Mike Pelfrey has the ability to make the right pitch in the right situation — he gave up only one run in six innings — still one too many. The Mets managed only five hits against the Padres who have scored the second-fewest runs in the National League.
Jason Giambi connected for a two-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving the Yankees a 9-8 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday.
Striker Adrian Mutu is ordered by Fifa to pay his former club Chelsea £9.6m for testing positive for cocaine, according to his lawyer. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 6 Jun 2008 | 2:38 pm
Cesc Fabregas insists that his first goal at Euro 2008 is to nail down a place in Spain's starting XI under Luis Aragones. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 6 Jun 2008 | 2:38 pm
The fresh mountain air and rolling green mountains were supposed to offer Spain's players respite from the weight of expectation that its star-studded squad is carrying into the European Championship. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 6 Jun 2008 | 2:38 pm
Marat Safin once dropped his shorts in glee after hitting an especially nifty shot at the French Open, which makes it natural to wonder how his younger sister might celebrate winning the title.
Jorge Flores is living his dream as a professional soccer player, earning a spot on Chivas USA in Major League Soccer through an American Idol-like TV audition.
A previous generation of racehorses, that of Secretariat, Seattle Slew and Affirmed, worked out harder and raced more that today’s Triple Crown mounts.
AFP - Rafael Nadal demolished Novak Djokovic 6-4, 6-2, 7-6 (7/3) on Friday to move just one victory away from joining Bjorn Borg as the only man to win four successive French Open titles.
Justin Gatlin's appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport on doping charges was rejected Friday, three weeks before the United States holds its track trials. Source: ESPN.com | 6 Jun 2008 | 2:13 pm
World number one Roger Federer takes on French favourite Gael Monfils for a place in the French Open final. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 6 Jun 2008 | 2:11 pm
Depositions in a lawsuit brought by Reggie Bush's would-be agent against the Saints running back have been postponed until after Aug. 1 while a judge considers Bush's motion to move the case to confidential arbitration. Source: ESPN.com | 6 Jun 2008 | 2:02 pm
Despite having a World Cup winner's medal Marco Materazzi still has to fight for a place in Italy's Euro 2008 lineup. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 6 Jun 2008 | 1:58 pm
Croatia coach Slaven Bilic is still to decide on a replacement for Eduardo da Silva who was forced to miss Euro 2008 due to injury. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 6 Jun 2008 | 12:49 pm
Portugal winger Armando Petit will soon be retiring from international football and he wants to cap a successful career by winning the European Championship. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 6 Jun 2008 | 12:27 pm
Liverpool striker Fernando Torres says Euro 2008 provides him with the opportunity to erase the heartache of last season's Champions League disappointment. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 6 Jun 2008 | 11:57 am
AP - Paul Pierce shook off a sprained knee in the third quarter and sparked the Boston Celtics to a 98-88 win over the L.A. Lakers in the opener of the NBA Finals last night.
Real Madrid's interest in signing Cristiano Ronaldo takes a new twist as the winger says he would like to play for the Spanish champions. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 6 Jun 2008 | 11:39 am
AP - Happiness seems to be permanently plastered on the face of Lorie Kane, perhaps from those years as a synchronized swimmer in Canada when she emerged from the water with a full smile.
Suffolk Downs is offering a $5 million purse for the Massachusetts Handicap if Big Brown wins the Triple Crown and both he and Curlin go undefeated and start in the race against each other. Source: ESPN.com | 6 Jun 2008 | 11:23 am
AP - Late-night deliberations often stretched into the wee hours of the morning, until Tampa Bay settled on Tim Beckham as the No. 1 pick in the baseball draft.
AP - Indiana University believes there is enough evidence to show former coach Kelvin Sampson provided false and misleading information to investigators, didn't appropriately monitor his staff and failed to promote an atmosphere of compliance during his 1 1/2-year tenure at the school. Source: Yahoo! News: Sports News | 6 Jun 2008 | 11:21 am
AP - A threat to hit 400? Chipper Jones is already there. The Atlanta Braves' slugger hit his 400th career home run Thursday night and finished with four hits in a 7-5 victory over the Florida Marlins, raising his major league-leading batting average to .418.
Guus Hiddink knows that relaxation is as important as tough training so that's what Russia will do ahead of their Euro 2008 opener. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 6 Jun 2008 | 10:48 am
Czech Republic striker Martin Fenin has been joking that, based on his own quirky mathematic equation, his team should beat Switzerland 7-0 in the European Championship's opening match. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 6 Jun 2008 | 10:35 am
TRECKER: The Euro 2008 party kicks off tomorrow with a host of contenders, spoilers and one huge absence. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 6 Jun 2008 | 10:16 am
Barcelona forward Eidur Gudjohnsen may be set for a return to the Premier League, according to his father. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 6 Jun 2008 | 9:30 am
Running back Darren McFadden reached a six-year, $60 million agreement Thursday night with the Oakland Raiders that includes $26 million guaranteed. Source: ESPN.com | 6 Jun 2008 | 7:12 am
It wasn't quite Willis Reed in 1970. Try Larry Bird, circa '91, writes SI.com's Ian Thomsen. Paul Pierce shook off a mid-game knee injury to spark the Celtics past the Lakers 98-88 in Game 1.
Convicted steroids dealer David Jacobs, who last month gave NFL officials the names of football players who had received performance-enhancing drugs he had made, was found dead in his Plano, Texas, home Thursday morning, the Dallas Morning News reported. Source: ESPN.com | 6 Jun 2008 | 7:01 am
Dinara Safina needs only one more win to join her older brother as a Grand Slam champion, and she'll try for it Saturday against Ana Ivanovic in the French Open final.
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AP - North Carolina point guard Ty Lawson was charged with driving while impaired after a traffic stop in downtown Chapel Hill.
AFP - Rafael Nadal demolished Novak Djokovic 6-4, 6-2, 7-6 (7/3) on Friday to move just one victory away from joining Bjorn Borg as the only man to win four successive French Open titles.
Reuters - Spain shooting guard Rudy Fernandez said
he was leaving local side DKV Joventut to join the NBA's
Portland Trail Blazers on Friday.
AP - Paul Pierce shook off a sprained knee in the third quarter and sparked the Boston Celtics to a 98-88 win over the L.A. Lakers in the opener of the NBA Finals last night.
AP - For weeks, Bill Parcells has been hearing plenty about his feud with Jason Taylor. Parcells says it doesn't exist.
AP - Happiness seems to be permanently plastered on the face of Lorie Kane, perhaps from those years as a synchronized swimmer in Canada when she emerged from the water with a full smile.
AP - Late-night deliberations often stretched into the wee hours of the morning, until Tampa Bay settled on Tim Beckham as the No. 1 pick in the baseball draft.
AP - A threat to hit 400? Chipper Jones is already there. The Atlanta Braves' slugger hit his 400th career home run Thursday night and finished with four hits in a 7-5 victory over the Florida Marlins, raising his major league-leading batting average to .418.