Mariners continue August surge, hand Angels 11th straight loss Welcome to The Walk Off, the nightly MLB recap from Big League Stew. Here we’ll look at the top performers of the night, show you a must-see highlight and rundown the scoreboard. First, we start with a game you need to know about. American League teams may want to start taking notice of the Seattle Mariners. The M’s continued … [Read more...]
Mark Cavendish at long last gets Olympic cycling medal (The Associated Press)
Mark Cavendish at long last gets Olympic cycling medal (The Associated Press) Mark Cavendish has triumphed in 30 stages of the Tour de France, won road racing's world title and captured dozens of other important races to become one of Britain's most successful cyclists. The one thing missing was an Olympic medal. The sprinter from the Isle of Man finally accomplished that feat Monday … [Read more...]
Hall of Fame jockey Borel ending retirement after 4 months (The Associated Press)
Hall of Fame jockey Borel ending retirement after 4 months (The Associated Press) Hall of Fame jockey Calvin Borel didn't take long to realize that retirement wasn't for him right now. Borel announced Monday that he will end his retirement after just four months and return to racing on Aug. 27 at Ellis Park. The track confirmed Borel's return on its website. … [Read more...]
Olympics-Cycling-Tears flow as Meares makes Olympic exit (Reuters)
Olympics-Cycling-Tears flow as Meares makes Olympic exit (Reuters) By Martyn Herman RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Australian track cycling great Anna Meares usually leaves scorch marks on velodrome boards. Meares won her sixth Olympic medal in Saturday's keirin final, a bronze, making her the first Australian to win an individual medal at four Games. While she has yet to officially … [Read more...]
Olympics-Boxing-Clash of heads decides welterweight final lineup (Reuters)
Olympics-Boxing-Clash of heads decides welterweight final lineup (Reuters) * Semifinal stopped after clash of heads * Kazakh goes through to final with Uzbek * Bronze medals for Morocco and France (Recasts after second semi-final) By Alan Baldwin RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Kazakhstan's Daniyar Yeleussinov won through to the Olympic welterweight final and a guaranteed silver … [Read more...]
Team USA faces Argentina to headline men's basketball quarterfinals
Team USA faces Argentina to headline men's basketball quarterfinals Kevin Durant and Team USA will look to find top form in the elimination round. (AP/Eric Gay) Medal count | Olympic schedule | Olympic news The preliminary round of the Olympic men’s basketball tournament in Rio de Janeiro has come to an end. In many ways, the past 10 days have taught us very little – the United States … [Read more...]
Lakers' Young: Relationship with Russell on mend
Lakers' Young: Relationship with Russell on mend 2:51 AM ET ESPN.com news services Nick Young has found the high road and the humor in his controversy-filled spring and romance-less summer. Five months after Los Angeles Lakers teammate D'Angelo Russell posted a video of him talking about picking up girls -- and two months after his public breakup with pop star girlfriend Iggy Azalea -- … [Read more...]
David Rudisha retains Olympic title in 800, cements legacy (Yahoo Sports)
David Rudisha retains Olympic title in 800, cements legacy (Yahoo Sports) David Rudisha glanced to his left twice as he came round the final bend, waiting for the challenge to come. Rudisha won in 1 minute, 42.15 seconds from Algeria's Taoufik Makhloufi, who ran a national record time of 1:42.61 to add an 800 silver here to his gold in the 1,500 at the last Olympics. Clayton Murphy powered … [Read more...]
Olympics-Cycling-Trott in command of women’s omnium (Reuters)
Olympics-Cycling-Trott in command of women's omnium (Reuters) RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Defending champion Laura Trott took command of the women's track cycling omnium event at the Rio Games on Monday to close in on the fourth Olympic gold medal of her career. The 24-year-old finished second in the scratch race before winning the individual pursuit and elimination events. With three … [Read more...]
Hunter Pence trips over the bullpen mound, somehow makes falling catch
Hunter Pence trips over the bullpen mound, somehow makes falling catch The falling catch is a relative of the diving catch, right? Like the clumsy, accident-prone member of the family who everyone still loves. After all, it gets the job done just the same. An out is an out, even if less aesthetically impressive. I bring this up, obviously, because it just happened in AT&T Park. One of … [Read more...]