Saratoga's 147th meet looms in July; includes 6 Grade 1s (The Associated Press) SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) -- Saratoga Race Course kicks off its 147th season in just over four weeks, and the 40-day meet will include 69 stakes worth a record $18.7 million in purses. … [Read more...]
Boxing-Britain’s Groves suffers head injury in boating accident (Reuters)
Boxing-Britain's Groves suffers head injury in boating accident (Reuters) British boxer George Groves suffered a minor head injury in a boating accident on Monday but the incident will not impact his Las Vegas fight with Badou Jack for the WBC super-middleweight title, his management said. Groves has been training with the Royal Marines in Plymouth, on Britain's south-west coast, for the … [Read more...]
Australia’s historic win against Brazil breeds confidence and self belief
Australia’s historic win against Brazil breeds confidence and self belief The caption of a graphic that Nike Soccer uploaded onto their social media channels recently read: Strong Alone. Unstoppable together. If anything, Australia’s history-making quarter-finals berth into the Women’s World Cup was the manifestation of exactly that. While the Matildas cannot exactly … Continue reading → … [Read more...]
Report: Ex-MLB player Darryl Hamilton killed in apparent murder-suicide
Report: Ex-MLB player Darryl Hamilton killed in apparent murder-suicide Darryl Hamilton, an ex-baseball player who had worked as an MLB Network analyst since 2013, was killed in an apparent murder-suicide at his Houston-area home, the Houston Chronicle is reporting. The bodies of Hamilton and girlfriend Monica Jordan, with whom Hamilton had a young child, were found Sunday and publicly … [Read more...]
Death Knell For Pete Rose Reinstatement: He Bet on Games He Played In Says … – SportsBlog.com (blog)
Death Knell For Pete Rose Reinstatement: He Bet on Games He Played In Says ... - SportsBlog.com (blog) It what should go down as the least surprising story of the day, ESPN’s Outside the Lines has obtained what is a smoking gun showing disgraced former Major League Pete Rose bet on baseball while as a player. Most disturbingly, he bet “extensively” in games he played in. Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY … [Read more...]
Jarret Stoll charged with ‘Possession of Controlled Substance’ for cocaine
Jarret Stoll charged with 'Possession of Controlled Substance' for cocaine Pending unrestricted free agent and soon-to-be former Los Angeles Kings forward Jarret Stoll was charged Monday with one count of Possession of Controlled Substance, according to Lisa Dillman of the Los Angeles Times. This is a felony. Per Dillman, the substance was cocaine. Stoll was arrested at the Wet Republic pool … [Read more...]
Terrelle Pryor moves to receiver, upsets Bengals, gets picked up by Browns
Terrelle Pryor moves to receiver, upsets Bengals, gets picked up by Browns Terrelle Pryor had quite an interesting Monday. Pryor, the former Ohio State mega-recruit and Oakland Raiders quarterback who was trying to win a job with the Cincinnati Bengals, officially announced in a couple of tweets that he was moving to receiver. Pryor was cut by the Bengals last week. "Going to miss QB but I … [Read more...]
WNBA denies Isiah Thomas’ potential New York Liberty ownership candidacy, temporarily
WNBA denies Isiah Thomas' potential New York Liberty ownership candidacy, temporarily The New York Liberty – or, at least, the brains (no laughing) that run the New York Liberty at MSG – have decided that maybe the idea of Isiah Thomas, Partial WNBA Team Owner, is not such a great idea. [Follow Dunks Don't Lie on Tumblr: The best slams from all of basketball] Thomas, who was the key witness … [Read more...]
What were the worst NBA Draft picks of all time?
What were the worst NBA Draft picks of all time? The NBA draft is approaching, and with it the opportunity for teams to make spectacularly bad decisions. A good draft pick can fortify a team for a decade; a bad one can land a team right back in the lottery next year. But the worst picks are the missed opportunities, the selections a team made when a much better option was right there for … [Read more...]
Rotoworld Mailbag: Rotoworld Mailbag
Rotoworld Mailbag: Rotoworld Mailbag Monday, June 22, 2015 Below you'll find the latest edition of the Rotoworld Mailbag. This week, I (@djshort) joined Jenna Corrado (@jennacorrado) to answer some of your fantasy baseball questions, including what to make of Rusney Castillo's situation with the Red Sox. This entry passed through the Full-Text … [Read more...]