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 [...]
Liberty’s McCarville to sit out WNBA season again (The Associated Press) NEW YORK (AP) The New York Liberty will be without Janel McCarville again this season, as the veteran center has announced she will sit out for the second straight year. McCarville was placed on the suspended list last season after she failed to report [...]
Dwight Howard was ‘threatened’ with a trade to the Los Angeles Lakers. You read that right Dwight Howard seems a little scared of Kobe Bryant (Getty Images) It’s entirely possible that the latest twist in this Dwight Howard saga is at once the most ridiculous and most understandable. The New York Post is picking up [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
Video: Jared Dudley dives for loose ball, absolutely destroys Phoenix Suns vice chairman EDITOR’S NOTE: We missed this gem during Sunday’s Suns/Kings tilt, but when we saw it, we loved it. And we love you. So we share it now. “OK, Jared, we’re going to use something called a ‘compliment sandwich’ here. We feel it [...]
Miller’s 4th shutout leads Sabres past Ducks, 2-0 (Yahoo! Sports) ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP)—The Buffalo Sabres and Anaheim Ducks are on the outside looking in as far as the playoff picture is concerned, and each team has the odds stacked against them despite some world-class goaltenders on their sides. Ryan Miller outplayed Jonas Hiller to earn [...]
OF Ramirez expected at A’s camp Friday (AP) PHOENIX (AP)—The Oakland Athletics still have strong interest in signing slugger Manny Ramirez, who presents a low-risk investment for the rebuilding franchise. If things come together, the 39-year-old would sign a deal for slightly more than the league minimum of $480,000. He first must serve a 50-game [...]
