A 21-game winner during the regular season, Colon left his start Monday night against the New York Yankees in Game 5 of the AL playoffs after only 23 pitches because of inflammation in his right shoulder.
Tracy, 49, replaces Lloyd McClendon, who was fired Sept. 6 during his fifth consecutive losing season and the Pirates' 13th overall, three short of the major league record.
DETROIT (AP) — New Detroit manager Jim Leyland took his Pittsburgh connection to the extreme by filling out his coaching staff with five others who also wore Pirates uniforms.
Like Leyland— two of them — Lloyd McClendon and Gene Lamont — were former Pittsburgh managers. McClendon will run the bullpen and Lamont will be the third base coach.
BALTIMORE (AP) — Mike Flanagan will replace Jim Beattie as the Baltimore Orioles' executive vice president for baseball operations, a move that puts the former Cy Young award winner in charge of ending the team's run of eight straight losing seasons.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Brewers second baseman Rickie Weeks underwent surgery on a torn ligament at the base of his left thumb that bothered him for much of the season. The thumb will be in a cast for about six weeks, and Weeks then will undergo four weeks of rehabilitation.
PHOENIX (AP) — Eight days after signing a five-year, $73 million contract extension, Amare Stoudemire underwent surgery to repair damage to his left knee and will be sidelined for about four months.
The extent of Stoudemire's injury was determined during "diagnostic" surgery by team doctor Thomas Carter, who then proceeded with the microfracture repair, Suns president Bryan Colangelo said.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — LeBron James sat out Cleveland's exhibition game against the Boston Celtics as a precaution after experiencing some pain in his left arm in the Cavaliers' preseason opener a day earlier.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) — Defending champion Thomas Johansson edged 18-year-old Ervin Eleskovic 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4) to reach the second round of the Stockholm Open.
VIENNA, Austria (AP) — Third-seeded Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic reached the second round of the BA-CA Trophy by beating Luis Horna of Peru 6-7 (2), 6-0, 6-3.
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — Sania Mirza of India recovered from a second-set lapse to beat Henrieta Nagyova of Slovakia 6-1, 4-6, 6-0 to advance to the second round of the Thailand Open.
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Jesse Chatman was acquired by the New Orleans Saints from Miami to provide depth at running back in the absence of the injured Deuce McAllister.
CANTON, Ohio (AP) — Angelo Argea, who spent two decades on the bag for Jack Nicklaus and became an iconic figure among caddies for his shock of silver hair, died of liver cancer. He was 75.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A jersey worn by No. 1 draft pick Sidney Crosby in his first NHL game was found at Pittsburgh International Airport, two days after it vanished from luggage checked onto a flight by his father.
The jersey, worn by Crosby in the Penguins' season opener in New Jersey last week, disappeared from one of two bags checked onto a flight to Buffalo, N.Y., on Sunday by the 18-year-old player's father, Troy. The luggage was partially unzipped and the shirt missing when the elder Crosby picked it up at baggage claim.
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Sabres have extended Lindy Ruff's contract through next season after the coach has his team off to its best start in two decades.
At 3-1, the Sabres are off to their best start since taking five straight in Buffalo to open the 1984-85 season. The team missed the playoffs the last three seasons.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Federal immigration officials have determined that North Carolina State sophomore forward Gavin Grant is in the country illegally, an immigration spokeswoman in Atlanta said.
Grant, 20, could face deportation after a hearing in federal immigration court in Atlanta, Sue Brown, a spokeswoman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, told The News & Observer of Raleigh.
SHANGHAI, China (AP) — Olympic champion Chen Yanqing broke all three world records in the 127-pound weightlifting class, one of two Chinese women to set new marks this week at China's national games.
Chen hoisted 248 pounds in the snatch, beating compatriot Wang Li's 2-year-old world record by 5.5, according to the games' Web site. She then lifted 314.2 pounds in the clean and jerk to beat the 2002 record of 293.2 set by China's Sun Caiyan. Chen's combined total weight of 562.2 pounds was 33 more than Wang Li's record.
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