Downhill champion Defago to help design Olympic ski courses (The Associated Press) LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) -- Olympic downhill gold medalist Didier Defago is starting a new career helping to design Alpine ski courses for the Winter Games. … [Read more...]
Jockey Powers and gelding Billy Kelly elected to racing HOF (The Associated Press)
Jockey Powers and gelding Billy Kelly elected to racing HOF (The Associated Press) SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) -- Jockey Vincent Powers and gelding Billy Kelly have been elected to the National Museum of Racing's Hall of Fame. … [Read more...]
Isiah Thomas is still trying to convince people that he wasn’t a terrible GM
Isiah Thomas is still trying to convince people that he wasn't a terrible GM New New York Liberty president and potential part-owner Isiah Thomas doesn’t want you to know that he made bad basketball trades. And he also knows that hitting up the NFL-obsessed sports talk radio market is the best place to explain things away. We got a little taste of that on Wednesday. [Follow Dunks Don't Lie … [Read more...]
Toucher & Rich's Sports Predictions – CBS Local
Toucher & Rich's Sports Predictions - CBS Local BOSTON (CBS) – 98.5 The Sports Hub’s Toucher & Rich broke out the crystal ball Wednesday morning. Fred, Rich and Wallach all take a look into the future and make some sports predictions that will happen soon. Who had the most accurate predictions of the future? FRED – When the second to last member of The Grateful Dead dies, the San … [Read more...]
Texas OL Darius James to transfer
Texas OL Darius James to transfer Darius James is leaving the Texas program. James, a 6-foot-5, 304-pound offensive lineman, confirmed to the Austin American-Statesman that he’s been given his release and will transfer to another program. James played in six games and started twice at right tackle for the Longhorns last season as a redshirt freshman, but missed the second half of the season … [Read more...]
LeSean McCoy says Chip Kelly got rid of ‘all the black players’
LeSean McCoy says Chip Kelly got rid of 'all the black players' Buffalo Bills running back LeSean McCoy took his bitterness toward Chip Kelly to a new level. The former Philadelphia Eagle has taken a few shots at his former coach Kelly this offseason, but that's nothing too new from a player traded by a team. What does break new ground is McCoy hinting that Kelly is racist. How else would … [Read more...]
MLB Betting and Fantasy Baseball Pitcher Report Card Wednesday – SportsBlog.com (blog)
MLB Betting and Fantasy Baseball Pitcher Report Card Wednesday - SportsBlog.com (blog) Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports [embedded content] Joe Duffy, CEO of the top baseball betting website OffshoreInsiders.com and SBR Forum’s Peter Loshak take a look at the Wednesday pitching intel for rotisserie baseball and sports bettors. Among the notes: Pittsburgh’s Gerrit Cole has an 8-game personal winning … [Read more...]
3 new bowl games are reportedly official for 2015
3 new bowl games are reportedly official for 2015 There will be three new bowl games in 2015. According to ESPN, the NCAA made the games official and they will be hosted in Austin, Texas, Orlando and Tucson, Ari. An official announcement is expected later this week from the NCAA. From ESPN: Matchups for the new bowls are as follows: Tucson (Mountain West versus Conference USA), Austin, … [Read more...]
NAPA to be Chase Elliott’s primary Sprint Cup sponsor in 2016
NAPA to be Chase Elliott's primary Sprint Cup sponsor in 2016 NAPA is sticking with Chase Elliott. Hendrick Motorsports announced Wednesday morning that the auto parts company would become Elliott's primary Sprint Cup Series sponsor for the next three seasons. Elliott, who is running a part-time schedule in the Cup Series this year, is taking over Jeff Gordon's No. 24 car at the start of … [Read more...]
Uchiyama defends WBA super featherweight crown (The Associated Press)
Uchiyama defends WBA super featherweight crown (The Associated Press) TOKYO (AP) -- Japanese boxer Takashi Uchiyama beat Thai challenger Jomthong Chuwatana on a technical knockout in the second round to defend his WBA super featherweight title on Wednesday. … [Read more...]