Gennady Golovkin hard on the heels of Mayweather and Pacquiao (Yahoo Sports) The slugger from Kazakhstan is boxing's third-biggest draw, with his fight against Marco Antonio Rubio expected to capture a record-breaking crowd. … [Read more...]
Offseason Beat: Deep NBA Points Draft Results
Offseason Beat: Deep NBA Points Draft Results The Ultimate Basketball Challenge League (UBC) is probably one of the oldest around as far as expert hoops leagues go. I played in this league with Matthew Berry, John Hollinger and Eric Karabell back in the day and there are still plenty of fantasy industry guys in the league. It’s a head-to-head points league with a rather complex scoring system and … [Read more...]
McDowell beaten at London Golf Club
McDowell beaten at London Golf Club Graeme McDowell's defeat to Mikko Ilonen was just his third in 18 matches at the World Match Play © Getty Images Defending champion Graeme McDowell must win his final pool match if he is to stand any chance of qualifying for the quarter-finals of the World Match Play Championship. McDowell fell to Finn Mikko Ilonen 2&1 on day two at the London Golf Club - … [Read more...]
TCU QB Trevone Boykin will play with cast on left wrist against Oklahoma State
TCU QB Trevone Boykin will play with cast on left wrist against Oklahoma State TCU QB Trevone Boykin sufferd a left wrist injury against Baylor but he's going to play against Oklahoma State with a cast on it. Boykin throws right-handed and has been practicing all week according to coach Gary Patterson. "He's been practicing since Sunday. He's been awesome. I really haven't noticed anything … [Read more...]
UCI to review Astana’s World Tour team license (The Associated Press)
UCI to review Astana's World Tour team license (The Associated Press) AIGLE, Switzerland (AP) -- The governing body of cycling will ask its license commission to review the Astana team's status after a series of doping cases. … [Read more...]
Pirates to make Martin $15.3M qualifying offer
Pirates to make Martin $15.3M qualifying offer The Pirates plan to extend the $15.3 million qualifying offer to star free-agent catcher Russell Martin, league sources said. The Pirates made a multiyear offer to Martin sometime during the season, as was reported here, and are apparently serious in their efforts to try to retain Martin. The qualifying offer itself represents quite a raise for … [Read more...]
NFL Week 7 picks: Read this before making yours – Washington Post (blog)
NFL Week 7 picks: Read this before making yours - Washington Post (blog) (Timothy T. Ludwig/USA Today Sports)NFL Week 7 is upon us. Here’s everything you need to know while you’re making your against-the-spread picks this weekend, whether if you’re in Las Vegas or making friendly, non-monetary-based wagers with your co-workers in totally legal pools. Point spreads taken from the consensus odds at … [Read more...]
Jeff Banister will be new Rangers manager, report says
Jeff Banister will be new Rangers manager, report says The Rangers will hire Pirates bench coach Jeff Banister to be their next manager, FOXSports.com's Ken Rosenthal reports. Sources: #Rangers to hire #Pirates ’ Banister as manager. — Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) October 16, 2014 Banister, 49, had one big league at-bat (and one hit) for the Pirates in 1991. He spent 29 years in the Pittsburgh … [Read more...]
Beck, Barthel advance at Luxembourg Open (Yahoo Sports)
Beck, Barthel advance at Luxembourg Open (Yahoo Sports) LUXEMBOURG (AP) -- Annika Beck of Germany advanced to the quarterfinals of the Luxembourg Open with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Patricia Mayr-Achleitner of Austria on Thursday. … [Read more...]
Mike Pettine said Browns had no interest in drafting Blake Bortles at No. 4
Mike Pettine said Browns had no interest in drafting Blake Bortles at No. 4 The Cleveland Browns and Jacksonville Jaguars, who originally owned the fourth and third overall picks in the draft in May, will meet on Sunday. Both teams drafted quarterbacks — the Jaguars selected Blake Bortles at No. 3 and the Browns, with their second first-round pick, which ended up the 22nd pick, took Johnny … [Read more...]