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CHICAGO -- Its buy or sell time across the majors, and Carlos Beltran knows the New York Yankees have to play better in order to stay together.Beltran celebrated his ninth All-Star selection with three of New Yorks season-high 20 hits, and the Yankees cooled off the Chicago White Sox with a 9-0 win on Tuesday night.Everyone really getting a chance to swing the bat well today and everyone contributing, thats always nice, manager Joe Girardi said.Chase Headley hit a two-run homer for the second straight day for New York (41-42), which improved to 2/3 on a 10-game trip that takes the club to the All-Star break. Austin Romine also connected, and Masahiro Tanaka (6-2) pitched into the eighth inning while improving to 4-1 with a 1.14 ERA in eight road starts.Beltran, who played his first game in the outfield since he left last Tuesdays 7-1 loss to Texas with a tight right hamstring, leads New York with 19 homers and 54 RBI. The 39-year-old switch hitter, along with relievers Andrew Miller and Aroldis Chapman, could be moved by general manager Brian Cashman if the fourth-place Yankees continue to hover around .500.We need to start winning ballgames in order for us, for the organization to keep the whole team together, Beltran said, and hopefully, thats what happens.For his part, Cashman appears to be mulling his options.Obviously with the trade deadline approaching, organizations have to decide are they adding or are they subtracting, he said. Youll see over the next coming weeks, teams will obviously declare themselves by their actions.Beltran and relievers Andrew Miller and Dellin Betances were picked for the AL roster before the win, and White Sox ace Chris Sale joined the trio.Im fortunate, man, Beltran said. Every single one is special, and this one will be special also.Chicago (43-41) had won three in a row and six of eight, but it never recovered after Carlos Rodon (2-7) labored through five innings. The left-hander matched season highs by allowing six runs and 12 hits while dropping to 0-3 with a 4.93 ERA in his last six starts.Rodon flipped his glove into the stands as he walked off the field after his outing.Yeah. Give it to a fan is better than throwing it away, he said.Beltran singled in the first but was stranded at third when Headley struck out with the bases loaded. Beltran hit an RBI single in New Yorks two-run second, then doubled and scored in the fourth for a 5-0 lead.Tanaka allowed six hits and walked one in 7 2/3 innings. Chicago put runners on second and third with one out in the second, but Tanaka struck out Avisail Garcia and retired J.B. Shuck on a fly ball.Once they got the lead he just seemed to get into a nice little groove of throwing a few more fastballs but slowing it down, White Sox manager Robin Ventura said. He had some that were in the 70s. Hes just able to keep you off balance.HELLO A-RODYankees slugger Alex Rodriguez served as the designated hitter in his first start since Thursday -- before a weekend series at San Diego. He went 1 for 6 with a first-inning double.TRAINERS ROOMYankees: OF Jacoby Ellsbury was held out of the starting lineup. Girardi said Ellsbury was a little sore and got an ice pack for his leg after Mondays 8-2 loss, but it was a scheduled day off with a left-hander on the mound.White Sox: C Alex Avila has left with a right hamstring strain and is headed for the disabled list. Get a MRI in the morning and see the severity, he said. ... 1B Justin Morneau, coming back from left elbow surgery, went 0 for 2 and was hit by a pitch in his second rehab appearance with Triple-A Charlotte. The timing is the most important thing, he said in a phone interview before the game. You know, see pitches. The results at this point Im not too worried about that.UP NEXTRHPs Michael Pineda of the Yankees and Miguel Gonzalez of the White Sox face off in the series finale on Wednesday night. Pineda (3-7, 5.24 ERA) went 1-1 with a 2.75 ERA in six June starts. Gonzalez (1-4, 4.88 ERA) pitched seven solid innings at Houston on Friday, but dropped to 0-3 with a 7.25 ERA in his last four outings.---AP Baseball Writer Ronald Blum in New York contributed to this report.---Jay Cohen can be reached at http://www.twitter.com/jcohenap Lebron Shoes Outlet Canada . A knee to the thigh might have stung him the most, but his sixth straight double-double made up for the brief burst of pain. Cheap Lebron Shoes .500 on the season. The Jets are now 0-5-1 in the second game of back-to-backs. 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Instead, he walked to the podium, said a few words about this weeks opponent San Francisco and then gave a two-minute statement about what players have wanted to accomplish.Shermans message came after a pair of police shootings this week, one in Charlotte, North Carolina, another in Tulsa, Oklahoma.Shermans statement came as the Seahawks are preparing to face San Francisco on Sunday. Teammate Doug Baldwin told reporters in the Bay Area that members of the Seahawks have had extensive conversations with Colin Kaepernick, who started the conversation with his decision to first sit and then kneel during the national anthem.PRO BASKETBALLMIAMI -- NBA players are being urged to reach out to league and union officials to try and come up with ways to create positive change in communities around the country, a move that comes in response to protests in other sports about racial oppression and other social matters.Players received a memo from the NBA and the National Basketball Players Association on Wednesday, one that announced that the league and the union, working together, have begun developing substantive ways for us to come together and take meaningful action.A copy of the memo was obtained by The Associated Press. It did not remind players of the NBAs rule saying players must stand for the national anthem, something that some athletes in other pro sports have chosen not to do in recent weeks in acts of protest.They also said the game should continue bringing people together and build bonds of trust in our communities.The memo was sent on the same day that each player on the WNBAs Indiana Fever roster took a knee and linked arms with a teammate during the playing of the national anthem that preceded the teams playoff game with the Phoenix Mercury.OLYMPICSCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- The first Jesse Owens Olympic Spirit Award will recognize the late Muhammad Ali.ddddddddddddThe Owens Award was started this year, the 80th anniversary of Owens four-gold-medal performance at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, and is to be presented annually to recognize people who have served as an inspiration in society.Owens granddaughter, Marlene Dortch, will present the award at next weeks Best of the Games awards ceremony to Alis widow, Lonnie.Ali won the gold medal at the Rome 1960 Olympics, then took three world heavyweight championships -- in 1964, 1974 and 1978.HOCKEYFRISCO, Texas -- Dallas Stars announcer Dave Strader plans to work as many games as possible this season while undergoing treatment for a rare and aggressive form of cancer in his bile duct.Strader released a statement through the team Wednesday saying there is no cure for cholangiocarcinoma. But he said the cancer is treatable and that is fighting every day and doing everything the doctors tell him to do. He thanked the Stars, fans and the entire NHL for their support for him and his family.The Stars first revealed in June that Strader had been diagnosed with cancer, but gave no other details then.A 36-year veteran in broadcasting, Strader joined the TV and radio simulcast with the Stars last season. He has also worked for the NBC Sports Network and served stints with Florida, Arizona and Detroit in the NHL.POLITICSSACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A man hit Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson in the face with a pie at a charity dinner Wednesday night, and an official says the former NBA star went on the defensive.The mayors Chief of Staff Crystal Strait called the Wednesday night incident at the Sacramento Charter High School a shocking assault, but said the mayor wasnt hurt.She said the mayor defended himself against the man, but she would not give details.Sacramento police said in a statement that a police restrained the suspect, 32-year-old Sean Thompson, who has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting a public official. He was treated for a minor injury and is being booked into jail.The mayor tweeted that hes doing fine and said Thank you to Sac PD for being there.Johnson a former NBA All-Star with the Phoenix Suns, has about two months left as mayor after deciding not to seek a third term. 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