With horse racing having declined in popularity through the years and with newspaper space at a premium, handicappers like Steve Klein are among a dying breed. Source: NYT > Sports | 2 May 2008 | 1:34 pm
Bernd Schneider, one of Germany's most experienced players, will miss the upcoming Euro 2008 because of injury. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 2 May 2008 | 1:15 pm
The tale of Adam "Pacman" Jones took another twist Thursday as a man charged in a triple shooting at a Las Vegas strip club said the National Football League player framed him. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 2 May 2008 | 1:13 pm
All Times Eastern American League Kansas City vs Cleveland, 7:05 p.m. Seattle vs N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m. Tampa Bay vs Boston, 7:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox vs Toronto, ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 2 May 2008 | 1:12 pm
LSU quarterback Ryan Perrilloux, who has had legal and disciplinary problems throughout his college career, has been kicked off the team. Coach Les Miles says Perrilloux "didn't fulfill Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 2 May 2008 | 1:07 pm
AP - LSU quarterback Ryan Perrilloux, who has had legal and disciplinary problems throughout his college career, has been kicked off the team. Source: Yahoo! News: Sports News | 2 May 2008 | 1:07 pm
AFP - Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson hit back at title rival Avram Grant on Friday as the race for the Premier League erupted into a war of words.
LSU quarterback Ryan Perrilloux has been dismissed from the team. Head coach Les Miles says that Perrilloux "didn't fulfill his obligation as an LSU student-athlete." He is declining... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 2 May 2008 | 1:01 pm
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is expecting a decision on Mathieu Flamini's future at the club by Saturday. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 2 May 2008 | 12:58 pm
Arsenal will rest injury-prone striker Robin van Persie for Sunday's Premier League clash at home to Everton as a precautionary measure. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 2 May 2008 | 12:57 pm
Freshman center Eli Holman threw another potential wrench into Indiana's rebuilding project Thursday, telling coaches he intended to transfer before apparently throwing a tantrum in their office that required a call to the campus police. Source: ESPN.com | 2 May 2008 | 12:49 pm
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is expecting a decision on Mathieu Flamini's future at the club before the end of Saturday. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 2 May 2008 | 12:49 pm
Buzzie Bavasi, who built Dodgers teams that won the World Series in Brooklyn and Los Angeles, died Thursday. He was 93. Source: ESPN.com | 2 May 2008 | 12:47 pm
The Sonics' Kevin Durant has been announced as the NBA Rookie of the Year, but Hawks coach Mike Woodson called it a "travesty" that Al Horford didn't at least share the award. Source: ESPN.com | 2 May 2008 | 12:24 pm
AP - Close for four games, no contest the last two. Richard Hamilton hit his first five shots during Detroit's overpowering start, and the Pistons rolled into the second round of the playoffs by crushing the Philadelphia 76ers 100-77 on Thursday night to win the series 4-2.
Manchester United legend Peter Schmeichel tells BBC Sport his former club win the Premier League on goal difference. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 2 May 2008 | 12:13 pm
Chelsea boss Avram Grant says club owner Roman Abramovich is "very happy" with the team's progress and that his role as manager is not under threat. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 2 May 2008 | 12:00 pm
Ronnie O'Sullivan grabbed the initiative in his World Championship semi-final clash with Stephen Hendry by reeling off the first four frames of Friday's play to open up an 8-4 lead over the Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 2 May 2008 | 11:33 am
Motorcycle racing legend Valentino Rossi topped practice on Friday at the China Moto GP, pipping defending world champion Australian Casey Stoner by two-hundredths of a second. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 2 May 2008 | 11:29 am
Birmingham boss Alex McLeish wants his side to show no fear when they meet relegation rivals Fulham on Saturday. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 2 May 2008 | 11:27 am
Mark Viduka is to have an injection to help him recover from a niggling Achilles problem but will not require full-scale surgery, Newcastle boss Kevin Keegan revealed on Friday. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 2 May 2008 | 11:20 am
Joe Cole has warned his Chelsea team-mates they have achieved nothing yet as they head into the final three games of a thrilling season. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 2 May 2008 | 11:12 am
Avram Grant has hit back at Alan Curbishley after the West Ham boss claimed it would be an injustice if Manchester United do not win the title. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 2 May 2008 | 11:12 am
Chelsea manager Avram Grant has slammed Alan Curbishley after the West Ham boss admitted he wants Manchester United to win the Premier League. Grant's side are level on... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 2 May 2008 | 10:54 am
Manchester City manager Sven-Goran Eriksson canceled his regular pre-match news conference Friday amid reports that he had to talk his players out of boycotting an end-of-season tour. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 2 May 2008 | 10:53 am
Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo has been named player of the year by England's Football Writers' Association. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 2 May 2008 | 10:47 am
AP - Kevin Durant was so excited to learn he had just won the NBA Rookie of the Year award, he went back to sleep. That's what seven months and 82 games more than double the amount the lanky 19-year-old had played in any previous season can do to a teenager.
