Shiffrin grabs lead after 1st run of World Cup slalom (The Associated Press) ASPEN, Colo. (AP) -- Mikaela Shiffrin bounced back from a crash the day before to take a big lead following the first run of a World Cup slalom Saturday. … [Read more...]
Warriors drain franchise-record 22 3-pointers, torch Suns, improve to 17-0
Warriors drain franchise-record 22 3-pointers, torch Suns, improve to 17-0 During a radio interview last week, I fielded the question that just about everybody who talks or writes about the NBA has been asked in recent weeks: So when the heck are the Golden State Warriors going to lose? My answer, I suspect, was the same as everyone else's — "I have no idea" — but I did wonder if they might … [Read more...]
Report: Marlins fired broadcaster Tommy Hutton for being ‘too negative’
Report: Marlins fired broadcaster Tommy Hutton for being 'too negative' Just when you thought the Miami Marlins had exhausted every avenue possible to make themselves look like an out-of-touch, poorly run organization, another story like this one surfaces. On Nov. 23, the Marlins and broadcaster partner Fox mutually agreed not to renew the contract of broadcaster Tommy Hutton, who had been … [Read more...]
Team News: Team News – Week 14
Team News: Team News - Week 14 Saturday Midday Kickoffs Aston Villa v Watford Aston Villa XI: Guzan; Hutton, Richards, Clark, Richardson; Gana, Veretout, Sanchez, Gil; J Ayew, Sinclair Substitutes: Bunn; Okore, Bacuna, Westwood, Lescott, Traore, Gestede Changes: Sanchez and Sinclair in for Westwood and Grealish Watford XI: Gomes (GK); Nyom, Britos, Cathcart, Ake; Capoue, Watson; Paredes, … [Read more...]
Deep-sixed: 76ers set U.S. record for consecutive defeats with loss to Rockets
Deep-sixed: 76ers set U.S. record for consecutive defeats with loss to Rockets The Philadelphia 76ers battled like an honest-to-goodness NBA team on Friday. They came back from an 11-point deficit with a furious 22-6 run, and held a seven-point lead over James Harden and the similarly scuffling — to whatever extent anybody's scuffles can be considered similar to what's transpiring in the … [Read more...]
Tulane fires Curtis Johnson after second-straight 3-9 season
Tulane fires Curtis Johnson after second-straight 3-9 season We've got another college football coaching vacancy. Tulane announced Saturday morning that it had fired coach Curtis Johnson after a loss to Tulsa on Friday ended a 3-9 season. "I want to thank CJ for his hard work and his dedication to rebuilding the Green Wave football program. His efforts were rewarded in 2013 when Tulane … [Read more...]
Boxing-Fury in row over ring canvas for Klitschko fight (Reuters)
Boxing-Fury in row over ring canvas for Klitschko fight (Reuters) British challenger Tyson Fury complained about the condition of the ring canvas at Duesseldorf's Esprit arena as a fresh dispute erupted hours before his world title fight with heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko on Saturday. Fury's handlers protested about the canvas being too soft and had warned the fight could be … [Read more...]
Deep-sixed: 76ers set new U.S. record for consecutive defeats with loss to Rockets
Deep-sixed: 76ers set new U.S. record for consecutive defeats with loss to Rockets The Philadelphia 76ers battled like an honest-to-goodness NBA team on Friday. They came back from an 11-point deficit with a furious 22-6 run, and held a seven-point lead over James Harden and the similarly scuffling — to whatever extent anybody's scuffles can be considered similar to what's transpiring in the … [Read more...]
Miami PD considers Yasiel Puig case closed, Dodgers decline to comment
Miami PD considers Yasiel Puig case closed, Dodgers decline to comment New details on Yasiel Puig's reported fight at a martini bar in Miami have emerged courtesy of the Los Angeles Times' Dylan Hernandez. After speaking to Major Delrish Moss of the Miami Police Department, Hernandez has learned that though Puig was clearly involved in an altercation on Wednesday night, what was reported to … [Read more...]
VCU vs. Old Dominion – 11/28/15 College Basketball Pick, Odds, and Prediction – Sports Chat Place
VCU vs. Old Dominion - 11/28/15 College Basketball Pick, Odds, and Prediction - Sports Chat Place Old Dominion Monarchs (3-2) at Virginia Commonwealth Rams (3-2) College Basketball: Saturday, November 28, 2015 at 4:00 pm (Siegel Center) The Line: Virginia Commonwealth Rams -8 -- Over/Under: 129.5 See the Latest Odds TV: The VCU Rams and the Old Dominion Monarchs face off on Saturday in college … [Read more...]