Warriors owner: Kerr an upgrade over Jackson With the Golden State Warriors off to an NBA-best 16-2 record under first-year coach Steve Kerr, team owner Joe Lacob opened up about former coach Mark Jackson in a Menlo Park, California, luncheon for fellow venture capitalists earlier this week. In comments published by InsideBayArea.com, Lacob detailed why he hired and eventually fired Jackson. … [Read more...]
Heyman: Upton popular trade target for price
Heyman: Upton popular trade target for price The Braves continue shopping slugger Justin Upton. (USATSI) Justin Upton is one of only a few big bats left on the market, and there's a case to be made he's the best bat on the market. Of course, Matt Kemp and Melky Cabrera, who also had excellent years, have their fans. But Upton -- who has drawn interest from the Mariners, Orioles, Rangers, Giants … [Read more...]
Alpine Skiing-World Cup Beaver Creek, CO men’s super g results (Reuters)
Alpine Skiing-World Cup Beaver Creek, CO men's super g results (Reuters) Dec 6 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the World Cup Beaver Creek, CO Men's Super G on Saturday 1. Hannes Reichelt (Austria) 1:12.78 2. Kjetil Jansrud (Norway) 1:13.30 3. Alexis Pinturault (France) 1:13.40 4. Peter Fill (Italy) 1:13.44 5. Dominik Paris (Italy) 1:13.60 6. Georg Streitberger (Austria) 1:13.62 7. Didier … [Read more...]
Woods shoots 69 despite sickness at Hero World Challenge
Woods shoots 69 despite sickness at Hero World Challenge In one sense, Saturday was the best round of the week for Tiger Woods. In another, it was the worst. Woods shot 3-under 69 at Isleworth Golf & Country Club in Round 3 of the Hero World Challenge, marking his best round in his return to competitive golf. However, a day after Woods spiked a 100-degree fever, his health visibly worsened, … [Read more...]
Braehmer KOs Glazewski to retain light heavy title (The Associated Press)
Braehmer KOs Glazewski to retain light heavy title (The Associated Press) OLDENBURG, Germany (AP) -- Juergen Braehmer of Germany knocked out Pawel Glazewski of Poland in the first round with a left to the liver and retained his WBA light heavyweight title on Saturday. … [Read more...]
Reichelt holds off Jansrud in World Cup super-G (The Associated Press)
Reichelt holds off Jansrud in World Cup super-G (The Associated Press) BEAVER CREEK, Colo. (AP) -- Hannes Reichelt of Austria mastered a tricky World Cup super-G course Saturday, holding off Kjetil Jansrud to snap the Norwegian's three-race win streak. … [Read more...]
Team News: Team News – Week 15
Team News: Team News - Week 15 Saturday, December 06, 2014 Early Saturday Kickoff Newcastle United v Chelsea Newcastle United XI: Elliot; Janmaat, Coloccini, S.Taylor, Dummett; Sissoko, Tiote, Colback; Ameobi, Cabella, Perez Substitutes: Alnwick, Williamson, Haidara, Anita, Gouffran, Riviere, Cisse Changes: Coloccini, S Taylor, Sissoko, Colback and Cabella in for Abeid, … [Read more...]
Furniture Row announces new crew chief for Martin Truex Jr.
Furniture Row announces new crew chief for Martin Truex Jr. Cole Pearn will be Martin Truex Jr.'s crew chief in 2015. Furniture Row Racing announced Pearn's new position Wednesday. He's replacing Todd Berrier, who the team says has been offered a "key position" to remain at Furniture Row. Pearn, 32, was previously Truex's lead engineer. “In an effort to continue to move the team forward we … [Read more...]
Arizona Coyotes ownership deal in trouble?
Arizona Coyotes ownership deal in trouble? In October, Andrew Barroway was set to acquire a 51-percent stake in the Arizona Coyotes for $152.5 million. He would join a group of nine partners, and serve as the team’s governor. The rest of the owners characterized the deal as another way to strengthen the Coyotes’ stability and dismissed relocation talk. Two months later, Larry Brooks of the … [Read more...]
Orlando Franklin: I love food, but I have to be careful what and how I eat
Orlando Franklin: I love food, but I have to be careful what and how I eat Denver Broncos offensive lineman Orlando Franklin is giving Yahoo Canada Sports an exclusive first-person account of life in the NFL. Franklin grew up in Toronto before playing at the University of Miami and was drafted by the Broncos in the second round in 2011. We celebrated Thanksgiving here in Denver last week, … [Read more...]