AP - Buzzie Bavasi, who built Dodgers teams that won four World Series titles in Brooklyn and Los Angeles, died Thursday at his home in the La Jolla area of San Diego. He was 93.
AP - Jaromir Jagr was flat on his stomach after scoring and cheers echoed through Madison Square Garden in what might have been his last home game with the New York Rangers.
AP - Johan Franzen outscored the Colorado Avalanche by himself. Franzen's second hat trick in three games fueled the Detroit Red Wings' 8-2 rout Thursday night that completed a sweep of the injury-riddled Avalanche.
Close for four games, no contest the last two. Richard Hamilton hit his first five shots during Detroit's overpowering start, and the Pistons rolled into the second round of the playoffs... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 2 May 2008 | 10:25 am
Even at full strength, the Colorado Avalanche would've had a difficult time keeping up with the Johan Franzen-fueled Detroit Red Wings. But without five of their key players, the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 2 May 2008 | 10:12 am
Every Friday Side Kicks are here to help. We know everything about soccer ... except for the stuff we make up. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 2 May 2008 | 9:56 am
Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo is named footballer of the year by the Football Writers' Association for the second year running. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 2 May 2008 | 9:45 am
For a change, the Yankees are getting a key player back. Bobby Murcer is scheduled to make his 2008 broadcast-booth debut tonight, having missed the season's first month to recover from a brain biopsy... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 2 May 2008 | 8:47 am
Knicks president Donnie Walsh made preliminary contact with Avery Johnson yesterday to express interest in interviewing the fired Mavericks coach and is also monitoring the Suns' situation with Mike D'Antoni... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 2 May 2008 | 8:47 am
OBITUARY: Ex-Dodgers GM dies at 93 Buzzie Bavasi, who built Dodgers teams that won the World Series in Brooklyn and Los Angeles, died yesterday. He was 93. His death was announced by the Mariners, whose... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 2 May 2008 | 8:47 am
LOUISVILLE - Strip away the fog of tradition - the mint juleps, the garland of roses, "My Old Kentucky Home" - and you can see tomorrow's 134th Kentucky Derby for what it really is - the ultimate betting... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 2 May 2008 | 8:47 am
Today is like Christmas morning for Eric Mangini and his assistant coaches. The Jets begin their three-day minicamp for rookies and undrafted free agents, and that means they'll get a look at top draft... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 2 May 2008 | 8:47 am
Finally, after four games, Tom Renney has a head game he can play. He hopes his Rangers have cracked open the Door of Self-Doubt on the only team in the Atomic Age to blow a 3-0 lead. No longer invincible,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 2 May 2008 | 8:47 am
Rick Dutrow Jr. trains undefeated Florida Derby winner Big Brown, the favorite for tomorrow's 134th Kentucky Derby. This week he shares his insights with Post readers. As told to Ed Fountaine. LOUISVILLE... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 2 May 2008 | 8:47 am
There was one more victory salute at center ice, one more chance for Jaromir Jagr, named the night's second star, to bathe in the adulation of a Garden crowd that chanted his name during the match and... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 2 May 2008 | 8:47 am
PHOENIX - History says the Mets are 11-1 at Chase Field here since the start of the 2005 season. More recent history - namely, the month of April - says the three Diamondbacks pitchers the Mets will face... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 2 May 2008 | 8:47 am
Troy Aikman, Billy Cannon and Lou Holtz are among the 15 former players and coaches elected Thursday to the College Football Hall of Fame. Source: NYT > Sports | 2 May 2008 | 8:46 am
Sean Avery was still in an intensive care unit Thursday, two days after his spleen was lacerated during a playoff loss to Pittsburgh. He is expected to be hospitalized at least a few days. Source: NYT > Sports | 2 May 2008 | 8:45 am
MotoGP world championship leader Jorge Lorenzo may miss Sunday's China Grand Prix after fracturing an ankle bone in a crash in practice on Friday morning. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 2 May 2008 | 8:41 am
Boys’ Haven, a nonprofit home for neglected and abused youth in the Louisville area, races thoroughbreds as part of an equine job-training program. Source: NYT > Sports | 2 May 2008 | 8:29 am
Leeds and Wigan lose their dispute with New Zealand over the release of players for the centenary Test between the Kiwis and Australia. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 2 May 2008 | 8:04 am
But he's not alone in having a bad night on the mound, as the A's pound five pitchers for 20 hits.
