No doubt: American Pharoah is best athlete of 2015 (Yahoo Sports) Winning the Triple Crown in an era when the feat seemed almost impossible makes American Pharoah the best there is in 2015. … [Read more...]
Bettors for historic American Pharoah victory have $315,000 in uncashed tickets (Reuters)
Bettors for historic American Pharoah victory have $315,000 in uncashed tickets (Reuters) (Reuters) - Thoroughbred racing fans wanting a historical keepsake or possibly a cash windfall from American Pharoah's Triple Crown-clinching Belmont Stakes victory have not cashed $315,829 worth of $2 win tickets, track officials said on Monday. There were 94,128 $2 tickets purchased on Friday and … [Read more...]
MLS attendances for gameweek 14 of the 2015 season
MLS attendances for gameweek 14 of the 2015 season At this stage of the 2015 MLS season, overall attendance remains a strong 10.5% over last season. During this past weekend, there was a terrific turnout in Chicago this week. Meanwhile, there were sellouts in Houston Dynamo, Sporting Kansas City, … Continue reading → At this stage of the 2015 MLS season, overall attendance remains a strong … [Read more...]
How The Triplets were born for Tampa Bay Lightning
How The Triplets were born for Tampa Bay Lightning TAMPA – How did Tyler Johnson, Ondrej Palat and Nikita Kucherov come to be known as ‘The Triplets’? “I saw someone tweeted it, and then it was in the news,” Palat said. “I don’t really mind it. I don’t care.” Truth be told, it may have been their coach, Jon Cooper, that thrust the moniker into the lexicon. He put the line together on Oct. … [Read more...]
Rob Gronkowski stars in hilarious Dunkin’ Donuts commercial with David Ortiz (Video)
Rob Gronkowski stars in hilarious Dunkin' Donuts commercial with David Ortiz (Video) Dunkin’ Donuts was founded and is based in the Boston area, so it’s no surprise the company enlisted two of Boston’s biggest sports stars – New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski and Boston Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz – for its new iced coffee commercial. And in true Gronk and Big Papi … [Read more...]
Apple will pay Indians bullpen its ransom for Brandon Moss home-run ball
Apple will pay Indians bullpen its ransom for Brandon Moss home-run ball Apple held its much-anticipated Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday and announced, among other things, a new subscription music service and a smarter iOS9. Co-starring in CEO Tim Cook's keynote address — surprisingly — were the relief pitchers of the Cleveland Indians. [Check out Big League Stew on Tumblr for … [Read more...]
Looking ahead to Game 3: Golden State vs. Cleveland
Looking ahead to Game 3: Golden State vs. Cleveland Previously, on Warriors vs. Cavaliers … I don’t know how we got here. I don’t know why we’re talking about James Jones in the second week of June. I don’t know how a team that made less than a third of its shots won a game, on the road, against a squad that entered the contest having won 80 of its previous 98 games. I don’t know how this … [Read more...]
2015 St. Louis Rams: Pro Football Focus Shines Light On Defensive … – Turf Show Times
2015 St. Louis Rams: Pro Football Focus Shines Light On Defensive ... - Turf Show Times Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports The Rams' defense is expected to take a big step this year, but when you look a little closer there was pretty big step taken last year as well... FEAR THE D!!!!!!!!!!! The Rams defense had high expectations entering the 2014 season. Most of the attention was placed on the … [Read more...]
IOC approves new events for 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang (Yahoo Sports)
IOC approves new events for 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang (Yahoo Sports) The IOC approved new events Monday in snowboarding, Alpine skiing, speedskating and curling for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Big Air in snowboarding, mass start in speedskating, mixed doubles in curling, and a team skiing event were the additions ratified Monday by the International Olympic … [Read more...]
You have to see Mark Calcavecchia’s bacon pants
You have to see Mark Calcavecchia's bacon pants I love the smell of bacon in the morning. We presume Mark Calcavecchia does, too -- not only because he may find it delicious, but that it smells like victory. On Sunday, Calcavecchia won his fourth Champions Tour title in Iowa at the Principal Charity Classic. He did so wearing bacon-print pants. Just look at those babies. He also had a … [Read more...]