Fan takes out ad asking for A-Rod's 660th home run to have an asterisk Fans love to hate New York Yankees infielder Alex Rodriguez. The 39-year-old has gotten off to a strong start this season, and that has only added fuel to the fire. [There's still time to sign up for Yahoo Sports Fantasy Baseball!] With Rodriguez just one home run away from tying Willie Mays for fourth on the all-time … [Read more...]
2015 NFL Draft: Is Oregon's Marcus Mariota worth a major investment by the … – Akron Beacon Journal
2015 NFL Draft: Is Oregon's Marcus Mariota worth a major investment by the ... - Akron Beacon Journal Javascript must be enabled to view the Burlington Hawkeye online content. Please enable your javascript and click the link below to return. If you are unsure how to enable JavaScript in your web browser, please view these instructions. … [Read more...]
Justin Rose inspired by Steph Curry to Zurich Classic win
Justin Rose inspired by Steph Curry to Zurich Classic win At one point on Sunday in the resumption of the third round at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, Justin Rose had made six consecutive pars -- no good on a soft and vulnerable TPC Louisiana. Frustrated, Rose turned to his caddie Mark Fulcher for some counsel. "I started off hot, had gone cold and [Fulcher] said, 'Come on, just … [Read more...]
Chris Paul leads Clippers past Spurs to Game 4 win, knots series at 2-2
Chris Paul leads Clippers past Spurs to Game 4 win, knots series at 2-2 After dropping an overtime heartbreaker in Game 2 and getting blasted on Friday night to fall behind the San Antonio Spurs two games to one, a lot of us wondered how the Los Angeles Clippers would respond on Sunday. Would they once again get trampled by a surging Spurs squad led by newly minted Defensive Player of the … [Read more...]
Cycling-Spain’s Valverde wins Liege-Bastogne-Liege classic (Reuters)
Cycling-Spain's Valverde wins Liege-Bastogne-Liege classic (Reuters) LIEGE, Belgium, April 26 (Reuters) - Spain's Alejandro Valverde of the Movistar team won the Liege-Bastogne-Liege classic, a 253-km ride on Sunday. France's Julian Alaphilippe (Etixx-Quick Step) took second with another Spaniard, Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha), finishing third. (Reporting by Julien Pretot; Editing by Justin … [Read more...]
Love dislocates shoulder as Cavs sweep Celtics
Love dislocates shoulder as Cavs sweep Celtics Dave McMenamin, ESPN.com Close Cavs and NBA writer for ESPN.com Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14 and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09 Syracuse University graduate 0 Shares Print BOSTON -- Cavaliers forward Kevin Love dislocated his left shoulder in the first quarter of Game 4 against the Celtics on Sunday … [Read more...]
Newgarden claims first IndyCar Series win not far from home (The Associated Press)
Newgarden claims first IndyCar Series win not far from home (The Associated Press) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- Josef Newgarden held off a hard-charging Graham Rahal on Sunday in the Indy Grand Prix of Alabama for his first IndyCar Series victory. … [Read more...]
Rockies’ Drew Stubbs breaks World Record for worst slide
Rockies' Drew Stubbs breaks World Record for worst slide Hide the Little Leaguers, we're about to witness the worst slide we'll see in baseball all season. The unfortunate subject of today's unfortunate posting is Colorado Rockies outfielder Drew Stubbs. Coming in to play on Saturday night, Stubbs' season was actually going quite miserably so far. In his first 17 at-bats, he was hitless … [Read more...]
Mourinho fires back at ‘boring’ jibes from Arsenal supporters
Mourinho fires back at ‘boring’ jibes from Arsenal supporters Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho laughed off the Arsenal crowd's "boring" jibes by reminding the Gunners of their wait for the Premier League title as his side closed in on the trophy. The Blues need five more points to be crowned … Continue reading → Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho laughed off the Arsenal crowd's "boring" … [Read more...]
Cavs win Game 4, finish sweep of Celtics, but enter Round 2 with questions
Cavs win Game 4, finish sweep of Celtics, but enter Round 2 with questions The Cleveland Cavaliers took care of business on Sunday, earning a 101-93 win over the Boston Celtics to finish off a four-game sweep in their best-of-seven first-round playoff series. They sustained some costly damage in the process, though, losing two starters — one to injury, the other to ejection — during the … [Read more...]