Rugby-Leicester coach fined over betting code breaches (Reuters) Leicester defence coach Phil Blake has been suspended for six months after being found guilty of two breaches of betting regulations last season, the Rugby Football Union (RFU) said on Thursday. The two matches in question were Leicester's Champions Cup game against Toulon in December and a Premiership meeting with Newcastle … [Read more...]
Waiver Wired: Waiver Wired: Bank on Buxton
Waiver Wired: Waiver Wired: Bank on Buxton When I recommended Maikel Franco in Waiver Wired two weeks ago, I titled the column "Mashing Maikel," but I didn't see this coming. On the strength of back-to-back five RBI games against the Yankees this week, 22-year-old Maikel Franco is now batting .319/.368/.604 with 10 home runs and 29 RBI over 37 games since his promotion from Triple-A. That includes … [Read more...]
How Carey Price won the Vezina Trophy (and it somehow wasn’t unanimous)
How Carey Price won the Vezina Trophy (and it somehow wasn’t unanimous) Carey Price of the Montreal Canadiens won the Vezina Trophy as the NHL’s top goaltender of the 2014-15 season. This was not a surprise. He was completely dominant; and even if you want to consider the Vezina as the de facto MVP award for goalies, he’s a runaway winner. What was a surprise: That Price didn’t win the … [Read more...]
NBA Draft: Rising Above Snubs, Cameron Payne Is Now a Possible Top Pick – New York Times
NBA Draft: Rising Above Snubs, Cameron Payne Is Now a Possible Top Pick - New York Times Sports of The Times By WILLIAM C. RHODEN In the age of analytics and scouting services that leave no rock unturned, flying under the radar is difficult. Somehow Cameron Payne found a way. On Wednesday, in a room filled with N.B.A. lottery picks and all-Americans from major college programs, Payne, a … [Read more...]
Daily Fantasy Baseball 2015: Best MLB Pitcher Stats, Picks for June 25 – Bleacher Report
Daily Fantasy Baseball 2015: Best MLB Pitcher Stats, Picks for June 25 - Bleacher Report Victor Decolongon/Getty Images Saving up for a big weekend? Daily fantasy offers a huge opportunity to ease some of the pain to make up for blowing entirely too much money out on the town. In order to make that extra dough, owners will need to know exactly which pitchers to target on Thursday. Luckily, … [Read more...]
Clemson T Isaiah Battle to enter NFL supplemental draft
Clemson T Isaiah Battle to enter NFL supplemental draft Clemson is looking for a new starting left tackle. The school announced Thursday that LT Isaiah Battle would enter the NFL's supplemental draft. Battle has played 27 games in his Clemson career. 16 of those are starts and he started 11 of 12 games in 2014. “I have some family matters to address, with a child due this summer, and I feel … [Read more...]
Cycling-German Kittel ruled out of Tour de France (Reuters)
Cycling-German Kittel ruled out of Tour de France (Reuters) German sprinter Marcel Kittel will not take part in the Tour de France after failing to fully recover from a virus, his Giant-Alpecin team said on Thursday. "The team decided that Kittel's basic fitness is still not sufficient to compete in the Tour de France," the Dutch team said in a statement as they unveiled their nine-man … [Read more...]
Todd Gurley hopeful he’ll be ready to participate in Rams training camp
Todd Gurley hopeful he'll be ready to participate in Rams training camp We don't know yet when one of the biggest names of the 2015 rookie class will play, but St. Louis Rams running back Todd Gurley sounds optimistic it will be sooner rather than later. Gurley told NFL Media that he thinks he'll be participating, at least partially, in training camp. Gurley, the 10th pick of the draft and … [Read more...]
Harrell, Rozier expected to be first round NBA picks – WLKY Louisville
Harrell, Rozier expected to be first round NBA picks - WLKY Louisville Former University of Louisville players Terry Rozier and Montrezl Harrell are expected to be first round picks in Thursday’s NBA draft. Coach Rick Pitino said he's bullish on both. CBS Sports has Harrell going between 19 and 25 and Rozier one of the final picks in the first round. On SportsCenter, Pitino said both have … [Read more...]
Landslide forces organizers to change Tour route (Reuters)
Landslide forces organizers to change Tour route (Reuters) Tour de France organizers have amended the route for the 20th stage of the race after a landslide forced them to scrap the climb up to the Col du Galibier. The penultimate stage will still finish at the top of the 21 hairpins of l'Alpe d'Huez but the ascent of the Galibier will be replaced by a punishing climb to the Col de la Croix … [Read more...]