cementing of Oil Well

Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen has approved the cementing, but he stresses that BP must still go ahead with a second, ongoing well-plugging... Read more

Boston Red Sox defeat New York Yankees, 6-3

NEW YORK — As darkness fell in the Bronx, there appeared to be resolution among the players in the dark blue jerseys last night. They knew they had... Read more

Milwaukee Brewers defeat Houston Astros, 6-5

The Milwaukee Brewers shrunk in the face of opportunity for the better part of eight innings. For the most part they crumpled whenever a scoring... Read more

New York Yankees defeat Boston Red Sox, 5-2

NEW YORK — The planets were aligned. The Rays had already lost their fourth straight game and the Red Sox were riding high after a nifty Friday... Read more

Milwaukee Brewers defeat Houston Astros, 5-2

Just like the fans, the players, the general manager, the front office and anyone else who watches the Milwaukee Brewers this season, Mark... Read more

Elena Kagan Is Sworn In As Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court Of The United States

Elena Kagan was sworn in as the 112th U.S. Supreme Court justice and its fourth woman ever, taking the oath of office at the high court two days... Read more

Patricia Neal Dies

Iconic Academy Award-winning actress Patricia Neal, who grew up in Knoxville, lost her battle with lung cancer at 11 a.m. Sunday at her Martha’s... Read more

Milwaukee Brewers defeat Houston Astros, 11-6

Ken Macha was simply asked who the Milwaukee Brewers' closer was. Silence followed and eventually this: "We're going to see how everything... Read more