2016 NFL draft grades for Rounds 2-3 CHICAGO – The Jags look scary. Jerry Jones gambled, as only he can. And there was a surprise at what quarterbacks heard their names called on Friday night. Oh, and someone traded UP to get a kicker. Here are knee-jerk reactions and grades for Day 2 of the NFL draft, which featured Rounds 2 and 3. Round 2 1. Cleveland Browns: DE Emmanuel Ogbah – A big, … [Read more...]
Blazers fend off tough Clippers to win series, move on to Warriors
Blazers fend off tough Clippers to win series, move on to Warriors No one gave the Los Angeles Clippers much chance to challenge the Portland Trail Blazers after Chris Paul and Blake Griffin went down with season-ending injuries in Game 4 of their first-round series earlier this week. The Clippers weren't able to win any games without their stars, but they pushed the Blazers much farther … [Read more...]
The Walk Off: Mets ride historic 12-run inning to victory
The Walk Off: Mets ride historic 12-run inning to victory Welcome to The Walk Off, the nightly MLB recap from Big League Stew. Here we'll look at the top performers of the night, show you a must-see highlight and rundown the scoreboard. First, we start with a game you need to know about. The New York Mets offense remained red hot on Friday, scoring a team-record 12 runs in the third inning … [Read more...]
Amateur plumber Bradberry now professional cornerback for Panthers
Amateur plumber Bradberry now professional cornerback for Panthers Players who aren't invited to the green room at the NFL Draft decide to wait for their moment in a lot of different ways, though most of them involve friends and family and a party of some sort. Newly-minted Carolina Panthers cornerback James Bradberry was with family, but he wasn't exactly partying when the call came in from … [Read more...]
The Walk Off: Mets ride historic 12-run third inning to victory
The Walk Off: Mets ride historic 12-run third inning to victory Welcome to The Walk Off, the nightly MLB recap from Big League Stew. Here we'll look at the top performers of the night, show you a must-see highlight and rundown the scoreboard. First, we start with a game you need to know about. The New York Mets offense remained red hot on Friday, scoring a team-record 12 runs in the third … [Read more...]
Record 10 Buckeyes taken in first three rounds
Record 10 Buckeyes taken in first three rounds If you were wondering just how much talent Ohio State needs to replace off its 2015 team, a quick glance of the first three rounds of the 2016 NFL Draft will tell you all you need to know. Ten Ohio State football players were selected in the 94 picks, meaning nearly 11 percent of the players taken to that point had been Buckeyes. In the first round on … [Read more...]
Scheduled IndyCar race on streets of Boston canceled (The Associated Press)
Scheduled IndyCar race on streets of Boston canceled (The Associated Press) Now an IndyCar race is pulling out of Boston before it even began. Organizers of the Grand Prix of Boston, which had been planned for Labor Day weekend this year and again each year through 2020, told the open wheel circuit Friday that they have scratched plans to bring a race to the city. Like the Olympics before … [Read more...]
Take It Easyplease rallies to win feature at Los Alamitos (The Associated Press)
Take It Easyplease rallies to win feature at Los Alamitos (The Associated Press) LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. (AP) -- Take It Easyplease rallied in the final eighth of a mile to win the $46,380 feature by three-quarters of a length Friday at Los Alamitos. … [Read more...]
In the third round the Patriots select … a quarterback?
In the third round the Patriots select ... a quarterback? When the New England Patriots make an unusual pick, you shrug and assume Bill Belichick knows what he's doing, and Patriots fans hope it's not just another Dominique Easley reach. But the Jacoby Brissett pick was pretty unusual. Brissett is a talented quarterback from N.C. State. He makes sense as a third-round developmental pick, … [Read more...]
Would Dee Gordon have caught Jonathan Lucroy’s no-hitter spoiler?
Would Dee Gordon have caught Jonathan Lucroy's no-hitter spoiler? The Miami Marlins needed something positive on Friday to take their minds off Dee Gordon's 80-game PED suspension. Enter 26-year-old left-hander Adam Conley, who answered the call by nearly making history. [Related: Bryce Harper doesn't want Dee Gordon's 2015 batting championship] Making only his 16th career start, Conley … [Read more...]