Ball St. picks up graduate transfer DouDou Gueye - nwitimes.com MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — Ball State has signed 6-foot-10 center DouDou Gueye, a graduate transfer from South Carolina State. He will be eligible to play next season, coach James Whitford said after making the official announcement Saturday. The Senegal player spent the last two seasons at South Carolina State. After redshirting in … [Read more...]
Dorman-Hixon, Parratto-Cozad in early lead at Olympic trials (Yahoo Sports)
Dorman-Hixon, Parratto-Cozad in early lead at Olympic trials (Yahoo Sports) Samuel Dorman and Michael Hixon took a big lead Saturday in the men's synchronized 3-meter event on the first day of the U.S. Olympic diving trials. Dorman and Hixon finished the semifinals with a combined score of 871.53. Troy Dumais and Kristian Ipsen were second at 815.01. … [Read more...]
Bradester wins Stephen Foster Handicap at Churchill Downs (The Associated Press)
Bradester wins Stephen Foster Handicap at Churchill Downs (The Associated Press) LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Bradester took charge at the start and held off Eagle by a half-length Saturday night in the $500,000 Stephen Foster Handicap at Churchill Downs to claim a spot in this fall in the Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita. … [Read more...]
Vin Scully is not a fan of socialism
Vin Scully is not a fan of socialism In addition to flawlessly describing the action and seamlessly weaving great stories into his broadcasts, Hall of Famer Vin Scully has never been shy about sharing his opinion on various subjects. Rarely though does he ever venture into politics, but that's precisely where he went during Friday's Brewers-Dodgers broadcast. With Milwaukee third baseman and … [Read more...]
Taking a page from Woods’ book, Day moves up U.S. Open leaderboard
Taking a page from Woods' book, Day moves up U.S. Open leaderboard OAKMONT, Pa. -- Jason Day tried taking a page from Tiger Woods' playbook on Saturday. The world No. 1 tried to scare the inexperienced and unsuccessful pack of leaders into coming back to him. "I felt like if I can just put my name on the score board, hopefully they'll start to slow down a little bit," Day said Saturday … [Read more...]
France eye Swiss bliss route to Euro 2016 last 16
France eye Swiss bliss route to Euro 2016 last 16 Paris (AFP) – Already assured of a place in the last 16 of Euro 2016, hosts France are looking to round off Group A with a third straight win when they face Switzerland in Lille on Sunday. Despite a 100 percent record, Didier Deschamps’s men have so far failed to deliver on their status of pre-tournament favourites, needing late winners to see … [Read more...]
James Shields’ disastrous stretch now reaching historic levels
James Shields' disastrous stretch now reaching historic levels The Chicago White Sox had hoped they were adding a workhorse when they acquired veteran right-hander James Shields from the San Diego Padres. Instead, they've inherited a pitcher mired in one of the worst stretches in MLB history. That's not an overstatement, either. In fact, it may actually be an understatement. That's how bad … [Read more...]
Andre Iguodala to (not) relax for Game 7 with ‘Sopranos’ finale
Andre Iguodala to (not) relax for Game 7 with 'Sopranos' finale Golden State Warriors wing Andre Iguodala enters Sunday's NBA Finals Game 7 with perhaps the single most important task of anyone on the team — guarding the red-hot LeBron James. Iguodala's job will be even more difficult than usual thanks to the back issues that clearly hobbled him throughout Golden State's Game 6 loss. … [Read more...]
Rumor: Lakers could trade D'Angelo Russell for top-5 pick in NBA Draft – CBSSports.com
Rumor: Lakers could trade D'Angelo Russell for top-5 pick in NBA Draft - CBSSports.com The Los Angeles Lakers seem to have a fairly obvious rebuilding plan in place. Assuming that the Philadelphia 76ers select Ben Simmons No. 1 overall in this Thursday's NBA Draft, the Lakers can take forward Brandon Ingram with the second pick. Then they can re-sign restricted free agent guard Jordan … [Read more...]
The real Oakmont is almost ready for its U.S. Open close-up
The real Oakmont is almost ready for its U.S. Open close-up OAKMONT, Pa. -- We're about to see the real Oakmont. The course we saw for the first two rounds, spread out over two-and-a-half days? That was a facsimile. It was close, but some of the details were lost in transmission. For the final 36 holes, we'll have an original copy. As players wrapped up their second rounds on Saturday … [Read more...]