Tanier’s Team Reports: The Indianapolis Colts, via ‘Jim Irsay’ Jim Irsay is waiting for the sun. (Getty Images) Any website can post “offseason grades” for NFL teams, mixing the draft and free agency into transaction soup, then straining it through the mind of some sportswriter who doesn’t know who half the players are. Only the [...]
US government investigating NBA players’ union (Yahoo! Sports) NEW YORK (AP) The federal government is investigating the business practices of the NBA players’ association. The union confirmed Friday it has received a subpoena for documents from the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan and says it will cooperate with the investigation. The NBPA also says in [...]
Duncan scores 19 to lead Spurs past Hornets (Yahoo! Sports) SAN ANTONIO (AP)—Tim Duncan scored 19 points to lead San Antonio to a 128-103 victory over the New Orleans Hornets on Friday night, giving the Spurs their 10th straight win and moving them atop the Western Conference standings. Manu Ginobili and Patty Mills scored 14 [...]
Halladay cruises, Phillies beat Pirates 1-0 (Yahoo! Sports) PITTSBURGH (AP)—Roy Halladay allowed just two hits in eight nearly flawless innings and the Philadelphia Phillies opened with a 1-0 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday. The two-time Cy Young winner, making his 10th straight opening day start, settled down quickly after a shaky beginning for [...]
Stamkos has 2 goals in Lightning win over Capitals (Yahoo! Sports) TAMPA, Fla. (AP)—The Washington Capitals wasted a chance to enhance their push toward the playoffs. Steven Stamkos scored two late goals, giving him a NHL-best 58 this season, and the Tampa Bay Lightning handed the playoff-hopeful Capitals a damaging 4-2 loss on Monday night. [...]
Tsonga: Umpire gave Nadal preferential treatment (Yahoo! Sports) KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP)—Jo-Wilfried Tsonga accused the chair umpire of giving Rafael Nadal preferential treatment during their quarterfinal at the Sony Ericsson Open. Nadal said that’s not the case. Nadal, bidding for his first Key Biscayne title, won 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 in a match that ended shortly [...]
Kuwait’s Sheik Amad interim head of ANOC (Yahoo! Sports) LONDON (AP)—Asia’s top Olympic official will head the global body of national Olympic committees following the resignation of longtime chief Mario Vazquez Rana. Sheik Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah of Kuwait, head of the Olympic Council of Asia, has been selected interim president of the Association [...]
Thunder back on track at home, beat Blazers (Yahoo! Sports) OKLAHOMA CITY (AP)—Russell Westbrook scored 28 points, Kevin Durant had 26 points, seven rebounds and six assists, and the Oklahoma City Thunder began work on restoring their home-court dominance, beating the Portland Trail Blazers 111-95 on Sunday night. James Harden added 14 points for Oklahoma [...]
Fan Perspective: Chicago Sky’s Offseason Moves Look to Make Them Winners (Yahoo! Contributor Network) The National Basketball Association (NBA) got off to a slow start this year. The bickering that went on cost the fans a lot of heartache and the teams a lot of money. Will they pay a price? So far they seem [...]
Lions sign WR Calvin Johnson to 8yr, $132M deal (Yahoo! Sports) ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP)—The Detroit Lions have made Calvin Johnson the highest-paid receiver in the NFL, signing the star known as Megatron to a new eight-year contract worth up to $132 million. The team announced the signing Wednesday, the second day of NFL free [...]
