Miami DE Al-Quadin Muhammad has knee surgery Miami defensive end Al-Quadin Muhammad had arthroscopic knee surgery on Friday. Muhammad posted a picture of himself in the hospital to Instagram. According to the Palm Beach Post, Miami officials said the arthroscopic surgery was “a small procedure done on his knee” and he could return to football activities in two weeks. Curiously, the Instagram … [Read more...]
Big 12 told 12 teams, title game best for league
Big 12 told 12 teams, title game best for league PHOENIX -- The Big 12's best chance to reach the College Football Playoff is to expand to 12 teams and stage a conference championship game, according to research by an analytics firm hired by the league. The numbers run by Chicago-based Navigate Research show the Big 12 has a 4-5 percent better chance of reaching the top four in the CFP by adding … [Read more...]
Is Leicester’s 5,000-1 upset the greatest sporting shock? (Reuters)
Is Leicester's 5,000-1 upset the greatest sporting shock? (Reuters) By Ian Chadband LONDON (Reuters) - At the start of the English football season last August, bookmakers in Britain were offering odds of 5,000-1 against Leicester City winning the Premier League. The bookies offered odds 10 times more generous that the Loch Ness Monster would be discovered. Or more than twice as generous … [Read more...]
Olympic flame set to arrive in Brazil for torch relay (Yahoo Sports)
Olympic flame set to arrive in Brazil for torch relay (Yahoo Sports) The Olympic flame is set to arrive in Brazil, kicking off a three-month torch relay around the country that will end at the Maracana stadium when the games open on Aug. 5. President Dilma Rousseff is to receive the lantern at the Planalto presidential palace, igniting the torch to begin its journey around the country. The … [Read more...]
Olli Maatta out of Game 3; should Fleury replace Murray?
Olli Maatta out of Game 3; should Fleury replace Murray? Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said that defenseman Olli Maatta, last seen struggling to leave the ice after Brooks Orpik’s head shot, will not play in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series. Sullivan didn’t say if it’ll be Derrick Pouliot or Justin Schultz replacing him in the lineup, but the Penguins told the … [Read more...]
It doesn’t sound like Curt Schilling is getting a job at Fox Sports
It doesn't sound like Curt Schilling is getting a job at Fox Sports When ESPN fired baseball analyst Curt Schilling two weeks ago, a result of his latest flap with management about his political views and when to share them on social media, one common theory was that Schilling might have a job waiting for him at Fox Sports. [Join a Yahoo Daily Fantasy Baseball contest now] Fox, after all, … [Read more...]
The top five homers of April, with a very unlikely hitter at No. 1
The top five homers of April, with a very unlikely hitter at No. 1 For a few years now, at the start of each month of the baseball season, we've compiled a list of the longest homers of the previous month. If you like to watch baseballs fly out of stadiums, it's a lot of fun. Never in that time, however, have we had a more unlikely player at No. 1 on the list than we did for April. He's a … [Read more...]
Gun Runner, Mor Spirit and Creator get in final Derby work (The Associated Press)
Gun Runner, Mor Spirit and Creator get in final Derby work (The Associated Press) A day after storms drenched Churchill Downs, Kentucky Derby horses Mor Spirit, Gun Runner and stablemate Creator enjoyed sunny skies and solid footing in their final workouts for racing's marquee event. All three came through Monday's workouts in good order as a result, with newly elected Hall of Fame trainer … [Read more...]
Sydney Seau posts touching photo on anniversary of father’s death
Sydney Seau posts touching photo on anniversary of father's death Many NFL fans remember - or perhaps more accrately, would like to forget - May 2, 2012, the day legendary linebacker Junior Seau took his own life in his San Diego-area home. No one was more impacted by Seau's death than his family, including his four children. His only daughter, Sydney, posted a remembrance to her father on … [Read more...]
Chandler Parsons and DeAndre Jordan are totally friends again
Chandler Parsons and DeAndre Jordan are totally friends again It feels like it's been roughly 100 million years since the biggest, weirdest and most ridiculous story of the NBA's 2015 offseason — the Dallas Mavericks' courtship and ensnaring of prized free-agent center DeAndre Jordan, followed by the change of heart that led Jordan back to the Los Ageles Clippers — exploded in a panoply of … [Read more...]