Making the driver: Landon Cassill Welcome to a new weekly From the Marbles feature titled "Making the driver." Throughout the course of the season we're going to talk to drivers throughout racing and get to know a little bit more about their background and how they got to where they are now. The format of the post can vary. Sometimes it'll be a feature, other times it could be a straight … [Read more...]
Darnell Nurse suspended three games for violating ‘aggressor’ rule
Darnell Nurse suspended three games for violating 'aggressor' rule The NHL suspended Edmonton Oilers defenseman Darnell Nurse three games for violating the league’s “aggressor” rule during an altercation with San Jose Sharks defenseman Roman Polak. The play happened on Tuesday in San Jose’s 3-0 win over Edmonton. As Polak went to the Sharks bench to make a line change, Nurse encountered him … [Read more...]
Referee Joey Crawford retires from the NBA
Referee Joey Crawford retires from the NBA Joey Crawford has refereed his final NBA game. [Join a Yahoo Daily Fantasy Basketball contest today] [Follow Dunks Don't Lie on Tumblr: The best slams from all of basketball] To many of you, this is welcome news. Those of you that think he had it out for your favorite team. Those of you that only paid attention to his yearly bouts of showmanship, … [Read more...]
Cycling-Road-Paris – Nice stage 4 results (Reuters)
Cycling-Road-Paris - Nice stage 4 results (Reuters) March 10 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from Paris - Nice (Julienas - Romans-sur-Isere, 195.5 km) on Thursday 1. Nacer Bouhanni (France / Cofidis) 4:42:29" 2. Edward Theuns (Belgium / Trek) ST 3. Andre Greipel (Germany / Lotto) 4. Alexander Kristoff (Norway / Katusha) 5. Michael Matthews (Australia / Orica) 6. Ben Swift (Britain / Team Sky) … [Read more...]
Cycling-Road-Paris – Nice classification after stage 4 (Reuters)
Cycling-Road-Paris - Nice classification after stage 4 (Reuters) March 10 (Infostrada Sports) - Classification from Paris - Nice after Stage 4 on Thursday 1. Michael Matthews (Australia / Orica) 14:24:15" 2. Tom Dumoulin (Netherlands / Giant) +14" 3. Patrick Bevin (New Zealand / Cannondale) +19" 4. Jon Izagirre (Spain / Movistar) 5. Geraint Thomas (Britain / Team Sky) 6. Lieuwe Westra … [Read more...]
Weekly Picks: Fuzzy Logic: Week 30 Rankings
Weekly Picks: Fuzzy Logic: Week 30 Rankings The Premier League last weekend was quite the roller coaster adventure. Points aplenty and exciting matches, starting off with the back and forth battle of the North London derby. We consumed so much delicious football, the league decided that we needed to go on a bit of a diet. Yes, we are cutting our calories in half this weekend with only five … [Read more...]
Is RG3’s best landing spot with Rams? Breaking down his next move
Is RG3's best landing spot with Rams? Breaking down his next move Robert Griffin, since he was benched last summer, has lived on the periphery of the NFL. He is still around, but we haven't heard or seen much from him at all. He didn't play a snap last season. He hasn't posted anything on Twitter about his future, and it's hard to even remember when his last interview was. But he's a … [Read more...]
Carlisle: Ref apologized, matter's in 'the past'
Carlisle: Ref apologized, matter's in 'the past' 2:50 PM ET Tim MacMahonESPN Staff Writer Close Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM print DALLAS -- Rick Carlisle said Thursday that referee David Jones apologized to him for Wednesday's interaction with point guard Deron … [Read more...]
Rick Carlisle blasts ref for ‘baiting’ Deron Williams into a tech
Rick Carlisle blasts ref for 'baiting' Deron Williams into a tech You rarely see this, and for good reason. [Join a Yahoo Daily Fantasy Basketball contest today] [Follow Dunks Don't Lie on Tumblr: The best slams from all of basketball] During Wednesday night’s Pistons defeat of the Dallas Mavericks, referee David Jones clearly walked into Dallas’ timeout huddle to continue to spar with angry … [Read more...]
Ruben Amaro Jr. claims he used analytics, but never promoted it
Ruben Amaro Jr. claims he used analytics, but never promoted it As general manager of the Philadelphia Phillies, Ruben Amaro Jr. enjoyed early success while overseeing and adding to a championship roster that was built by previous GM and longtime mentor Pat Gillick. Amaro officially took over the job the day after Philadelphia's World Series championship parade in 2008, and under his watch, … [Read more...]