Kim Coon

WASHINGTON (AP) — Browns head coach Mike Pettine (PEH'-tihn) had hoped to name his regular-season starting quarterback today, but that was before Brian Hoyer and Johnny Manziel (man-ZEHL') failed to impress during Cleveland's 24-23 loss to Washington last night. Hoyer was just 2 for 6 for 16 yards in five series, and Manziel completed just seven of his 16 throws for 65 yards and a touchdown. Manziel also raised the middle finger of his right hand as he jogged away from the Washington sideline after a play late in the third quarter.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Tinkoff-Saxo cycling team has signed two-time Giro d'Italia champion Ivan Basso.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina reserve cornerback Jamari Smith is out for the season after breaking his left foot at a scrimmage last weekend. The school announced the sophomore's injury on Monday. Smith was in the mix at cornerback, a position where the ninth-ranked Gamecocks enter the season without last year's starters in Jimmy Legree and Victor Hampton.

NEW YORK (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles earned a victory in court in their dispute with the Washington Nationals over annual broadcast payments.

BOSTON (AP) — The Los Angeles Angels have sole possession of the AL West lead for the first time since May 10, 2011, moving a half-game ahead of Oakland with a 4-2 victory in Boston. C.J. Wilson was reached for five hits and five walks in just 5 1/3 innings but left the game with a 2-1 lead. Mike Trout put the Angels ahead with an RBI double in the Angels' two-run second.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jhonny Peralta's 10th-inning single, his third hit of the game, drove in the winning run to give the St. Louis Cardinals a 6-5 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Monday night.