Carlos Gomez designated for assignment by Astros The Carlos Gomez era with the Houston Astros has reached its end. The 30-year-old former All-Star has been designated for assignment by the club, according to Brian McTaggart of MLB.com. The move comes somewhat as a shock. Gomez hasn’t played particularly well this season, hitting just .210/.272/.322 over 323 plate appearances, but was an … [Read more...]
Oklahoma City Thunder film room: Scouting Domantas Sabonis – Welcome to Loud City
Oklahoma City Thunder film room: Scouting Domantas Sabonis - Welcome to Loud City An in-depth analytical breakdown of Thunder rookie Domantas Sabonis' strengths and weaknesses ahead of his debut NBA season. Domantas Sabonis, the 11th pick of the 2016 draft, is an intriguing young prospect for the Oklahoma City Thunder. Born in Portland, though of Lithuanian nationality, Sabonis comes from great … [Read more...]
Cycling: Armstrong defeats Russian for third straight gold (Reuters)
Cycling: Armstrong defeats Russian for third straight gold (Reuters) By Martyn Herman RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - On the one hand there was Kristin Armstrong, hoping to complete a fairytale return to road cycling with a third consecutive Olympic time trial gold the day before her 43rd birthday. On the other there was Olga Zabelinskaya, a Russian rider with a doping past who was nearly … [Read more...]
Argentine soccer reeling again with ouster from men’s play (Yahoo Sports)
Argentine soccer reeling again with ouster from men's play (Yahoo Sports) The South American power has won two Olympic gold medals in soccer, but it failed to advance from the group stage after a 1-1 draw against Honduras. The result follows the senior team's loss in the Copa America final in June and added to the crisis enveloping the sport at home. Playing without any of its stars from … [Read more...]
Rain, rain, go away: 20 of 26 Rio tennis matches postponed (Yahoo Sports)
Rain, rain, go away: 20 of 26 Rio tennis matches postponed (Yahoo Sports) Rafael Nadal went from being scheduled for a busy-as-can-be day to a day off at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, thanks to rain that forced postponement of 20 of 26 matches. After waiting and waiting in the hope of getting in matches, organizers eventually decided to take all but a half-dozen off the day's schedule. … [Read more...]
Olympics-Boxing-Men’s light flyweight quarterfinal results (Reuters)
Olympics-Boxing-Men's light flyweight quarterfinal results (Reuters) Aug 10 (Gracenote) - Olympic boxing men's light flyweight quarterfinal results in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday. Nico Miguel Hernandez (U.S.) beat Carlos Quipo (Ecuador) 3-0 Hasanboy Dusmatov (Uzbekistan) beat Birzhan Zhakypov (Kazakhstan) 3-0 Yuberjen Martinez Rivas (Colombia) beat Samuel Carmona Heredia (Spain) 2-1 Joahnys … [Read more...]
Grading Arsenal’s summer preseason ahead of a crucial 2016/17 year
Grading Arsenal’s summer preseason ahead of a crucial 2016/17 year With Arsenal’s summer preseason officially in the books, let’s take a look at how they fared heading into the 2016/17 season. Preseason matches grade: A. 1-1 draw against Lens 2-1 win against MLS All-Stars 3-1 win against Guadalajara 8-0 win against Viking 3-2 win against Manchester City Although wins and losses don’t matter too … [Read more...]
Bovada lists Leonard Fournette, Deshaun Watson as Heisman favorites
Bovada lists Leonard Fournette, Deshaun Watson as Heisman favorites Leonard Fournette is Bovada’s Heisman favorite (Getty). If we asked you to guess who you thought the top five favorites for the 2016 Heisman Trophy are, we’re guessing your list would be pretty similar to Bovada’s. The betting site released preseason Heisman and National Championship odds Wednesday and LSU running back … [Read more...]
Zach Johnson doesn't expect run of 58s (or even better) to continue
Zach Johnson doesn't expect run of 58s (or even better) to continue Zach Johnson has been dominant at the John Deere Classic. (Getty Images) In the last two weeks, two players — Stephan Jaeger on the Web.com Tour and Jim Furyk on the PGA Tour — have shot 58 in a PGA Tour-sanctioned tournament. That had never happened previously. Zach Johnson isn’t sure anything like that is going to … [Read more...]
IndyCar, Pocono Raceway reach 2-year extension through ’18 (The Associated Press)
IndyCar, Pocono Raceway reach 2-year extension through '18 (The Associated Press) IndyCar and Pocono Raceway have reached a two-year extension that will keep the open-wheel series at the track through 2018. IndyCar returned to Pocono in 2013 following a 24-year absence and gives the series a needed oval on the schedule. Last year's race was marred by the accident that killed driver Justin … [Read more...]