Malaysia—Police say a Malaysian man has been stabbed to death by customers at a karaoke bar for singing too much and refusing to share the microphone. A district police official says witnesses saw a group of men punch and stab 23-year-old Abdul Sani Doli with a knife at the bar late Wednesday in eastern Sandakan town on Borneo island. …citeste tot articoul.

Roger Clemens has been asked to end his involvement with a charity golf tournament he has hosted for four years as the fallout from the Mitchell report continues to haunt the seven-time Cy Young award winner. …citeste tot articoul.

Fans won’t forgive lack of spending, because they spend their hard-earned money to see team win. That is why McCourt’s outrageous remarks linking free agents and charity have struck such a chord. …citeste tot articoul.

Bullet-riddled body of Henry Blanco’s sibling is found in Venezuela …citeste tot articoul.

Manny is a professional baseball player and a future Hall of Famer. His preternatural talent for hitting the ball to every part of the field (including 527 hits that have landed in the bleachers) and his comfort at the plate with two strikes against him, make Manny a valuable contributor to his organization. …citeste tot articoul.

In his 1866, Book of American Pastimes author Charles A. Peverelly wrote, “The game of baseball [is] peculiarly suited to the American temperament and disposition; the nine innings are played in the brief space of two and one half hours, or less… the pastime suits the people, and the people suit the pastime." …citeste tot articoul.

As a Mets fan, I always hated the man. But you always had to respect him, and his 355 wins that he will be leaving with. …citeste tot articoul.

Boras, the agent nobody wants to haggle with, is noted for creative and aggressive negotiations that sometimes lead to acrimony, holdouts and, usually, big raises for his clients — a list of which is available here, at MLB Trade Rumors. …citeste tot articoul.

Alex Rodriguez plans to play for the Dominican Republic this spring. “He wants to play for the Dominican team,” Ortiz said by telephone Thursday. “We’ll talk about it now after he gets here, and he’ll probably announce it here.” …citeste tot articoul.

Federal prosecutors dropped four counts of lying to a grand jury against Barry Bonds, leaving him to face trial next year on 10 counts of making false statements plus an additional obstruction of justice charge. Bonds faces the same potential sentence range—probation to roughly two years in prison—if convicted. His trial is scheduled to begin March …citeste tot articoul.