Introspective Peyton Manning: 'I knew this was not going to be an easy transition' DENVER — Peyton Manning has a way of deflecting tough questions with a joke. The first six games of the season haven't always been easy for the Denver Broncos quarterback, but the seventh game was. Manning had 340 yards in a vintage performance. The Broncos came in as home underdogs even though they were 6-0, … [Read more...]
Baseball Daily Dose: Daily Dose: Royals Win It All
Baseball Daily Dose: Daily Dose: Royals Win It All Follow @Baer_Bill and @Rotoworld_BB on Twitter. Perhaps it would have been more fitting for the Royals to have clinched the World Series on Halloween, because they seem like baseball’s living dead. Even when it appears they’ve been dead and buried, the Royals have consistently found a way to come back late and win ballgames. That was the case in … [Read more...]
Royals rally for first World Series title in 30 years
Royals rally for first World Series title in 30 years NEW YORK -- The Royals are as resilient and relentless as they come, and now they are the world champions of baseball. This small-market team with an enormous heart won its first World Series in exactly 30 years by virtue of clever baserunning, a bullpen that doesn't give an inch and an offense that doesn't ever quit. They seemed all but … [Read more...]
Local horses now the outsiders for Melbourne Cup (The Associated Press)
Local horses now the outsiders for Melbourne Cup (The Associated Press) Australia's richest horse race, the $6.2 million ($4.4 million) Melbourne Cup, retains as tight a grip as ever on the nation's attention but Tuesday's edition is expected to continue the recent trend of foreign raiders taking the famed three-handled trophy. Horses trained outside Australia or New Zealand have won three … [Read more...]
Mavs' Parsons returns 6 months after surgery
Mavs' Parsons returns 6 months after surgery 0 Shares print LOS ANGELES -- Dallas Mavericks forward Chandler Parsons made his season debut Sunday in a 103-93 win over the Los Angeles Lakers exactly six months after undergoing hybrid microfracture surgery on his right knee. Parsons started but was limited to 12 minutes, during which he scored two points and grabbed three rebounds. … [Read more...]
Mets come out to the field to thank the fans following World Series loss
Mets come out to the field to thank the fans following World Series loss The baseball regular season lasts 162 games. If you make it all the way to the World Series, that adds roughly 15 games to the schedule. It is, undoubtedly, a long and grueling season. To be on top for many of those games, only to have your hopes and dreams crushed in the World Series would be difficult for any team to … [Read more...]
Steelers back Le’Veon Bell likely lost for season with knee injury, report says
Steelers back Le'Veon Bell likely lost for season with knee injury, report says The Pittsburgh Steelers got their entire offense back together for less than a half on Sunday before another injury took out one of their key pieces. And it appears that Le'Veon Bell won't be coming back this season. Bell, arguably the best running back in the NFL, had his right knee twisted awkwardly underneath … [Read more...]
Packers defense shows cracks as the Broncos win to stay undefeated
Packers defense shows cracks as the Broncos win to stay undefeated DENVER — When Clay Matthews went to the bench to have his ankle looked at in the third quarter, C.J. Anderson ran through the middle for an easy touchdown like the Green Bay Packers forgot to put an 11th defender on the field as a replacement. Really, it seemed all night like the Packers were playing shorthanded in a 29-10 … [Read more...]
Mets blow ninth-inning lead in Game 5 after Lucas Duda’s errant throw home
Mets blow ninth-inning lead in Game 5 after Lucas Duda's errant throw home Your browser does not support iframes. NEW YORK — Three more outs. Matt Harvey was sure he had three more outs in him and convinced his manager of it. The New York Mets would stay alive in the World Series if he did. But the Kansas City Royals, well, they don't give up that easily. [Related: Yoenis Cespedes leaves … [Read more...]
Uzziel wins $200,000 Goldikova Stakes at Del Mar (The Associated Press)
Uzziel wins $200,000 Goldikova Stakes at Del Mar (The Associated Press) Uzziel led all the way to win the $200,000 Goldikova Stakes for older fillies and mares by 2 1/4 lengths Sunday at Del Mar. Ridden by Hall of Famer Kent Desormeaux, Uzziel ran a mile on turf in 1:34.77 and paid $15.40, $6 and $5. Desormeaux's brother, Keith, trains the 4-year-old filly. … [Read more...]