Stanford survives scare from much-improved Washington State Washington State kicker Eric Powell turned his back on Saturday’s potential game-winning kick before it sailed to the outside of the right upright. After making five other kicks in the game, he seemed to know that when he hit the sixth it wasn’t going through the uprights. The result was Washington State losing a 30-28 heartbreaker … [Read more...]
Horse racing-Fame Game leads foreign raid for Melbourne Cup (Reuters)
Horse racing-Fame Game leads foreign raid for Melbourne Cup (Reuters) By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Fame Game has been installed as the overwhelming favourite to win Tuesday's A$6.2 million ($4.42 million) Melbourne Cup and become the second Japanese-trained horse to gallop away with Australia's richest prize in thoroughbred racing. The Yoshitada Munakata-trained six-year-old … [Read more...]
Man United reignite Bale pursuit
Man United reignite Bale pursuit The winter window gets closer with each passing day and the transfer rumour mill is starting to pick up steam. As always, Transfer Talk has the latest and greatest. See all the summer deals here. TOP STORY: United want Bale to solve goal crisis Louis van Gaal is in a difficult position after seeing his Manchester United side go goalless for the third game in a … [Read more...]
Terry Collins’ curious usage of Jeurys Familia cost the Mets Game 4
Terry Collins' curious usage of Jeurys Familia cost the Mets Game 4 There will be plenty of blame thrown around following the New York Mets' Game 4 collapse against the Kansas City Royals. There are a number of deserving parties. Tyler Clippard shouldn't have walked those two hitters, Daniel Murphy shouldn't have misplayed that grounder and Jeurys Familia shouldn't have blown his save … [Read more...]
Michigan survives Minnesota final drive that ends at the goal-line
Michigan survives Minnesota final drive that ends at the goal-line Minnesota had the ball at the Michigan 1-yard-line with 19 seconds left Saturday night. Trailing 29-26, Minnesota needed just a field goal to tie or a touchdown to take the lead. The Gophers got neither as Michigan held on for the win. Minnesota appeared to have gotten a touchdown on the play that got the Gophers down to the … [Read more...]
NHL Three Stars: Frolik’s hat trick stuns Oilers; Fleury blanks Leafs
NHL Three Stars: Frolik's hat trick stuns Oilers; Fleury blanks Leafs No. 1 Star: Michael Frolik, Calgary Flames Frolik recorded his first career hat trick as the Flames won a wild one over the Edmonton Oilers 5-4. After Edmonton rallied from three two-goal deficits, Frolik put home his third of the game from a tough angle with 8.7 seconds left in the third period; a goal Cam Talbot will … [Read more...]
Sunday Daily Dose: Dose: Cousins' Halloween Scare
Sunday Daily Dose: Dose: Cousins' Halloween Scare Where is Jimmer Fredette’s career? Going second overall in the D-League draft on Saturday afternoon—behind Jeff Ayres (formerly Pendergraph) and in front of Perry Jones III—Jimmer Time is going to try to turn back time as the rest of us reset our clocks. The candy in your child’s bag (or the one you bought yourself at the grocery store for … [Read more...]
Five key moments from the Royals’ 5-3 victory in World Series Game 4
Five key moments from the Royals' 5-3 victory in World Series Game 4 Your browser does not support iframes.The relentless Kansas City Royals have done it again. After not looking up to par in Game 3 of the World Series on Friday and falling behind early in Game 4, they put together a big late-inning rally to knock off the New York Mets 5-3 and move to within one victory of a World Series … [Read more...]
College football by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Week 9 – Las Vegas Sun (blog)
College football by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Week 9 - Las Vegas Sun (blog) [unable to retrieve full-text content]College football by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Week 9Las Vegas Sun (blog)Beating .500 was the goal going into the season given the difficulty of forcing a pick on every game, but falling that far behind in the last handful of weeks would be particularly devastating … [Read more...]
Winners and losers: The AAC achieved its goal of getting noticed in October
Winners and losers: The AAC achieved its goal of getting noticed in October The American Athletic Conference came into the month of October knowing it had an opportunity to get the nation to sit up and take notice. With several key games against Power Five opponents, the AAC had a chance to show that while it was a member of the Group of Five, it deserved as much respect as the conferences … [Read more...]