Just think of Thursday night's game like a home run ball hit by a visitor into the Wrigley Field bleachers, and you get an idea of what the Angels and pitcher Nick Adenhart would like to do with it:
'It's not the end, I believe, or anything like that,' he says, deferring a decision until later this season. It's no surprise he'd like to cut down on travel to spend more time with his family.
J ackie Robinson's plaque in the Hall of Fame makes no mention of his breaking the color barrier in major league baseball, an oversight that will be corrected when a new plaque is unveiled Saturday at Cooperstown, N.Y. . . .
Bowl Championship Series commissioners might have been willing to accept incremental change; now, with the rejection of a proposal that involved seeding, the cause may have been set back for years.
Wednesday was a dark day for every pencil pusher and/or University of Georgia president who ever concocted a "can't-miss" playoff plan for college football.
Dallas' coach is already out, and rumors are swirling about D'Antoni's fate in Phoenix. It's another sign that the tide is turning toward younger teams in the Western Conference.
You say you want a revolution (cont.): To show how fast things are changing in the West, take a look at the likely final four:
Mr. Bavasi was the general manager of the Dodgers during their glory years in Brooklyn and their first decade in Los Angeles and a baseball executive for nearly a half-century. Source: NYT > Sports | 2 May 2008 | 6:19 am
The Arizona Diamondbacks had the youngest opening-day roster in the major leagues. They now have the best record in baseball. Source: NYT > Sports | 2 May 2008 | 5:36 am
Across the last believe-it-or-not month, the Tampa Bay Rays, without the Devil anymore, have upgraded from perennial losers to part-time winners. Source: NYT > Sports | 2 May 2008 | 5:34 am
For tournament fisherman Billy Brewer, an unforgiving situation on the lake can be matched with some of his experiences as a major league baseball player. Source: NYT > Sports | 2 May 2008 | 5:31 am
Ryan Howard hit a tie-breaking solo homer in the eighth inning to lift the Philadelphia Phillies over the visiting San Diego Padres, 3-2, on Thursday night. Source: NYT > Sports | 2 May 2008 | 5:29 am
Phil Mickelson, who has grown an inch through a program of rigorous stretching, rolled into contention in the first round of the Wachovia Championship. Source: NYT > Sports | 2 May 2008 | 5:29 am
Troy Aikman, Billy Cannon and Lou Holtz are among the 15 former players and coaches elected Thursday to the College Football Hall of Fame. Source: ESPN.com | 2 May 2008 | 5:27 am
Denver Broncos quarterback Jay Cutler has been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, his business manager Marty Garafalo confirmed Thursday night. Source: ESPN.com | 2 May 2008 | 4:34 am
Zenit St. Petersburg reached the UEFA Cup final Thursday by trouncing Bayern Munich 4-0 and 5-1 on aggregate. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 1 May 2008 | 10:17 pm
Top-seeded Vera Zvonareva advanced to the quarterfinals of the Prague Open after getting a walkover by Slovakian wild card Magdalena Rybarikova on Thursday.
AFP - Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson hit back at title rival Avram Grant on Friday as the race for the Premier League erupted into a war of words.
AP - Close for four games, no contest the last two. Richard Hamilton hit his first five shots during Detroit's overpowering start, and the Pistons rolled into the second round of the playoffs by crushing the Philadelphia 76ers 100-77 on Thursday night to win the series 4-2.
AP - Kevin Durant was so excited to learn he had just won the NBA Rookie of the Year award, he went back to sleep. That's what seven months and 82 games more than double the amount the lanky 19-year-old had played in any previous season can do to a teenager.
AP - Denver Broncos quarterback Jay Cutler has been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, his business manager Marty Garafalo confirmed Thursday night.
AP - Buzzie Bavasi, who built Dodgers teams that won four World Series titles in Brooklyn and Los Angeles, died Thursday at his home in the La Jolla area of San Diego. He was 93.
AP - Colorado Rockies star shortstop Troy Tulowitzki tore a tendon in his left quadriceps and could be out until the All-Star break, if not longer.
AP - Jaromir Jagr was flat on his stomach after scoring and cheers echoed through Madison Square Garden in what might have been his last home game with the New York Rangers.
AP - Johan Franzen outscored the Colorado Avalanche by himself. Franzen's second hat trick in three games fueled the Detroit Red Wings' 8-2 rout Thursday night that completed a sweep of the injury-riddled Avalanche.
AP - Even at full strength, the Colorado Avalanche would've had a difficult time keeping up with the Johan Franzen-fueled Detroit Red Wings.