Stanley Cup Playoffs Daily Picks: Rangers, Lightning meet in Game 7 - CBSSports.com Welcome to the Stanley Cup Playoffs Daily Picks, where CBS hockey writers Chris Peters and Adam Gretz get you ready for every game every day of the postseason and share their predictions for each. Tampa Bay Lightning at New York Rangers, Game 7, 8 p.m. ET, NBCSN Series tied 3-3 For the first time in 15 years, the … [Read more...]
2015 NBA Finals: Our experts' predictions on Warriors vs. Cavaliers – CBSSports.com
2015 NBA Finals: Our experts' predictions on Warriors vs. Cavaliers - CBSSports.com Ken Berger, NBA Insider Golden State had some weaknesses exposed against Houston. When you trap Curry incessantly and force others to make plays off the dribble, you get lower-percentage shots and turnovers -- which the Cavs will take full advantage of. But with Draymond Green, Klay Thompson, Andre Iguodala … [Read more...]
Cal QB Jared Goff catches ground-rule double at Giants game
Cal QB Jared Goff catches ground-rule double at Giants game Cal quarterback Jared Goff may have been more excited Thursday night at the San Francisco Giants game than he is when he throws a touchdown pass. Goff caught a ground-rule double off the bat of Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford who, coincidentally, went to UCLA. Nice catch and celebration by @JaredGoff16 of @bcraw35 ground-rule 2B … [Read more...]
Art Briles teases new Baylor uniforms for 2015 (Photo)
Art Briles teases new Baylor uniforms for 2015 (Photo) Did Art Briles give us a sneak peek of a new set of Baylor uniforms for 2015? The Baylor coach tweeted this picture Friday. #YB #B2B #LetsEat pic.twitter.com/zjOqrRl3rI— Coach Art Briles (@CoachArtBriles) May 29, 2015 If they're real, we hope they're a lightly-used alternate in 2015. While we can always endorse chrome – like Baylor's … [Read more...]
Shane Lowry makes Irish Open cut using wedge as a putter
Shane Lowry makes Irish Open cut using wedge as a putter On the third hole of his Friday round at the Irish Open, Irishman Shane Lowry bent his putter in a fit of anger. Under the Rules of Golf, since the putter wasn't bent in the natural course of play, that meant Lowry had to find another club to putt with the rest of the way. He chose a wedge, and, as it turns out, it was good enough to … [Read more...]
Cycling-Road-Giro d’Italia points classification after stage 19 (Reuters)
Cycling-Road-Giro d'Italia points classification after stage 19 (Reuters) May 29 (Infostrada Sports) - Points Classification Giro d'Italia after Stage 19 on Friday 1. Giacomo Nizzolo (Italy / Trek) 159 2. Sacha Modolo (Italy / Lampre) 142 3. Elia Viviani (Italy / Team Sky) 134 4. Philippe Gilbert (Belgium / BMC Racing) 128 5. Nicola Boem (Italy / Bardiani Valvole) 111 6. Alberto Contador … [Read more...]
Boxer Jermain Taylor surrenders on latest Arkansas charge (The Associated Press)
Boxer Jermain Taylor surrenders on latest Arkansas charge (The Associated Press) Boxer Jermain Taylor has surrendered to face the latest charge filed against him in Arkansas. Pulaski County Sheriff's Capt. Carl Minden says Taylor surrendered Friday morning and was booked into the county jail on a second-degree battery charge. Taylor is accused of hitting another resident at the … [Read more...]
Phil Mickelson gets his first look at U.S. Open host Chambers Bay
Phil Mickelson gets his first look at U.S. Open host Chambers Bay Earlier this month, USGA executive director Mike Davis warned that the 2015 U.S. Open champion would be the player that gets as much exposure as possible to unfamiliar host Chambers Bay, near Tacoma, Wash. Davis took a lot of flak for saying a playing would need at least 10 rounds at property to win. Well, Phil Mickelson may … [Read more...]
Lightning on Rangers’ Game 7 dominance: ‘Everything is in the past’
Lightning on Rangers' Game 7 dominance: 'Everything is in the past' Four years ago Wednesday, Steven Stamkos and Victor Hedman skated off the ice at TD Garden following a 1-0 Game 7 loss to the Boston Bruins in the Eastern Conference Final. They left the ice — Stamkos with an adjusted face — as the Bruins celebrated and avoided touching the Prince of Wales Trophy. You always hear veteran … [Read more...]
Dwight Howard gets 1-game suspension after Game 5 flagrant upgraded
Dwight Howard gets 1-game suspension after Game 5 flagrant upgraded Dwight Howard's 2014-15 season ended on Wednesday night. As he learned Friday, though, being done playing doesn't mean you can't still get suspended. [Follow Dunks Don't Lie on Tumblr: The best slams from all of basketball] A league review of the offensive foul Howard committed on forward Andre Iguodala late in the fourth … [Read more...]