Offseason Beat: NBA Summer League West: Pt. 2 Summer League is over, but at least we still have the Olympics to tide us over. In case you missed Ryan Knaus' (@Knaus_RW) first part of Summer League recap, bang it here. We're also doing a ton of podcasts this summer. We did a Summer League Recap Podcast with Ed Isaacson (@NBADraftBlog), so check that out for more on the scouting side of things. … [Read more...]
Sonoma Stompers make history again with all-female battery
Sonoma Stompers make history again with all-female battery Kelsie Whitmore will also represent Team USA in the Women’s Baseball World Cup this September. (Team USA) The Sonoma Stompers history-making season continued on Friday as they featured the first all-female pitcher-catcher combination in a professional baseball since the All-American Girls Professional Baseball folded in 1954. Kelsie … [Read more...]
Unbeaten Enola Gray romps to 7 3/4-length win at Del Mar (The Associated Press)
Unbeaten Enola Gray romps to 7 3/4-length win at Del Mar (The Associated Press) Unbeaten Enola Gray romped to a 7 3/4-length victory Friday in the $150,000 Fleet Treat Stakes for California-bred 3-year-old fillies. Ridden by Tyler Baze for trainer Phil D'Amato, Enola Gray ran seven furlongs in a stakes-record 1:21.24. The previous record of 1:21.40 was set by Princess Royalty in 1990. … [Read more...]
The 5 most interesting PGA Championship groupings
The 5 most interesting PGA Championship groupings The groupings and tee times are out for the first two rounds of next week’s PGA Championship at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, N.J., and the PGA of America has some good ones in store for the year’s final major. In a rare July slot thanks to the scheduling imperative created by golf’s inclusion in the Olympics, the PGA Championship … [Read more...]
Tony Stewart 'relaxed and focused' heading into final Indianapolis start
Tony Stewart 'relaxed and focused' heading into final Indianapolis start Tony Stewart won the Brickyard 400 in 2005 and 2007 (Getty). INDIANAPOLIS – Tony Stewart doesn’t know how many family and friends will be in attendance for Sunday’s Brickyard 400. And he doesn’t want to know. Stewart, an Indiana native and two-time winner of the Brickyard 400, is retiring at the end of the 2016 … [Read more...]
Durant, U.S. crush Argentina by 37 in exhibition
Durant, U.S. crush Argentina by 37 in exhibition 11:54 PM ET ESPN.com news services LAS VEGAS -- New team. Same old result. Full of new star power, the U.S. men's basketball team opened its bid for a third straight Olympic gold medal Friday with a 111-74 exhibition romp over Argentina at T-Mobile Arena. A U.S. team that hasn't lost a game in 10 years had little trouble with Argentina, which … [Read more...]
An OKC store sold Kevin Durant jerseys at a 99 percent discount
An OKC store sold Kevin Durant jerseys at a 99 percent discount Oklahoma City Thunder fans have understandably taken the departure of Kevin Durant quite hard. He is the greatest player in the eight-season history of the team and one of the league’s two or three best players, the sort of superstar who teams go to great lengths to keep or obtain. While the claims regarding his traitorous … [Read more...]
Create and share your own Hall of Fame baseball card
Create and share your own Hall of Fame baseball card Before Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Piazza are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday, you too can put a Hall of Fame stamp on your baseball fandom. Beginning on Wednesday, fans that downloaded the free Rookies app from the Apple App Store can create a branded and personalized “Future Hall of Famer” baseball card. Those cards can … [Read more...]
Bolt return from injury upstaged by 28-year WR being broken (Yahoo Sports)
Bolt return from injury upstaged by 28-year WR being broken (Yahoo Sports) Keni Harrison also looked more than ready for Brazil by breaking a 28-year record in the 100-meters hurdles in London on Friday. Only unlike Bolt, Harrison is not going to the Olympics. While Bolt is Rio-bound despite being forced to pull out of the Jamaican trials with a hamstring injury, Harrison failed to make … [Read more...]
Wenger to spend 'big' on the right player
Wenger to spend 'big' on the right player 8:55 PM GMT Mattias Karen LENS, France -- Arsene Wenger insists Arsenal still plan on spending "big money" this transfer window, if he can find the right player. The Gunners have only made one major signing so far this summer by bringing in Granit Xhaka in a deal worth around £30 million, and Wenger is still searching for that elusive … [Read more...]