Clippers fined $250K by league for Jordan pitch ESPN.com news services 0 Shares Print NEW YORK -- The NBA has fined the Los Angeles Clippers $250,000 after an investigation found the team had violated league rules while trying to re-sign DeAndre Jordan last month. The league said Tuesday that the Clippers had made a presentation to the then-free agent on July 2 that improperly … [Read more...]
Cycling-Road-Vuelta a Espana stage 4 results (Reuters)
Cycling-Road-Vuelta a Espana stage 4 results (Reuters) Aug 25 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from Vuelta a Espana (Estepona - Vejer de la Frontera, 209.6 km) on Tuesday 1. Alejandro Valverde (Spain / Movistar) 5:07:30" 2. Peter Sagan (Slovakia / Tinkoff - Saxo) ST 3. Daniel Moreno (Spain / Katusha) 4. Nicolas Roche (Ireland / Team Sky) 5. Jose Goncalves (Portugal / Caja Rural) 6. Joaquim … [Read more...]
Cycling-Road-Vuelta a Espana team classification after stage 4 (Reuters)
Cycling-Road-Vuelta a Espana team classification after stage 4 (Reuters) Aug 25 (Infostrada Sports) - Team Classification Vuelta a Espana after Stage 4 on Tuesday 1. Team Sky (Britain) 39:45:44" 2. Astana (Kazakhstan) +21" 3. Movistar (Spain) +2:24" 4. BMC Racing (United States) +2:28" 5. Katusha (Russia) +2:58" 6. Etixx - Quick-Step (Belgium) +4:01" 7. Cofidis (France) +4:06" 8. Lotto … [Read more...]
Power rankings: The Barclays
Power rankings: The Barclays The FedEx Cup playoffs kick off in New Jersey on Thursday with the start of The Barclays, the first of four events to decide the season-long champion of the PGA Tour. Two-time 2015 major winner Jordan Spieth is the No. 1 seed heading into the PGA Tour's postseason, which starts at Plainfield Country Club in Edison, N.J., for the first time since 2011, when … [Read more...]
IndyCar driver Wilson saves 6 lives by donating organs (The Associated Press)
IndyCar driver Wilson saves 6 lives by donating organs (The Associated Press) The late IndyCar driver Justin Wilson saved six lives Tuesday by donating his organs, his brother said. ''He just keeps setting the bar higher,'' Stefan Wilson posted on his Twitter page. The 37-year-old Wilson died Monday night from a head injury suffered when a piece of debris struck him during a race the … [Read more...]
Jessica Mendoza becomes first woman to fill analyst role for MLB game on ESPN
Jessica Mendoza becomes first woman to fill analyst role for MLB game on ESPN When Jessica Mendoza joined Dave O'Brien and Dallas Braden in the broadcast booth for Monday's matchup featuring the St. Louis Cardinals and Arizona Diamdondbacks, it was the first time a woman was used an analyst for a Major League Baseball game in the the 35-year history of ESPN. Aaron Boone is usually the third … [Read more...]
Weekly Picks: The Bargain Hunter – Week 4
Weekly Picks: The Bargain Hunter - Week 4 John Terry really didn't need to give me more reason not to like him. Terry has been the biggest flop in my industry expert's league team so far this season. Through three weeks, he has totaled a whopping .3 points. There is no punctuation error here. That is supposed to be a decimal in front of the "3". One-tenth of one point per game on average, and … [Read more...]
President Obama: Derek Jeter hustled me out of money while playing golf in Vegas
President Obama: Derek Jeter hustled me out of money while playing golf in Vegas The Captain took money off the Commander-in-Chief on the golf course, and President Obama isn't too happy about it. The two played together as part of a foursome at the elusive Shadow Creek in Las Vegas back in November 2014. When Obama arrived on the range, as he told a Las Vegas audience on Monday, he saw a … [Read more...]
Why Mares-Santa Cruz featherweight fight has no buzz (Yahoo Sports)
Why Mares-Santa Cruz featherweight fight has no buzz (Yahoo Sports) Their bout at Staples on Saturday might be great, but there's little interest outside of the relatively tiny boxing community. … [Read more...]
Mike Keenan is Vladimir Lenin in gloriously weird KHL promo (Video)
Mike Keenan is Vladimir Lenin in gloriously weird KHL promo (Video) Like David Hasselhoff in Germany and “Terminator: Genisys” in China, Mike Keenan is kinda a big deal in Russia. He hasn’t coached in the NHL since splitting with the Calgary Flames in 2009, but Keenan has been with Magnitogorsk Metallurg in the Kontinential Hockey League for the last three years. He won the Gagarin Cup in … [Read more...]