Podcast: How golf has botched its Olympic opportunity As more and more players announce they're taking a pass on the Olympics, it's becoming clear that golf's Olympic representatives created the mess the sport is now facing. From the selection of the unappealing format of 72 holes of stroke play to the way Olympic golf was crammed into the existing schedule, the game's leaders have set the … [Read more...]
Basketball Daily Dose: Dose: Raptors tie Heat 1-1
Basketball Daily Dose: Dose: Raptors tie Heat 1-1 Raptors tie Heat 1-1 after overtime win in Game 2 The Raptors overcame a late fourth-quarter deficit to tie the game and send it to overtime for the second straight game, marking just the third time in history we’ve seen back-to-back games go to overtime in a seven-game series. Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan didn’t bring their A-game again and the … [Read more...]
Toronto Raptors win in spite of themselves
Toronto Raptors win in spite of themselves 12:46 AM ET ESPN Stats & Information print Thursday’s playoff game between the Toronto Raptors and Miami Heat leads to the question: How often does it happen that one team shoots at least 49 percent from the field, its opponent shoots no better than 42 percent from the field, and the team with the worse field-goal percentage wins? Not … [Read more...]
Giants endure another terrible inning Thursday
Giants endure another terrible inning Thursday Even though they sit in first place in the NL West, the Giants have some questions in the back of their rotation. Jake Peavy and Matt Cain in particular have struggled big time. On Thursday, Cain allowed eight runs (six earned) in four innings against the Rockies. That's not the biggest story from the game though. The Rockies scored 13 (!) runs in the … [Read more...]
Trevone Boykin, Jake Heaps, Vernon Adams offer intrigue to Seahawks' rookie minicamp – The Seattle Times
Trevone Boykin, Jake Heaps, Vernon Adams offer intrigue to Seahawks' rookie minicamp - The Seattle Times Draft picks tend to be the star attractions when NFL teams hold their rookie minicamps. But when the newest Seahawks take the field at the VMAC for the team’s annual rookie minicamp Friday-Sunday, three players who weren’t drafted might end up stealing the show. That all are quarterbacks, … [Read more...]
Talladega-Kansas Chase switch discussed for over a year
Talladega-Kansas Chase switch discussed for over a year KANSAS CITY, Kansas – NASCAR has had conversations about swapping the race dates at Talladega and Kansas in the fall for over a year. The switch for 2017, made public Thursday, moves Talladega from the sixth race to the Chase to the fifth. It makes Kansas the sixth race and therefore the final race of the second round of the Chase. … [Read more...]