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CLEVELAND – The Browns have exercised the fifth-year, $5.5 million contract option on powerful defensive lineman Phil Taylor’s rookie deal. Taylor, a first-round pick in 2011, is now under contract through the 2015 season. The team had until Saturday to pick up the option. Browns first-year coach Mike Pettine said …

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Don Zimmer, a popular fixture in professional baseball for 66 years as a manager, player, coach and executive, died Wednesday. He was 83. Zimmer was still working for the Tampa Bay Rays as a senior adviser, and the team confirmed he had died. Zimmer had been …

Boston, MA (SportsNetwork.com) – Derek Jeter drove in two runs and Mark Teixeira added a solo homer, as the New York Yankees came away with a 6-4 victory over the Boston Red Sox in the middle test of a three-game series from Fenway Park. Jacoby Ellsbury, Carlos Beltran and Stephen …