The saga of the Royals' dearly departed Rally Mantis The Kansas City Royals’ Rally Mantis perched on a hat. (Getty Images) When you think of rally animals, what do you think of? A squirrel? A monkey? You probably don’t think of a creepy looking triangle-faced bulging-eyed insect. Well, the Kansas City Royals are out to change how people think of rally animals, because last week they … [Read more...]
31 Summers of Kings Fandom – Going Down – Sactown Royalty
31 Summers of Kings Fandom - Going Down - Sactown Royalty Welcome to part five of our series, in which we reminisce on 31 summers of Kings basketball. The failures that comprised parts one and two were followed by a much more uplifting part three. In part four we reached for the brass ring, had it in our hands, lost our grasp and then fell off the damned carousel. Would we pick ourselves up and … [Read more...]
Olympics-Cycling-Track-Women’s sprint repechage round 2 results (Reuters)
Olympics-Cycling-Track-Women's sprint repechage round 2 results (Reuters) Aug 15 (Gracenote) - Olympic cycling-track women's sprint repechage round 2 results in Rio de Janeiro on Monday. Heat 21. Zhong Tianshi (China) Q seconds 2. Anna Meares (Australia) 3. Miriam Welte (Germany) Heat 11. Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania) Q 2. Virginie Cueff (France) 3. Natasha Hansen (New Zealand) … [Read more...]
Ko and the women get their shot at Olympic golf (Yahoo Sports)
Ko and the women get their shot at Olympic golf (Yahoo Sports) Lydia Ko could hear the cheers as she played the Olympic Golf Course, only they weren't for her. The No. 1 player in women's golf played five holes about the time Justin Rose and Henrik Stenson were battling to the very end for the sport's first Olympic medals in 112 years. Ko didn't even wait that long. … [Read more...]
Irish boxing star Taylor stunned in lightweight bout (Yahoo Sports)
Irish boxing star Taylor stunned in lightweight bout (Yahoo Sports) Katie Taylor trudged out of the ring with a white towel around her neck, and needed time to compose herself and find the right words for her stunning exit. The star of the London Games, the Irish fighter's Olympics lasted just one bout. Taylor, perhaps the most popular athlete in the country, was upset on Monday by … [Read more...]
Olympics-Boxing-Women’s lightweight quarterfinal results (Reuters)
Olympics-Boxing-Women's lightweight quarterfinal results (Reuters) Aug 15 (Gracenote) - Olympic boxing women's lightweight quarterfinal results in Rio de Janeiro on Monday. Yin Junhua (China) beat Yana Alekseevna (Azerbaijan) 3-0 Mira Potkonen (Finland) beat Katie Taylor (Ireland) 2-1 … [Read more...]
Olympics-Cycling-Viviani leads as omnium heads for thrilling climax (Reuters)
Olympics-Cycling-Viviani leads as omnium heads for thrilling climax (Reuters) By Martyn Herman RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Italy's Elia Viviani took the lead after of the track cycling men's omnium as the multi-discipline event headed towards a thrilling conclusion later on Monday. After four of the six disciplines, Viviani was leading with 140 points, 14 more than overnight leader … [Read more...]
Malaysia loses FIFA event over Israel visas
Malaysia loses FIFA event over Israel visas Kuala Lumpur (AFP) – Malaysia has relinquished the rights to host the 2017 FIFA Congress, a sports official said Monday after the predominantly Muslim country refused to issue visas to Israeli delegates. “We were advised by the government to withdraw from hosting the congress due to security issues,” Affandi Hamzah, deputy president of the Football … [Read more...]
Anaheim Ducks sign Antoine Vermette to two-year, $3.5M contract
Anaheim Ducks sign Antoine Vermette to two-year, $3.5M contract (Photo by Norm Hall/NHLI via Getty Images) The Anaheim Ducks have signed veteran forward Antoine Vermette to a two-year, $3.5 million contract. On Monday, the Ducks announced the decision to bring in the 34-year-old Vermette, who was bought out by the Arizona Coyotes earlier in the summer. Last offseason the Coyotes signed … [Read more...]
More details on possible 2018 NFL regular-season game in China
More details on possible 2018 NFL regular-season game in China (AP) All signs point to the NFL playing one of its regular-season games in China in 2018. The teams have been picked out, reports have said. It’ll be the Los Angeles Rams, as the home team, against the San Francisco 49ers. One has to imagine the Rams going to China is unofficially part of their relocation fee. Why the 49ers would … [Read more...]