Giants' free agent pitchers turn into their greatest strength This past offseason, the San Francisco Giants made two big free agent signings to replenish their starting rotation. They snatched up Johnny Cueto, who had spent 2015 with the Kansas City Royals and the Cincinnati Reds, and Jeff Samardzija, who pitched for the Chicago White Sox in 2015. They joined Giants' rotation mainstays … [Read more...]
Spanish athlete tests positive in retest of 2008 samples (Yahoo Sports)
Spanish athlete tests positive in retest of 2008 samples (Yahoo Sports) A Spanish athlete tested positive in a reanalysis of doping samples from the 2008 Beijing Games, the Spanish Olympic Committee said Wednesday. The committee did not name the athlete or his or her sport. The IOC said last week that 31 athletes could be barred from the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro after their 2008 samples … [Read more...]
Tyson lands knockout blow against professionals at Rio (Reuters)
Tyson lands knockout blow against professionals at Rio (Reuters) By Guan Yongning BEIJING (Reuters) - Mike Tyson has branded the Amateur International Boxing Association's (AIBA) decision to let professional fighters take part in the 2016 Rio Olympics as "ridiculous" and "foolish". Professional boxers would feature at the Olympic games as long as a constitutional change went through in … [Read more...]
Watch Dean & DeLuca Invitational featured hole on Yahoo Sports
Watch Dean & DeLuca Invitational featured hole on Yahoo Sports The PGA Tour moves from Dallas to Ft. Worth for the Dean & DeLuca Invitational at Hogan's Alley, Colonial Country Club. Chris Kirk is the defending champion, while Jordan Spieth headlines the field in an event where he finished as a runner-up last year. Yahoo Sports will stream PGA Tour Live's featured holes coverage from … [Read more...]
Power Rankings: Rating the 12 points races of the season
Power Rankings: Rating the 12 points races of the season Welcome to the 1/3rd mark of the 2016 Sprint Cup Series season. Since there was so much apparent confusion after Saturday night's All-Star Race, we didn't want to add to the chaos by letting our Power Rankings be affected by a non-points race. So since we're 12 races in to the season, we figured that this would be a good time to look … [Read more...]
Marek Vs. Wyshynski Podcast: Penguins vs. Lightning with Chris Johnston
Marek Vs. Wyshynski Podcast: Penguins vs. Lightning with Chris Johnston It's a new edition of MAREK VS. WYSHYNSKI, and we're talking about: - Wysh and Chris Johnston from Sportsnet drink beer and talk Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Final, live from Tampa. - The redemption of Sidney Crosby. - The pressure on the Bolts. - The terrible offside and delay of game rules. - News and notes from … [Read more...]
Raptors' Valanciunas 'ready to go' for Game 5
Raptors' Valanciunas 'ready to go' for Game 5 1:09 PM ET print CLEVELAND -- Toronto Raptors center Jonas Valanciunas says he "feels good" and is "ready to go" for Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals on Wednesday night against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Valanciunas has missed the last eight games due to a sprained right ankle. He was active and available for Game 4 but … [Read more...]
Draymond Green may or may not have intentionally tripped Enes Kanter
Draymond Green may or may not have intentionally tripped Enes Kanter Some 24 hours removed from escaping suspension for his swift kick to Steven Adams' apples, whether intentional or not, you may think Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green would be more careful. Count Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr among those who felt that way. "Draymond is going to have be very careful," he … [Read more...]
Rangers minor-league manager goes on crazy tirade after ejection
Rangers minor-league manager goes on crazy tirade after ejection Frisco RoughRiders manager Joe Mikulik is known for one thing. No, it's not his 11-year minor-league baseball career, or the fact that he has a .520 winning percentage in 18 seasons as a minor-league manager. Anyone would be proud of those accomplishments. [Join a Yahoo Daily Fantasy Baseball contest now] Instead, the manager … [Read more...]
Yasiel Puig admires a long single and gets benched for it
Yasiel Puig admires a long single and gets benched for it When a baseball is pitched and it comes off the bat, a player isn't always sure where it's going to land. Sometimes it hangs up there just long enough for a fielder to get to it. Or it looks like it's going to be a fly ball, and instead it hits the cheering crowd. But sometimes the opposite happens, and a no-doubt homer hits the wall … [Read more...]