Pablo Sandoval's former trainer speaks out: He needs a babysitter The Boston Red Sox and their portly $95-million benchwarmer Pablo Sandoval find themselves in something of a standoff these days. While it's unclear how much time, if any, he'll see in a Red Sox uniform again, one ex-Sandoval confidant knows at least one way to help the Panda. Get him a babysitter. If you've missed the recent … [Read more...]
Cards' Garcia fans 13 in one-hitter vs. Brewers
Cards' Garcia fans 13 in one-hitter vs. Brewers In Thursday's 7-0 win over the Brewers, Cardinals lefty Jaime Garcia authored the following line: 9 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 13 K, 1 BB Needless to say, that's an impressive start. Garcia also carried a no-hitter into the sixth. After that gem, his 2016 ERA now stands at 2.40 after two starts with 19 strikeouts and four walks in 15 innings. That brings … [Read more...]
Howdy wins opening day feature at Los Alamitos (The Associated Press)
Howdy wins opening day feature at Los Alamitos (The Associated Press) LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. (AP) -- Howdy won the $54,970 feature by two lengths Thursday on opening day of the spring meet at Los Alamitos. … [Read more...]
Key areas that Arsenal need to address in central defense before 2016/17 season
Key areas that Arsenal need to address in central defense before 2016/17 season The 2015/16 season has been a bit of a strange one for the Gunners. It seems as if the north London club are always either in the middle of a high-scoring shootout, or fighting to a 0-0 draw. There hasn’t been much in between. In fact, Arsenal have been a […] The 2015/16 season has been a bit of a strange one … [Read more...]
Happy Hour: Your Texas prayer reactions and more
Happy Hour: Your Texas prayer reactions and more It's time for Happy Hour. As always, tweet us your thoughts or shoot us an email at [email protected] if you want to participate. Oh boy, the email inbox was packed this week. And there was a common theme: the prayer before Saturday night's race at Texas. If you somehow misssed it, here's a post with the transcript of the prayer and … [Read more...]
Sean Couturier reportedly out for series with upper-body injury
Sean Couturier reportedly out for series with upper-body injury The Philadelphia Flyers began the third period of Game 1 against the Washington Capitals down 1-0 and without center Sean Couturier. The 23-year-old pivot was absent from their bench after a second period hit from Alex Ovechkin. As you see, Couturier got up favoring his left arm and went straight to the locker room to get … [Read more...]
2016 NFL schedule: Top 10 games we can’t wait to watch
2016 NFL schedule: Top 10 games we can't wait to watch Now that we know the "when" in the who-what-when-where equation of the 2016 NFL regular-season schedule, here's a look at the top 10 games we can't wait to watch (all times listed are Eastern). 10. Arizona Cardinals at Carolina Panthers, Week 8 (Oct. 30, 4:25 p.m.) The NFC championship game got out of hand early, with the Panthers up … [Read more...]