Baseball's five best free-agent bargains of 2015 Major League Baseball teams will be spending this holiday season just like you: Searching for the cheapest deals and the best bargains. That's right, free agency is upon us, and not every team can afford to throw around money like the Los Angeles Dodgers. Some clubs have real payroll concerns and can't go out and spend millions of dollars on … [Read more...]
Celebrity chef Bobby Flay on racing Hall of Fame board (The Associated Press)
Celebrity chef Bobby Flay on racing Hall of Fame board (The Associated Press) SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) -- Celebrity chef and thoroughbred horse owner Bobby Flay has been appointed to the board of trustees of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. … [Read more...]
Born of tragedy, Homestead Speedway has helped a city return
Born of tragedy, Homestead Speedway has helped a city return HOMESTEAD, Fla.—America’s highway system, for all practical purposes, ends about a mile from Homestead-Miami Speedway. The tunnel leading into the track bears the designation of “Southernmost Tunnel in the United States, 180 miles from Cuba.” The track sits in the middle of swampland, the runoff of the Everglades. The roads around … [Read more...]
Ray Lewis would take Rex Ryan over Bill Belichick as coach ‘all day’
Ray Lewis would take Rex Ryan over Bill Belichick as coach 'all day' As we all know, New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick can be as prickly as a cactus - and as huggable as one as well. But if you can set aside your feelings for Belichick the person, there's no denying that Belichick the coach is one of the best to ever pace an NFL sideline. As head coach of the Patriots, he's won four … [Read more...]
Civilian review board: NYPD had no right to arrest Thabo Sefolosha
Civilian review board: NYPD had no right to arrest Thabo Sefolosha The New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board ruled Monday that the New York Police Department officers who arrested Atlanta Hawks swingman Thabo Sefolosha outside of a Manhattan nightclub in April had no cause to do so. The board, however, stopped short of saying that officers used excessive force in taking Sefolosha … [Read more...]
Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Stanford Cardinals Point Spread Pick
Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Stanford Cardinals Point Spread Pick. The 10-1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish head into the 9-2 Stanford Cardinals on Saturday Nov. 28, 2015 for this Week 13 NCAAF matchup on the grass of Stanford Stadium. Kick-off is scheduled for 7:30PM ET. Betting Odds Point Spread: Stanford -3.5 Total: 55 Notre Dame moved to 10-1 on the season with a 19-16 win over Boston … [Read more...]
NFL Week 12 Picks: Cowboys stun Panthers, Seahawks over Steelers – CBSSports.com
NFL Week 12 Picks: Cowboys stun Panthers, Seahawks over Steelers - CBSSports.com After 52 weeks of waiting, it's finally Thanksgiving again, which is awesome because it's my favorite holiday. If it were up to me, Thanksgiving would be held twice a month, every other month. However, if that happened, turkeys would probably go extinct, so it's probably a good thing that I don't get to decide when … [Read more...]
Prem 'likes idea' of no Chelsea title
Prem 'likes idea' of no Chelsea title 0 Shares print Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore "likes the idea" of Chelsea struggling to defend their title this season, and told CNN that a new champion would be good for the "competitive dynamic" of the English top flight. Chelsea finished eight points clear of second-placed Manchester City to lift last season's title, but … [Read more...]
Kenta Maeda tells Hiroshima Carp he wants to be posted this offseason
Kenta Maeda tells Hiroshima Carp he wants to be posted this offseason The free-agent pitching market is about to get richer. Japanese ace Kenta Maeda told the Hiroshima Carp that he would like to play in the majors next season, according to the Associated Press. In order for that to happen, the Carp would have to allow Maeda to go through the posting system. Under the new system, the Carp … [Read more...]
NBA Expert Picks and Best Bets: Will the Warriors blow out the Lakers? – CBSSports.com
NBA Expert Picks and Best Bets: Will the Warriors blow out the Lakers? - CBSSports.com Our CBSSports.com NBA Expert Picks for Tuesday, November 24, 2015 from Ananth Pandian, James Herbert and SportsLine's Nick Kostos. The latest from SportsLineFirst we'll share our best bets for Tuesday, then below, we'll measure ourselves against one another by picking three common games. For SportsLine picks, … [Read more...]