Cycling-Road-Tour of Beijing classification after stage 4 (Reuters) Oct 13 (Infostrada Sports) - Classification from Tour of Beijing after Stage 4 on Monday 1. Philippe Gilbert (Belgium / BMC Racing) 15:19:47" 2. Daniel Martin (Ireland / Garmin) +3" 3. Esteban Chaves (Colombia / Orica) +9" 4. Rui Costa (Portugal / Lampre) +11" 5. Sergey Chernetsky (Russia / Katusha) +23" 6. Warren Barguil … [Read more...]
Cycling-Road-Tour of Beijing stage 4 results (Reuters)
Cycling-Road-Tour of Beijing stage 4 results (Reuters) Oct 13 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from Tour of Beijing (Beijing - Mentougou Miaofeng Mountain, 157 km) on Monday 1. Daniel Martin (Ireland / Garmin) 4:12:14" 2. Esteban Chaves (Colombia / Orica) +2" 3. Philippe Gilbert (Belgium / BMC Racing) 4. Rui Costa (Portugal / Lampre) 5. Julian Arredondo (Colombia / Trek) +10" 6. Rinaldo … [Read more...]
Matt Duffy scores from second on wild pitch in ninth to give Giants life
Matt Duffy scores from second on wild pitch in ninth to give Giants life ST. LOUIS — Matt Duffy was running with a 3-2 count, and he had a good view between second and third base of Trevor Rosenthal bouncing ball four to Joe Panik. Duffy also could see that catcher Tony Cruz didn't know where the ball had bounced. Further, he sensed that the San Francisco Giants, down a run with two outs in … [Read more...]
Bae over the moon with Frys.com Open victory
Bae over the moon with Frys.com Open victory Bae Sang-moon won the opening event of the new PGA Tour season © Getty Images Bae Sang-moon set a big goal for the new PGA Tour season. He wants to end it at home in South Korea by playing in the Presidents Cup. He couldn't have asked for a better start. Bae won the season-opening Frys.com Open on Sunday by stretching his lead to as many as six … [Read more...]
Strike Zone: Hitting Projections Review
Strike Zone: Hitting Projections Review Here’s the first of two columns looking at back at my hitting projections and how things ended up. I’ll be doing the top 10 for each position and other notables, starting with the catchers, first basemen, second basemen and third basemen today. Catchers 1. Joe Mauer - Twins Projection: .330/.414/.474, 13 HR, 84 R, 77 RBI, 4 SB in 576 AB 2014 stats: … [Read more...]
New 2014 bowl projections and College Football Playoff picks, with Mississippi … – SB Nation
New 2014 bowl projections and College Football Playoff picks, with Mississippi ... - SB Nation Go back 10 years and tell yourself that there will be a College Football Playoff. Also tell yourself the teams currently in line to play in it. Your old self will probably punch you. Week 7 wasn't as cataclysmic as Week 6, but the results of a few big games still reshape the College Football Playoff … [Read more...]
Mississippi State ascends to No. 1 in AP and coaches polls
Mississippi State ascends to No. 1 in AP and coaches polls After starting the season unranked, Mississippi State is now No. 1 in the AP and coaches polls. Thanks to the Bulldogs' win over Auburn on Saturday, Mississippi State vaulted over Florida State for the top spot in the polls. FSU had taken the No. 1 slot last week in the coaches poll after Ole Miss beat Alabama. Mississippi State's … [Read more...]
President Obama’s 200th round of golf is a chance to defend the sport
President Obama's 200th round of golf is a chance to defend the sport Sunday was the 2,093rd day of Barack Obama's presidency. He marked the occasion with his 200th in-office round of golf at Ft. Belvoir Golf Club in Alexandria, Va. No doubt the president knew this milestone would bring about a slew of snark from critics. But maybe putting the presidential penchant for golf into perspective … [Read more...]
Break up the Cleveland Browns, who now could be 6-2 at midseason
Break up the Cleveland Browns, who now could be 6-2 at midseason It's time to start thinking of the Cleveland Browns as frontrunners. That's what they are following a 31-10 thrashing of the Pittsburgh Steelers, and if you throw out the first half of the Week 1 loss to the Steelers, the Browns have outscored their opponents by a 131-88 count. Most importantly, the Browns are 3-2 and very much … [Read more...]
Levy wins rain-shortened Portugal Masters
Levy wins rain-shortened Portugal Masters Alexander Levy holds his trophy after the cancellation of the final round of the Portugal Masters © Getty Images Alexander Levy won the shortened Portugal Masters after the third and final round was abandoned because of further bad weather on Sunday. Thunderstorms and water-logged greens had already led to the event being reduced to 54 holes Friday, … [Read more...]