Martin wins stage, Gilbert retains overall lead (The Associated Press) BEIJING (AP) -- Dan Martin of Ireland won the 157-kilometer (97-mile) fourth stage of Tour of Beijing on Monday, while Belgium's Philippe Gilbert retained the overall lead. … [Read more...]
Prosthetic leg of signing Vietnam vet stolen by Philadelphia Eagles is found
Prosthetic leg of signing Vietnam vet stolen by Philadelphia Eagles is found Philadelphia Eagles fans, long known as some of the toughest in sports, earned themselves a great deal of measure with their respectful restraint during Sunday's game against the New York Giants when opposing receiver Victor Cruz was severely injured. The fans remained quiet, earning themselves a great deal of … [Read more...]
Police looking at Ben Flower punches
Police looking at Ben Flower punches Lance Hohaia has said he bears no grudges to Ben Flower © PA Photos Greater Manchester Police are looking into the punches thrown by Wigan prop Ben Flower during the Warriors' Super League Grand Final defeat to St Helens on Saturday. Flower was shown a red card two minutes into the game when he landed two punches on Lance Hohaia, first knocking his … [Read more...]
Cycling-Tinkoff-Saxo looking to boost audience with triple crown (Reuters)
Cycling-Tinkoff-Saxo looking to boost audience with triple crown (Reuters) (clarifies Pantani feat in final par) PARIS, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Tinkoff-Saxo's proposal to pit cycling's top four grand tour riders against each other in the Giro d'Italia, Tour de France and the Vuelta could provide a perfect platform to make the sport more attractive to a wider audience. Last week, team owner Oleg … [Read more...]
Cycling-Road-Tour of Beijing classification after stage 4 (Reuters)
Cycling-Road-Tour of Beijing classification after stage 4 (Reuters) Oct 13 (Infostrada Sports) - Classification from Tour of Beijing after Stage 4 on Monday 1. Philippe Gilbert (Belgium / BMC Racing) 15:19:47" 2. Daniel Martin (Ireland / Garmin) +3" 3. Esteban Chaves (Colombia / Orica) +9" 4. Rui Costa (Portugal / Lampre) +11" 5. Sergey Chernetsky (Russia / Katusha) +23" 6. Warren Barguil … [Read more...]
Cycling-Road-Tour of Beijing stage 4 results (Reuters)
Cycling-Road-Tour of Beijing stage 4 results (Reuters) Oct 13 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from Tour of Beijing (Beijing - Mentougou Miaofeng Mountain, 157 km) on Monday 1. Daniel Martin (Ireland / Garmin) 4:12:14" 2. Esteban Chaves (Colombia / Orica) +2" 3. Philippe Gilbert (Belgium / BMC Racing) 4. Rui Costa (Portugal / Lampre) 5. Julian Arredondo (Colombia / Trek) +10" 6. Rinaldo … [Read more...]
Matt Duffy scores from second on wild pitch in ninth to give Giants life
Matt Duffy scores from second on wild pitch in ninth to give Giants life ST. LOUIS — Matt Duffy was running with a 3-2 count, and he had a good view between second and third base of Trevor Rosenthal bouncing ball four to Joe Panik. Duffy also could see that catcher Tony Cruz didn't know where the ball had bounced. Further, he sensed that the San Francisco Giants, down a run with two outs in … [Read more...]
Bae over the moon with Frys.com Open victory
Bae over the moon with Frys.com Open victory Bae Sang-moon won the opening event of the new PGA Tour season © Getty Images Bae Sang-moon set a big goal for the new PGA Tour season. He wants to end it at home in South Korea by playing in the Presidents Cup. He couldn't have asked for a better start. Bae won the season-opening Frys.com Open on Sunday by stretching his lead to as many as six … [Read more...]
Strike Zone: Hitting Projections Review
Strike Zone: Hitting Projections Review Here’s the first of two columns looking at back at my hitting projections and how things ended up. I’ll be doing the top 10 for each position and other notables, starting with the catchers, first basemen, second basemen and third basemen today. Catchers 1. Joe Mauer - Twins Projection: .330/.414/.474, 13 HR, 84 R, 77 RBI, 4 SB in 576 AB 2014 stats: … [Read more...]
New 2014 bowl projections and College Football Playoff picks, with Mississippi … – SB Nation
New 2014 bowl projections and College Football Playoff picks, with Mississippi ... - SB Nation Go back 10 years and tell yourself that there will be a College Football Playoff. Also tell yourself the teams currently in line to play in it. Your old self will probably punch you. Week 7 wasn't as cataclysmic as Week 6, but the results of a few big games still reshape the College Football Playoff … [Read more...]