Global Magician wins turf feature at Del Mar (The Associated Press) DEL MAR, Calif. (AP) -- Global Magician overhauled pacesetter Signature Cat in the stretch to win the $53,000 feature by 1 1/4 lengths Thursday at Del Mar. … [Read more...]
Arsene Wenger right to feel relaxed about new contracts for Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil
Arsene Wenger right to feel relaxed about new contracts for Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil News broke on Wednesday, courtesy of Daily Mirror’s John Cross, that Arsenal were set to announce a new contract extension for superstar Alexis Sanchez, and a deal keeping Mesut Özil in north London was next. Cross stated that the Chile international was about to receive a pay raise that would […] … [Read more...]
Alex Ovechkin breaks NHL record for most career goals by a Russian (Video)
Alex Ovechkin breaks NHL record for most career goals by a Russian (Video) Washington Capitals forward Alexander Ovechkin has scored more goals at the NHL level than any Russian in the game’s history. Ovechkin took a feed in front of the Dallas Stars net in the third period of a Thursday game at Verizon Center and buried the shot past Kari Lehtonen. Ovechkin’s 484th goal came in his 777th … [Read more...]
Ty Lawson enters guilty plea on charges stemming from January DUI arrest
Ty Lawson enters guilty plea on charges stemming from January DUI arrest Houston Rockets point guard Ty Lawson pleaded guilty on Thursday to driving while ability-impaired and failing to drive in a single lane in connection with his arrest on suspicion of driving under the influence in Colorado back in January. [Play Yahoo Daily Fantasy and get a 100% deposit bonus with your first deposit] … [Read more...]
Kings F Gay exits loss with shoulder strain
Kings F Gay exits loss with shoulder strain Associated Press 0 Shares print MIAMI -- Sacramento forward Rudy Gay left the Kings' 116-109 loss to the Miami Heat on Thursday after straining his left shoulder. The NBA has suspended Kings star forward DeMarcus Cousins one game for hitting Atlanta's Al Horford in the head with a forearm Wednesday. Gay was hurt in the third quarter … [Read more...]
Houston offers to increase Tom Herman’s salary to $3 million
Houston offers to increase Tom Herman's salary to $3 million Houston is poised to make Tom Herman a very rich man — if he stays at Houston. The University of Houston Board of Regents on Thursday approved a deal that would nearly double Herman’s salary to $3 million. The raise would make Herman the highest paid coach from a Group of Five school and the 32nd-highest paid coach in the country. … [Read more...]
Steve Nash on Stephen Curry: ‘Maybe as skilled a player as we’ve ever had’
Steve Nash on Stephen Curry: 'Maybe as skilled a player as we’ve ever had' “Skill” is a tricky concept, because we will forever be arguing about the delineation point between what was gifted from above, and what was worked out during dribbling drills in the garage when it was too cold to go shoot outside. [Follow Dunks Don't Lie on Tumblr: The best slams from all of basketball] What we can’t … [Read more...]
StewPod: Yasiel Puig, Jose Fernandez and MLB beef season
StewPod: Yasiel Puig, Jose Fernandez and MLB beef season It's apparently beef season in baseball. We're getting stories this week about unsettled problems involving Yasiel Puig in L.A. and Jose Fernandez in Miami. And, of course, awards season always brings out a lot of angry baseball fans. Here to talk about all that and more on this week's StewPod are Mike Oz and Chris Cwik. We also delve … [Read more...]
Week 11 Fantasy Football Power Rankings: Bengals-Cardinals has plenty of intrigue
Week 11 Fantasy Football Power Rankings: Bengals-Cardinals has plenty of intrigue Let’s put a fantasy spin on the this week’s action by ranking the games in expected order of point-producing relevance using the over/under totals from VegasInsider.com. Note: Dollar values in parentheses denote a player's current week price in the Yahoo Daily Fantasy game. It is displayed for point of … [Read more...]
Julia Mancuso healing after hip surgery (The Associated Press)
Julia Mancuso healing after hip surgery (The Associated Press) American skier Julia Mancuso went in for a simple hip surgery - if there is such a thing - and 5 1/2 hours later had one that was completely overhauled. ''I would never stop my career when I feel like it is being kicked when you're down,'' the 31-year-old Mancuso said Thursday as her teammates trained at the U.S. Ski Team Speed … [Read more...]