Joey Logano wins pole for Richmond Defending Richmond winner Joey Logano will start first for Saturday night's race. Logano outpaced former Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Denny Hamlin for the top starting spot, his third pole position of the season. He's previously started first at Atlanta and Martinsville. Hamlin has won twice at Richmond, though his last win at the track came in 2009 when he … [Read more...]
Sources: Gundogan wants Dortmund exit
Sources: Gundogan wants Dortmund exit By Miguel Delaney and Richard Jolly ESPN FC's Gab Marcotti delves deeper into reported Manchester United targets Memphis Depay and Ilkay Gundogan. Ilkay Gundogan has told Borussia Dortmund he wants to leave the Westfalenstadion in the summer, sources told ESPN, and both Bayern Munich and Juventus are interested in the midfielder. Sources have also told ESPN … [Read more...]
Josh Reddick nearly hit a walk-off Little League home run
Josh Reddick nearly hit a walk-off Little League home run The Houston Astros and Oakland A's cornered the market on crazy Friday night, so it only would have been appropriate for Josh Reddick to dash home in the 10th inning with the game-winning, which also would have doubled as a walk-off Little League home run. The thing is, this game was so crazy, a crazy A's victory wasn't good enough. … [Read more...]
Teixeira, Yankees stop Mets' 11-game streak
Teixeira, Yankees stop Mets' 11-game streak Mark Teixeira and Michael Pineda took much of the drama, if not the fun, away from the opener of New York's first meaningful Subway Series in a long time. Teixeira hit a pair of two-run home runs, and Pineda allowed a run and five hits over 7 2/3 innings Friday night in a 6-1 Yankees victory that ended the Mets' 11-game winning streak. Watch out, … [Read more...]
Mark Teixeira homers twice as Yankees snap Mets 11-game winning streak
Mark Teixeira homers twice as Yankees snap Mets 11-game winning streak If the New York Mets are to make history this season, it will have to wait, because the New York Yankees weren't having any part of it on Friday night. In the first-ever Subway Series battle that featured both teams entering play in first place, the Yankees dismissed the Mets bid for a franchise record 12th straight win … [Read more...]
Penguins cite injuries, bounces for Game 5 exit but praise Fleury
Penguins cite injuries, bounces for Game 5 exit but praise Fleury NEW YORK – The ultimate reaction to the Pittsburgh Penguins’ first-round exit from the Stanley Cup Playoffs will come in the weeks and months following Friday's Game 5 loss to the New York Rangers. Players will be jettisoned. Perhaps a coach. Perhaps a GM. Perhaps even a foundational star whose departure fundamentally changes … [Read more...]
Phillies knock off Braves on Freddie Freeman’s walk-off error
Phillies knock off Braves on Freddie Freeman's walk-off error The previously red hot Atlanta Braves were cooled off in New York to begin the week. Now it would appear they're frozen after dropping their weekend series opener 1-0 to the Philadelphia Phillies. The fact the game ended 1-0 is painful enough for Atlanta. That they only mustered two hits against Aaron Harang, who was in their … [Read more...]
Minnesota Wild lean on Devan Dubnyk to set up clinching scenario
Minnesota Wild lean on Devan Dubnyk to set up clinching scenario The St. Louis Blues, darling pick by many to win the Stanley Cup – or at very least make it out of the Western Conference playoffs – are in trouble. A ton of trouble after losing 4-1 in Game 5 to Minnesota on Friday. The Wild took a 3-2 series advantage and a chance to win at home Sunday. Ouch. While Minnesota has … [Read more...]
Kawhi, Spurs throttle Clippers in Game 3, take 2-1 series lead
Kawhi, Spurs throttle Clippers in Game 3, take 2-1 series lead The first-round matchup between the Los Angeles Clippers and San Antonio Spurs is still the only series in the NBA playoffs in which both teams have wins. But it looked a whole lot less competitive in Friday night's Game 3 at the AT&T Center. [Follow Dunks Don't Lie on Tumblr: The best slams from all of basketball] After topping … [Read more...]
Harden’s playoff-career-high 42 leads Rockets past Mavs to 3-0 lead
Harden's playoff-career-high 42 leads Rockets past Mavs to 3-0 lead The Dallas Mavericks emptied both barrels on Friday night, throwing every ounce of offensive firepower they had at the Houston Rockets in an attempt to overwhelm Kevin McHale's favored crew and fight their way back into their opening-round series. Unfortunately for Rick Carlisle and company, in this matchup, Houston's got … [Read more...]