Commentary: Art of predictions often a messy endeavor - Kankakee Daily Journal It's hard to believe, but the 2015-16 school year is nearing a close. Bishop McNamara football captured Rich Zinanni's fourth state championship. Coal City was the runner up at the Dual Team State Tournament while Cissna Park volleyball fell one match short of a state championship. All of the fall and winter … [Read more...]
NHL Three Stars: Elliott shines as Blues take Game 1
NHL Three Stars: Elliott shines as Blues take Game 1 No. 1 Star: Brian Elliott, St. Louis Blues The St. Louis netminder was at his best, stopping 31 of 32 shots on goal to help his team to a 2-1 Western Conference Final Game 1 win over the San Jose Sharks. Elliott has a 2.20 goal-against average and .932 save percentage in 15 games this postseason. He also improved to 4-0 with a 1.29 … [Read more...]
Matt Kenseth holds off Kyle Larson to win at Dover
Matt Kenseth holds off Kyle Larson to win at Dover Your browser does not support iframes. Matt Kenseth withstood a fury of charges from Kyle Larson over the last 35 laps of Sunday's race at Dover to grab his first win of the season and deny Larson the first win of his career. Kenseth was the leader on the race's final restart and kept the lead over Larson, who had one of the fastest cars … [Read more...]
Basketball Daily Dose: Dose: The 21-year wait
Basketball Daily Dose: Dose: The 21-year wait Toronto advances to the Eastern Conference Finals for first time in franchise history. Kyle Lowry was brilliant in the 116-89 Game 7 win over the Heat on Sunday afternoon, scoring 35 points on 11-of-20 shooting (8-of-11 from the stripe) to go with seven rebounds, nine assists, five triples, four steals and four turnovers through 42 minutes of action. … [Read more...]
Baseball Daily Dose: Dose: Fight Night in Texas
Baseball Daily Dose: Dose: Fight Night in Texas In A League of Their Own, Tom Hanks utters the famous line, “There’s no crying in baseball.” Funny, he didn’t say anything about fighting. Let’s start at the beginning, because this fight was really seven months in the making. You all remember it—Jose Bautista’s famous bat flip in Game 5 of the ALDS. It was the biggest moment of Bautista’s career … [Read more...]
Joe Thornton loses puck in equipment after deflection (Video)
Joe Thornton loses puck in equipment after deflection (Video) On the first shift in the first period of Game 1 of the Western Conference Final, a puck got lost in Joe Thornton’s equipment off a deflection. [Join a Yahoo Daily Fantasy Hockey contest today] Thornton then went to the bench where a Sharks trainer tried to find the puck. He seemed to look all over Thornton, underneath his … [Read more...]
The Walk Off: Gerrit Cole disses Cubs after shutting them down
The Walk Off: Gerrit Cole disses Cubs after shutting them down 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. Pitchers are going to have to bring their absolute best in order to shut down the Chicago Cubs … [Read more...]
It's NBA draft lottery time — the most wonderful (and fraught) time of the year for Lakers these days – Los Angeles Times
It's NBA draft lottery time -- the most wonderful (and fraught) time of the year for Lakers these days - Los Angeles Times Here we are again. The most enthralling part of the NBA postseason is upon the Lakers.No confetti. No Game 7s. Just 14 ping-pong balls in a plastic drum that bounce around via air current, blowing franchises into or out of contention for the … [Read more...]
Premier League 2015-16 — the five best games
Premier League 2015-16 — the five best games London (AFP) – With another dramatic Premier League season at an end, AFP Sport looks back at the five best matches of the 2015-16 campaign: Manchester City 1 Leicester City 3 Rarely can a goal from Sergio Aguero have been greeted with such apathy, but the sound of the Manchester City star’s irrelevant late strike barely being acknowledged by the … [Read more...]
Brian Elliott shuts down San Jose Sharks in Game 1 win
Brian Elliott shuts down San Jose Sharks in Game 1 win The St. Louis Blues weren’t flashy against the San Jose Sharks. They simply relied on their sound defensive structure, stout penalty kill and excellent goaltending from Brian Elliott in Game 1 of the Western Conference Final. They also got a couple timely goals in their 2-1 win that put them up 1-0 in the series. Jori Lehtera’s … [Read more...]