Sonny Gray snags line drive, saves himself from dental damage In recent years we've seen far too many pitchers on the business end of vicious line drives. Brandon McCarthy, now of the Los Angeles Dodgers, always comes to mind first because of the serious damage he sustained. McCarthy suffered a skull fracture, brain contusion and epidural hemorrhage and continued dealing with the after … [Read more...]
Rodriguez gets No. 3,000
Rodriguez gets No. 3,000 A-Rod reaches 3,000 >>> Ichiro, Pujols, among active players who could reach 3K On Friday night, Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez became the 29th member of the 3,000-hit club in baseball history. His 3,000th hit was a first-inning solo home run off Justin Verlander of the Tigers at Yankee Stadium. Rodriguez is now tied with Roberto Clemente for 28th all-time with … [Read more...]
Weekend ratings predictions: US Open, Premier Boxing and more – SportingNews.com
Weekend ratings predictions: US Open, Premier Boxing and more - SportingNews.com First, the results of last week's predictions: — NBA Finals, Cavaliers-Warriors Game 5. Prediction: 12.4; final rating: 11.8. MORE: 70 years of the NBA Finals | Classic A-Rod photos — Stanley Cup Final, Blackhawks-Lightning Game 5. Prediction: 3.0; final rating: 3.0. — NASCAR Sprint Cup racing from Michigan. … [Read more...]
Baseball Daily Dose: Daily Dose: Get Hip To Gomez
Baseball Daily Dose: Daily Dose: Get Hip To Gomez After the Reds inexplicably strung Devin Mesoraco along for weeks, another National League Central club is trying to figure out what to do with one of its injured stars. Follow @Rotoworld_BB and @Nate_Grimm on Twitter. Carlos Gomez, who missed his seventh game in the Brewers' last 10 contests on Friday due to a sore right hip and groin, remains a … [Read more...]
Weekend ratings predictions: US Open, Premier Boxing, and more – SportingNews.com
Weekend ratings predictions: US Open, Premier Boxing, and more - SportingNews.com First, the results of last week's predictions: — NBA Finals, Cavaliers-Warriors Game 5. Prediction: 12.4; final rating: 11.8. — Stanley Cup Final, Blackhawks-Lightning Game 5. Prediction: 3.0; final rating: 3.0. — NASCAR Sprint Cup racing from Michigan. Prediction: 2.3; final rating: 2.2. — Women’s World Cup, … [Read more...]
Jordan Spieth’s Grand Slam hopes still alive
Jordan Spieth's Grand Slam hopes still alive UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. – Looky, looky. The guy practically all of us expected to be on top of the U.S. Open leaderboard is right there. Jordan Spieth shot a 3-under 67 on Friday morning at Chambers Bay to move into a share of the 36-hole lead at the U.S. Open. Patrick Reed matched him at 5-under with a roller-coaster 69 in the afternoon. Spieth … [Read more...]
Patrick Reed chasing U.S. Open title in a sprint with Jordan Spieth
Patrick Reed chasing U.S. Open title in a sprint with Jordan Spieth UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. — It would be going too far to call it an obsession, but Patrick Reed seems to have quite an affinity for Jordan Spieth. The 24-year-old Reed has four PGA Tour wins, two of them coming in three career sudden-death playoffs. In two of those playoffs, Spieth was Reed's adversary. They'll once again … [Read more...]
US Open Day 2 wrapup: Reed and Spieth are up; Tiger, Bubba are gone
US Open Day 2 wrapup: Reed and Spieth are up; Tiger, Bubba are gone Day 2 of the U.S. Open at Chambers Bay is in the books, and here's what we know: the best in golf have come up big against a monster of a course. Oh, sure, Chambers Bay has claimed its share of high-profile names. (Take the weekend off, Rickie Fowler, Martin Kaymer, and Bubba Watson You too, Tiger.) But the USGA prizes par … [Read more...]
Filly Honey Ride wins feature at Santa Anita (The Associated Press)
Filly Honey Ride wins feature at Santa Anita (The Associated Press) ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) -- Honey Ride took command midway around the far turn and went on to a 4 1/2-length victory in the $60,000 feature Friday at Santa Anita. … [Read more...]
Sources: Duke, UK stars among draft invitees
Sources: Duke, UK stars among draft invitees Andy Katz, ESPN Senior Writer Close Senior college basketball reporter. Joined ESPN in 1999. Graduate of the University of Wisconsin. 0 Shares Print The NBA is expected to invite at least 20 players to the draft next Thursday in Brooklyn, with as many as three off national champion Duke, two from national runner-up Wisconsin and four … [Read more...]