Louis Oosthuizen gave South Africa another reason to stick out its chest by winning the British Open in a dominating romp — on Nelson Mandela’s 92nd birthday, no less. One week after beaming in pride at its historic hosting of football’s World Cup, the nation torn apart by apartheid just a generation ago watched as a white Afrikaner with a black caddie on his bag crossed over the Swilcan…

Roy Halladay was more upset with the pitches that Geovany Soto and Alfonso Soriano drove out of the park than the ones that hit All-Star Marlon Byrd. Halladay plunked Byrd twice and gave up two-run homers to Soto and Soriano after each errant offering, sending the Chicago Cubs to an 11-6 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday night.

The Minnesota Twins want to remember the jubilation of piling on one another as long as possible. Chicago can’t erase the memory fast enough. Delmon Young hit a tying single and Michael Cuddyer raced home with the winning run on Alex Rios’ throwing error, capping Minnesota’s four-run ninth inning and giving the Twins a 7-6 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Sunday.

A day after allowing a deadline for striking a deal on a superfight with Manny Pacquiao to pass without saying anything, Floyd Mayweather Jr indicated Sunday that his stance wouldn’t be changing anytime soon. “I’m not interested in rushing to do anything,” Mayweather told The Associated Press.

For the second day in a row, a New York Yankees starter left early with an injury. This time, it will hurt. Andy Pettitte strained his left groin Sunday and is expected to miss at least a month, the bad news for the Yankees on a day when they knocked around All-Star starter David Price and got a brilliant effort from their bullpen in a 9-5 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays.

Matt Holliday remembers facing Dodgers closer Jonathan Broxton from the days when he was still playing in the NL West, and those memories sure came in handy Sunday. Holliday drove in the winning run with two outs in the ninth inning, and the St. Louis Cardinals rallied from a four-run deficit to beat Los Angeles 5-4 and finish a four-game sweep.

Dwyane Wade is keeping track. He’s heard analysts say this Miami Heat lineup will be a flop. He’s heard other players lash out over the way LeBron James made his decision. He’s heard executives from other teams list Boston and Orlando as the teams to beat in the Eastern Conference. All duly noted in Wade’s mind.

A.J. Burnett said he apologized to his New York Yankees teammates Sunday for a clubhouse fit that left him with cuts on both hands. Sporting a bandage on each palm, Burnett said he had no trouble playing long toss and the lacerations don’t affect his ability to grip the ball. He expects to throw his scheduled bullpen session Tuesday and take his next turn in the rotation Friday night against…

Lance Armstrong dismissed as “nonsense” a reported claim by Greg LeMond that the seven-time Tour de France champion tried to pay someone $300,000 to say LeMond used a banned drug. LeMond, a three-time Tour de France champion, told the German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung’s weekend issue that Armstrong tried to implicate him “by all means” in a scandal involving EPO, a…