Behold, the 400-pound limestone Stanley Cup (Photo) It’s every hockey player’s dream to hoist the Stanley Cup, after surviving the most arduous tournament in pro sports to win it. But why should the struggle end there? Why should players merely have to lift 34.5 pounds of silver and nickel alloy above their heads? How about a real challenge: The 400-pound limestone Stanley Cup! According … [Read more...]
Sources: Knicks working on Rambis contract
Sources: Knicks working on Rambis contract 10:53 AM ET The New York Knicks are in negotiations with Kurt Rambis on a new contract for a position on Jeff Hornacek's coaching staff, league sources told ESPN. League sources tell ESPN's Ian Begley that the New York Knicks and Kurt Rambis are negotiating a new contract which would add Rambis to head coach Jeff Hornacek's staff. Adam Hunger/USA TODAY … [Read more...]
Juan Uribe pretends to steal fan’s hot dog for mid-game snack
Juan Uribe pretends to steal fan's hot dog for mid-game snack The vast majority of baseball games are more than two hours long, and during those hours and minutes baseball players are batting, pitching, running, standing and watching. Sometimes they snack on sunflower seeds or trail mix, but don't you think they get hungry for more than than that? On Tuesday night, Cleveland Indians third … [Read more...]
Reports: Sun Belt to add championship game in 2018
Reports: Sun Belt to add championship game in 2018 In 2018, all of the FBS conferences will have championship games. According to ESPN and the Associated Press, the Sun Belt will announce Wednesday that it will introduce a conference title game, beginning in 2018. The expected announcement comes less than a week after the Big 12 voted to bring back its own title game in 2017. For the Sun … [Read more...]
Russian sports minister says ARD film attempt to sway IAAF: Ifax (Reuters)
Russian sports minister says ARD film attempt to sway IAAF: Ifax (Reuters) MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said on Wednesday new doping allegations from German broadcaster ARD/WDR were aimed at influencing a ruling by the International Athletics Federation on Russia's suspension from world athletics, Interfax news agency reported. (Reporting by Jack Stubbs; Editing by … [Read more...]
World champion Sagan swaps road for mountains in Rio (Reuters)
World champion Sagan swaps road for mountains in Rio (Reuters) Slovakia's world road race champion Peter Sagan will compete in the mountain bike event at the Rio Olympics, returning to the discipline in which he began his career. Sagan, who will ride this year's Tour de France for his Tinkoff-Saxo team, has been handed Slovakia's only spot for the mountain bike race which will take place on … [Read more...]
Ball-making Mexico town fights to get back in the game
Ball-making Mexico town fights to get back in the game Chichihualco (Mexico) (AFP) – A shirtless man sits under a tree in a town in southern Mexico, stitching together a football. At the central square, several women congregate to make balls for the national pastime. Others toil in workshops or inside their ramshackle homes: A grandmother sewing on a chair in her dirt-floor home, or a pregnant … [Read more...]
College of St. Mary picks Peter Haze Haring as athletic director – Omaha World-Herald
College of St. Mary picks Peter Haze Haring as athletic director - Omaha World-Herald Peter Haze Haring has been named the new athletic director at College of St. Mary. Haring comes to the NAIA school after serving 11 years at the same position at Calumet College of St. Joseph in Hammond, Indiana. Haring was the soccer coach at the school from 2005 to 2012. Subscription Required An online … [Read more...]
Cycling-World champion Sagan swaps road for mountains in Rio (Reuters)
Cycling-World champion Sagan swaps road for mountains in Rio (Reuters) Slovakia's world road race champion Peter Sagan will compete in the mountain bike event at the Rio Olympics, returning to the discipline in which he began his career. Sagan, who will ride this year's Tour de France for his Tinkoff-Saxo team, has been handed Slovakia's only spot for the mountain bike race which will take … [Read more...]
Boateng says too risky for family to attend Euro 2016
Boateng says too risky for family to attend Euro 2016 Berlin (AFP) – German defender Jerome Boateng said his wife and five-year-old twins will not go to France to watch him play in the European Championship finals because of terror fears. Boateng was in the German team playing at the Stade de France in Paris on November 13 when a series of jihadist attacks left 130 dead. Suicide bombers tried to … [Read more...]