Ben Bishop thought leg was broken in Game 1 fall Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Ben Bishop thought he suffered a serious leg injury in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Final against the Pittsburgh Penguins when he fell in the first period of Tampa’s 3-1 victory. “It was a feeling that I'd never felt, and then all of a sudden kind of pressure and pain. First thing I thought, I thought I … [Read more...]
Packers' release of Josh Boyd puzzling – Today's Pigskin (blog)
Packers' release of Josh Boyd puzzling - Today's Pigskin (blog) The Green Bay Packers had some decisions to make along their defensive line. The retirement of BJ Raji certainly threw a wrench into some of their plans. Last week they made another decision along their defensive line that was puzzling. Josh Boyd missed all but a game and a half of last season with a horrific … [Read more...]
Cycling-Road-Giro d’Italia mountain classification after stage 9 (Reuters)
Cycling-Road-Giro d'Italia mountain classification after stage 9 (Reuters) May 15 (Infostrada Sports) - Mountain Classification Giro d'Italia after Stage 9 on Sunday 1. Tim Wellens (Belgium / Lotto) 21 2. Damiano Cunego (Italy / Nippo) 20 3. Gianluca Brambilla (Italy / Etixx - Quick-Step) 16 4. Alessandro Bisolti (Italy / Nippo) 16 5. Stefan Kueng (Switzerland / BMC Racing) 15 6. Jakob … [Read more...]
Sources: Phil meets with Vogel about Knicks job
Sources: Phil meets with Vogel about Knicks job 4:41 PM ET print New York Knicks president Phil Jackson met last week with ex-Pacers coach Frank Vogel, league sources have confirmed to ESPN. Vogel is the second coach known to meet face-to-face with Jackson. Jackson and general manager Steve Mills also met with ex-Cavaliers coach David Blatt last month. Frank Vogel became the second … [Read more...]
Houston paper apologizes for quoting Carlos Gomez’s broken English
Houston paper apologizes for quoting Carlos Gomez's broken English The Houston Chronicle has apologized after publishing an article that directly quoted broken English from Houston Astros outfielder Carlos Gomez. In the article written on May 4, Brian T. Smith placed much of the blame for the Astros early struggles on Gomez. It's arguable whether putting the focus on Gomez was justified or … [Read more...]
Ricardo Louis sees Auburn's 2013 hunger in his new NFL teammates – AL.com
Ricardo Louis sees Auburn's 2013 hunger in his new NFL teammates - AL.com Wide receiver Ricardo Louis sees something of the 2013 Auburn Tigers in the 2016 Cleveland Browns. Louis was a sophomore when Auburn bounced back from its 3-9 showing in 2012 by winning the SEC title and reaching the BCS national championship game, where the Tigers lost a nail-biter to Florida State to cap the 2013 … [Read more...]
Funeral held for tragic Patrick Ekeng
Funeral held for tragic Patrick Ekeng Yaoundé (AFP) – The funeral of Cameroon international Patrick Ekeng, who died earlier this month playing for his club Dinamo Bucharest, was held in Yaounde on Sunday. Several hundred people, including Cameroon’s minister for sport and physical education, Pierre Ismael Bidoung Mpatt, attended the service at the player’s family home in Yaounde. “Nobody can … [Read more...]
Cycling-Road-Giro d’Italia stage 9 results (Reuters)
Cycling-Road-Giro d'Italia stage 9 results (Reuters) May 15 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from Giro d'Italia (Radda in Chianti - Greve in Chianti, 40.5 km) on Sunday 1. Primoz Roglic (Slovenia / LottoNL) 51:45" 2. Matthias Braendle (Austria / IAM Cycling) +10" 3. Vegard Laengen (Norway / IAM Cycling) +17" 4. Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland / Trek) +28" 5. Anton Vorobyev (Russia / Katusha) … [Read more...]
Risky business: Fighting in Russia not worth the unknowns around PEDs (Yahoo Sports)
Risky business: Fighting in Russia not worth the unknowns around PEDs (Yahoo Sports) Deontay Wilder had to be saved from himself by not fighting Alexander Povetkin despite a failed drug test. … [Read more...]
Roglic wins Giro time trial, Brambilla keeps lead (Reuters)
Roglic wins Giro time trial, Brambilla keeps lead (Reuters) (Reuters) - Slovenian Primoz Roglic won the Chianti Classic individual time trial that formed the ninth stage of the Giro d'Italia on Sunday, while Italian Gianluca Brambilla held on to the leader's pink jersey. Brambilla, who like other late starters, had to ride through heavy rain showers, just managed to hold on to the lead he … [Read more...]