Four Corners: Who is winning the Western Conference in 2015-16? With the draft and the bulk of free agency now behind us, it's time to start taking stock of what's transpired this summer and how it all figures to impact the upcoming NBA campaign. This week, we discuss: Who is winning the Western Conference in 2015-16? *** Dan Devine: Warriors. San Antonio might boast the NBA's best frontline … [Read more...]
End of the Road 2015: Boston Red Sox
End of the Road 2015: Boston Red Sox The Boston Red Sox beat the Yankees on Monday night, but since the Houston Astros also beat the Seattle Mariners, the Red Sox have been mathematically eliminated from the MLB postseason. It's somewhat surprising that it took this long, considering how disastrous the season was for the Red Sox. Nonetheless, they've reached the end of the road in their 2015 … [Read more...]
NFL Week 4 picks: Dolphins over Jets in London, Cowboys beat Saints – CBSSports.com
NFL Week 4 picks: Dolphins over Jets in London, Cowboys beat Saints - CBSSports.com The turf at the Rams stadium wasn't the only thing on fire in Week 3. SO WERE MY PICKS. However, my picks didn't cause an NFL game to be delayed for 25 minutes like the fire in St. Louis did. Photo of the #Rams field on fire pic.twitter.com/iLV9m3ts3F — Henry Hodgson (@nflukhank) September 27, 2015 The Rams … [Read more...]
Report: Eastern Michigan loses $3,000 in beer sales trial run
Report: Eastern Michigan loses $3,000 in beer sales trial run Eastern Michigan’s trial run of selling beer was a bust. According to The Eastern Echo, the student newspaper, the school lost $3,000 in its pilot attempt during the Sept. 19 game against Ball State. Eastern Michigan paid about $7,000 for the beer, the setup and the increased security to thwart rowdiness, but only netted about … [Read more...]
Swiss to extradite Costa Rica's Li to U.S.
Swiss to extradite Costa Rica's Li to U.S. BERN, Switzerland -- Switzerland's justice ministry has granted an American request to extradite former Costa Rican football federation president Eduardo Li in the FIFA bribery case. Li was ousted from the FIFA executive committee after being arrested on May 27 in a dawn raid at a luxury hotel in Zurich, two days before the FIFA presidential … [Read more...]
Craig Sager tugs on James Harden’s beard, plans opening-night return to TV
Craig Sager tugs on James Harden's beard, plans opening-night return to TV The best news of Monday's NBA Media Day frenzy dealt not with the players on the court, but with one of the basketball-watching world's favorite chroniclers of their actions. [Follow Dunks Don't Lie on Tumblr: The best slams from all of basketball] The great Craig Sager, whose sartorial splendor and sideline-reporting … [Read more...]
Cycling-Cavendish joins African team (Reuters)
Cycling-Cavendish joins African team (Reuters) PARIS, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Former world champion Mark Cavendish of Britain is joining African team MTN-Qhubeka, which will be known as Team Dimension Data next season, the outfit said on Tuesday. The South-African based team also announced they were hiring Australian Mark Renshaw and Austrian Bernhard Eisel, two former team mates of Cavendish … [Read more...]
Quebec expansion momentum; art of sniping; players ready to decline (Puck Headlines)
Quebec expansion momentum; art of sniping; players ready to decline (Puck Headlines) Here are your Puck Headlines: A glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media. Have a link you want to submit? Email us at [email protected]. Old time hockey !! pic.twitter.com/gQl2iUJxW9— Steven Stamkos … [Read more...]
Cavs' Shumpert to miss 3 months for wrist injury
Cavs' Shumpert to miss 3 months for wrist injury Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff Writer Close Cavs and NBA writer for ESPN.com Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14 and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09 Syracuse University graduate 0 Shares Print INDEPENDENCE, Ohio - Cleveland Cavaliers guard Iman Shumpert will undergo right wrist surgery this week that is … [Read more...]
Wizards’ John Wall donates $400K to D.C. homeless children’s charity
Wizards' John Wall donates $400K to D.C. homeless children's charity No NBA player has delivered more assists over the past two seasons than John Wall. The All-Star point guard got on the board last week, lending his first helping hand of the season before the Washington Wizards even kicked off training camp ... and man, was it a big one. [Follow Dunks Don't Lie on Tumblr: The best slams … [Read more...]