NBA Playoff Picture Update: Grizzlies hold on to No. 2 for another day With just one week remaining until the NBA postseason, every night can impact the standings. The NBA Playoff Picture Update keeps you up to date on all the most important news for all 16 berths and seeds. [Follow Dunks Don't Lie on Tumblr: The best slams from all of basketball] The Name of This Blog: The race for the No. … [Read more...]
Red Sox outlast the Yankees in 19-inning marathon
Red Sox outlast the Yankees in 19-inning marathon Take a look around the league with Big League Stew's daily wrap up. We'll hit on all of the biggest moments from the day that you may have missed, while providing highlights, photos and interesting stats. If you love weird baseball, the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees had you covered on Friday night and well into Saturday morning. In a … [Read more...]
Saturday Dose: Dose: Italian Stallion
Saturday Dose: Dose: Italian Stallion Saturday, April 11, 2015 Most of the mainstays weren’t lighting it up on Friday. Quiet nights from LeBron James and James Harden were countered with big games from Khris Middleton and Rodney Stuckey. Tim Duncan threw up a classic performance while Anthony Davis avoided a major injury. However, the story of the night was the play of Danilo Gallinari. … [Read more...]
Defending champion Verdasco reaches semifinals (Yahoo Sports)
Defending champion Verdasco reaches semifinals (Yahoo Sports) HOUSTON (AP) -- Defending champion Fernando Verdasco beat Russia's Teymuraz Gabashvili 6-2, 6-3 on a stormy Friday to reach the semifinals in the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship. … [Read more...]
Keys, Hradecka surprise semifinalists at the Family Circle (Yahoo Sports)
Keys, Hradecka surprise semifinalists at the Family Circle (Yahoo Sports) Madison Keys and Lucie Hradecka are finding their games on clay and are both surprise semifinalists at the Family Circle Cup. Keys, the seventh seed, put on a dominating show to beat fellow American and one-time training partner Lauren Davis, 6-2, 6-2. Hradecka, a qualifier from the Czech Republic, topped her second … [Read more...]
Indianapolis 500 pace car stolen from car dealership
Indianapolis 500 pace car stolen from car dealership Pace cars have a strong allure. Someone stole an Indianapolis 500 pace car from an Indianapolis-area car dealership on Wednesday night (There are multiple cars designed like the pace car for the race). The car has been found, but the suspect has not. The man who stole the car apparently drove it down a flight of stairs and then through a … [Read more...]
Buffalo Sabres lose game, win last place in league
Buffalo Sabres lose game, win last place in league Congratulations, Buffalo Sabres! You're the worst ... team in the league! Normally this wouldn't be something to celebrate, but as we've been hearing alllllllll season, the upcoming draft is a special one with Jaconnor McEichel (Connor McDavid + Jack Eichel) on the line. Last place doesn't guarantee the Sabres the top pick, but it gives them … [Read more...]
Source: Pacers' Copeland out of NY hospital
Source: Pacers' Copeland out of NY hospital ESPN.com news services 0 Shares Print Indiana Pacers forward Chris Copeland was released from a New York hospital two days after a Wednesday morning stabbing incident, a source told ESPN's Josina Anderson. Copeland suffered knife wounds to his left elbow and abdomen, and a source told Anderson the knife blade touched his diaphragm and … [Read more...]
Baseball Daily Dose: Daily Dose: Hello, Votto!
Baseball Daily Dose: Daily Dose: Hello, Votto! Saturday, April 11, 2015 To the chagrin of some Reds fans, Joey Votto continues to insist on getting on base. To the delight of most, he doesn't stay on them for long. Follow @Rotoworld_BB and @Nate_Grimm on Twitter. Outside of Chavez Ravine, Votto has been one of the hottest hitters in the National League during the season's first week, and he … [Read more...]
NBPA probing police tactics in Sefolosha arrest
NBPA probing police tactics in Sefolosha arrest Kevin Arnovitz, ESPN.com Close NBA writer for ESPN.com since 2008 Former contributor and editor at NPR 0 Shares Print ATLANTA -- The events surrounding the arrest and ensuing season-ending injury of Atlanta Hawks forward Thabo Sefolosha in New York on Wednesday have come under increasing scrutiny by the National Basketball Players … [Read more...]