13-1 shot Texas Red wins Breeders' Cup Juvenile (The Associated Press) Texas Red pulled a 13-1 upset in the $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile on Saturday at Santa Anita. Kent was aboard for his fifth Breeders' Cup victory. Texas Red beat 9-5 favorite Carpe Diem by 6 1/2 lengths. Texas Red paid $29.80, $9.80 and $5.60. … [Read more...]
Protonico wins Big A’s Discovery Handicap (The Associated Press)
Protonico wins Big A's Discovery Handicap (The Associated Press) NEW YORK (AP) -- Protonico rallied in the slop to win the $200,000 Discovery Handicap for 3-year-olds on Saturday at Aqueduct. … [Read more...]
Big 12 refs missed obvious (and violent) facemask penalty in TCU-WVU game (GIF)
Big 12 refs missed obvious (and violent) facemask penalty in TCU-WVU game (GIF) The pivotal Big 12 matchup between TCU and West Virginia got a little chippy early after TCU defensive end Josh Carraway tackled West Virginia quarterback Clint Trickett by his facemask. The strangest part of this open-field tackle? There was no flag. Nope. Nothing. Not even a second glance. In the eyes of the … [Read more...]
Dayatthespa wins Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (The Associated Press)
Dayatthespa wins Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (The Associated Press) ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) -- Dayatthespa led all the way to win the $2 million Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf, giving trainer Chad Brown a 1-2 finish. … [Read more...]
Djokovic sets up Paris Masters final vs Raonic (Yahoo Sports)
Djokovic sets up Paris Masters final vs Raonic (Yahoo Sports) Everything is going Novak Djokovic's way right now. The top-ranked Serb celebrated the birth of his first child last month, is on course to finish the year as the No. 1 player in the world for the third time, and eased into the Paris Masters final on Saturday - where he will face a player who has never beaten him. ''I try to … [Read more...]
Petkovic to face Pennetta in Sofia final (Yahoo Sports)
Petkovic to face Pennetta in Sofia final (Yahoo Sports) Flavia Pennetta of Italy beat Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain 6-4, 6-2 on Saturday to set up a final against Andrea Petkovic of Germany at the Tournament of Champions. Suarez Navarro fought back to level at 2-2, but Pennetta won the last four games as well for her fourth victory in six meetings against the Spaniard. Earlier, Petkovic … [Read more...]
Greg Cosell’s Look Ahead: How the Patriots ‘D’ might match up with Broncos
Greg Cosell's Look Ahead: How the Patriots 'D' might match up with Broncos We can look at last season’s AFC championship game for clues on how the New England Patriots will match up with the Denver Broncos on Sunday, but each team has new players who might change the matchups. Specifically, receiver Emmanuel Sanders has become a real wild card for the Broncos. How the Patriots cover Sanders … [Read more...]
Brewers acquire Blue Jays 1B Lind for Estrada
Brewers acquire Blue Jays 1B Lind for Estrada Showalter: Confident Orioles will resign Nick Markakisby R.J. White | CBSSports.com (4:48 pm ET) Orioles manager Buck Showalter is confident the team will resign outfielder Nick Markakis, the Baltimore Sun reports. Negotiations are reportedly progressing between Markakis and the Orioles on a new multiyear deal. The team declined the $17.5-million … [Read more...]
Northwestern’s Mike McHugh makes crazy one-handed catch (GIFs)
Northwestern's Mike McHugh makes crazy one-handed catch (GIFs) Not much has gone right for Northwestern Saturday afternoon against Iowa, but Wildcats’ wide receiver Mike McHugh hauled in one of the best catches of the year. Trailing 38-7 in the third quarter, Northwestern quarterback Trevor Siemian looked for McHugh inside the 5-yard line. The ball was thrown high and toward the sideline, … [Read more...]
Raonic reaches Paris Masters final (Yahoo Sports)
Raonic reaches Paris Masters final (Yahoo Sports) Seventh-seeded Milos Raonic advanced to the final of the Paris Masters for the first time with a 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 victory over former champion Tomas Berdych on Saturday. The Canadian, who produced the biggest win of his career in the previous round by defeating Roger Federer, will face top-ranked Novak Djokovic or Kei Nishikori in the final. … [Read more...]