Cycling-Giant-Alpecin riders hurt in car collision in Spain (Reuters) Six Giant-Alpecin riders have been taken to hospital after being struck by a car driven by a British woman while training in southern Spain, with two suffering serious injuries, emergency services said on Saturday. The German team's riders, who were not identified by name, were hit by the car on a minor road near Alicante … [Read more...]
Cycling-Italian Malori stable after Tour de San Luis crash (Reuters)
Cycling-Italian Malori stable after Tour de San Luis crash (Reuters) BUENOS AIRES, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Italian Adriano Malori, individual time-trial runner-up at last year's world cycling championships, is in a "stable condition" after crashing at the Tour de San Luis in Argentina. A doctor said in a statement on Saturday that Malori was in intensive care but that his condition had improved … [Read more...]
New Cavs coach Tyronn Lue promises he will ‘do some things better’
New Cavs coach Tyronn Lue promises he will 'do some things better' New Cleveland Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue and former Cavs coach David Blatt were not longtime coaching partners. Lue never played under Blatt in his active career, and he never acted as an assistant on Blatt’s bench prior to last season. He was as associate head coach after the Cavaliers considered him as the lead man prior to … [Read more...]
Transcript reveals password in hacking scandal was player’s name
Transcript reveals password in hacking scandal was player's name On Dec. 8, former Cardinals scouting director Christopher Correa pled guilty to five counts of unauthorized access to a computer for hacking the Houston Astros database. And on that day, several startling details from a Dec. 22 court filing became public, which shed a whole new perspective on the hacking scandal. As it pertains … [Read more...]
Refs miss multiple violations before Ball State buzzer beater
Refs miss multiple violations before Ball State buzzer beater Maybe they had their eyes closed. Maybe they had a flight to catch and couldn't risk a third overtime. Maybe each of their whistles failed at once. Whatever the reason, it's baffling that the referees at Saturday's Ball State-Eastern Michigan game ignored multiple blatant violations that preceded Cardinals guard Francis Kiapway … [Read more...]
NHL Three Stars: Luongo blanks Blackhawks; Larkin fires winner over Sabres
NHL Three Stars: Luongo blanks Blackhawks; Larkin fires winner over Sabres No. 1 Star: Roberto Luongo, Florida Panthers Stopped all 27 shots on goal to best the Chicago Blackhawks 4-0. The shutout was Luongo’s 72nd of his NHL career. He moved ahead of Lorne Chabot and Harry Lumley for 11th in NHL history. With 421 career wins, Luongo is two from tying Tony Esposito for seventh in NHL … [Read more...]
Israeli fans not happy with Cavs after Blatt firing
Israeli fans not happy with Cavs after Blatt firing 3:23 PM ET Associated Press print TEL AVIV, Israel -- The Cleveland Cavaliers suddenly have far fewer fans in Israel after the firing of David Blatt. The shock announcement on Friday, despite the second-year coach leading the Cavs to the NBA Finals a year ago and to the top of the Eastern Conference this season, was taken personally … [Read more...]
NFL Picks Against the Spread and Playoff Predictions 2016: Conference Championship Games – Bleeding Green Nation
NFL Picks Against the Spread and Playoff Predictions 2016: Conference Championship Games - Bleeding Green Nation Streeter Lecka/Getty Images The Championship round of the 2016 NFL playoff schedule starts on Sunday. Here are my suggestions when trying to beat the odds. Before the next round of the 2016 NFL playoffs kicks off, I thought we'd have some fun by looking at the spreads for this week's … [Read more...]
Duquesne players, coaches stuck overnight on bus during blizzard
Duquesne players, coaches stuck overnight on bus during blizzard At least the Duquesne men's basketball team won its game 86-75 at George Mason on Friday afternoon. A loss on the road would have made what came next even more difficult to handle. The Dukes headed home on the team bus after the game driving through the blizzard that has overwhelmed large portions of the East Coast. The game … [Read more...]
6 cyclists from Giant-Alpecin in hospital after incident (The Associated Press)
6 cyclists from Giant-Alpecin in hospital after incident (The Associated Press) Six cyclists from the Giant-Alpecin team were hospitalized and are in stable condition after being hit by a car while training in Spain, the team said Saturday. Giant-Alpecin said on its website that cyclists Warren Barguil of France, Germans John Degenkolb and Max Walscheid, American Chad Haga, Swede Fredrik … [Read more...]