Roundtable: What MLB performance has impressed you most thus far? Small samples in baseball are stupid. It's fun to say Player X is on pace to hit a million home runs, and you want to believe your team will actually go 162-0, but we all know those are silly statements. [Sign up for Fantasy Baseball | Play for $40K | Expert rankings | Mock draft] Crazy things can happen over three to four … [Read more...]
Penn State corner Grant Haley talks Joe Moorhead's offense, Chris Godwin's desire to excel and Manny Bowen's promise – PennLive.com
Penn State corner Grant Haley talks Joe Moorhead's offense, Chris Godwin's desire to excel and Manny Bowen's promise - PennLive.com Penn State's 2016 defensive makeover is significant. The unit must replace three NFL-caliber linemen — including All-American Carl Nassib — and defensive backs Jordan Lucas and Trevor Williams. But junior Grant Haley should be a fixture at one of new … [Read more...]
Dodgers set scoreless IP record in 3rd shutout
Dodgers set scoreless IP record in 3rd shutout The Padres looked like they'd done it. In their 24th inning of the season, it looked like, at long last, they'd finally scored their first run. Yet fate had other plans. With runners on the corners and one away, Wil Myers hit a bouncer to Dodgers first baseman Adrian Gonzalez. Given the Dodgers' five-run lead, it was reasonable to expect Gonzalez to … [Read more...]
Keeneland's 2016 Spring Meet at a glance – The Courier-Journal
Keeneland's 2016 Spring Meet at a glance - The Courier-Journal Horses hit the top of the stretch last spring at Keeneland.(Photo: Coady Photography) Dates: Starting Friday, April 8, regular racing days are Wednesday-Sunday with the meet set to close on Friday, April 29. The meet measures 16 days in all. Post times: 1:05 p.m. except for Saturday, April 9, and Saturday, April 16 when first … [Read more...]
Ogden Mills Phipps, owner and horse racing giant, dies at 75 (The Associated Press)
Ogden Mills Phipps, owner and horse racing giant, dies at 75 (The Associated Press) Ogden Mills ''Dinny'' Phipps, a prominent thoroughbred owner and breeder whose stable produced 2013 Kentucky Derby winner Orb, has died. Phipps died Wednesday night at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, The Jockey Club said Thursday. The horse racing organization, of which Phipps was once its longtime … [Read more...]
Ernie Els shoots worst score ever recorded on Augusta’s first hole
Ernie Els shoots worst score ever recorded on Augusta's first hole AUGUSTA, Ga.—They say you can't win the Masters on the first day, but Ernie Els did his best to prove you can lose it on the very first hole. Els carded an unbelievable 10—that would be six strokes over par—on the very first hole of the Masters. Even worse: Els had a two-foot putt for par, and somehow seven-putted. One hole … [Read more...]
NCAA Frozen Four preview: Can top seed Quinnipiac conquer history?
NCAA Frozen Four preview: Can top seed Quinnipiac conquer history? It wasn't that all long ago the Quinnipiac Bobcats were barely a team at all. They existed as a Division II program from 1975 to 1998, but Division II hockey effectively stopped existing as a thing the NCAA recognizes as a championship sport in the mid-1980s, and came back for a brief run in the '90s. There hasn't been a … [Read more...]
NFL teams already questioning playing in China, as they should
NFL teams already questioning playing in China, as they should The NFL has a serious desire to grow internationally, and it's not often you'll see owners step out of line and publicly question a big league initiative. But two years before the NFL hopes to hold a game in China, two of the league's most prominent franchises have questioned the league's plan to play a regular-season game there. … [Read more...]
The Timberwolves’ owner expects Kevin Garnett to play next year
The Timberwolves' owner expects Kevin Garnett to play next year We haven't seen Kevin Garnett take the floor since January 23, when he played nine minutes in the Minnesota Timberwolves' 106-101 win over the Memphis Grizzlies before bowing out of the Wolves' lineup due to right knee soreness. He's still been there on the sideline, coaching and talking trash and doing his part to help expedite … [Read more...]
ESPN’s Bomani Jones riles fans up with Cleveland Caucasians shirt
ESPN's Bomani Jones riles fans up with Cleveland Caucasians shirt For years now, many have urged the Cleveland Indians to drop the Chief Wahoo logo. The mascot depicts a racist caricature of Native Americans, and is clearly offensive to many Native American groups. [Sign up for Fantasy Baseball | Play for $40K | Expert rankings | Mock draft] While the team has moved away from Chief Wahoo as … [Read more...]