Finest City wins Great Lady M. Stakes at Los Alamitos (The Associated Press) Finest City caught the pacesetters nearing the finish line and went on to a 1 1/4-length victory in the $200,690 Great Lady M. Stakes for fillies and mares Saturday at Los Alamitos. Ridden by Kent Desormeaux, Finest City ran 6 1/2 furlongs in a track-record 1:14.48, bettering the mark of 1:14.60 set by Patriots … [Read more...]
Bit Of A Legend wins Levy Memorial at Yonkers (The Associated Press)
Bit Of A Legend wins Levy Memorial at Yonkers (The Associated Press) YONKERS, N.Y. (AP) -- Bit Of A Legend won the $609,000 Levy Memorial on Saturday night at Yonkers Raceway, beating All Bets Off by a length in the richest race for pacers so far this year. … [Read more...]
Nashville Predators near elimination with offensive drought
Nashville Predators near elimination with offensive drought ANAHEIM. Calif. – Nashville Predators defenseman Roman Josi sounded shocked that his team couldn't muster more goals in their Game 5 loss. After the 5-2 defeat, a subdued Josi kept pointing out his team had multiple opportunities to score against the Anaheim Ducks defense but just couldn’t bury them. “We’re playing well. I thought … [Read more...]
A huge 2nd-half run got Charlotte back in the series with Miami
A huge 2nd-half run got Charlotte back in the series with Miami The Charlotte Hornets entered Game 3 of their first-round series with the Miami Heat in a tough spot, having surrendered two huge offensive performances to the East's No. 3 seed for a 2-0 deficit and being forced to play without starting forward Nicolas Batum for at least one game due to a left foot injury. Charlotte would need … [Read more...]
UFC 197: Jones vs. Saint Preux analysis
UFC 197: Jones vs. Saint Preux analysis … [Read more...]
Ricky Barnes takes 1-stroke lead thru 54 holes at Texas Open
Ricky Barnes takes 1-stroke lead thru 54 holes at Texas Open Ricky Barnes won the 2002 U.S. Amateur, and big things were expected of the California native. There were glimpses of his potential but never any trophies. Now, at 35, Barnes could land his first PGA Tour win on Sunday. On the back of a 5-under 67 on Saturday at TPC San Antonio, Barnes will carry a one-shot lead into the final … [Read more...]
Mavs' Williams aggravates ab injury, out for game
Mavs' Williams aggravates ab injury, out for game 8:48 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 -- Dallas Mavericks point guard Deron Williams returned to action Saturday, but lasted less than 90 seconds before being ruled out for the … [Read more...]
Tanner Roark shaves beard, leads Nationals to record performance
Tanner Roark shaves beard, leads Nationals to record performance If the Minnesota Twins thought they were catching a break on Saturday because they weren't facing Max Scherzer, Stephen Strasburg or Gio Gonzalez, they had another thing coming. [Join a Yahoo Daily Fantasy Baseball contest now] And then another thing, and then another thing, and then about 15 more things, on their way to … [Read more...]
Valanciunas' physical play draws ire of P. George
Valanciunas' physical play draws ire of P. George 7:52 PM ET Mike Mazzeo Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Brooklyn Nets for ESPNNewYork.com Mike Wells Close ESPN Staff Writer Previously worked at Indianapolis Star, covering the Indiana Pacers for nine seasons Also covered Vikings for St. Paul Pioneer Press print INDIANAPOLIS -- Pacers forward Paul George took exception … [Read more...]
Yahoo DFS Hockey: Saturday Picks – Yahoo Sports
Yahoo DFS Hockey: Saturday Picks - Yahoo Sports Saturday's three-game NHL slate features a pair of potential elimination games as well as a pivotal Game 5 contest in Anaheim. While Penguins and Blues players have been the more effective fantasy commodities in leading their teams to series leads, it should be noted that the Rangers came back from this exact series deficit against the a … [Read more...]