Tim Wakefield flirted with a no-hitter and wound up giving the Boston Red Sox what they really needed: A victory — any victory — to stop their slide in the AL East. The Red Sox knuckleballer held Tampa Bay hitless into the seventh inning, and Julio Lugo helped out with three hits on Monday night to lead Boston to a 3-0 victory over the Devil Rays.
Placido Polanco of the Detroit Tigers set a major league record for second baseman by playing his 144th straight game without an error in a 7-2 loss to the Oakland Athletics on Monday night. “I have to really thank the organization for giving me the opportunity to be the second baseman and play every day,” said Polanco, whose last error was July 1, 2006, at Pittsburgh.
Oakland Raiders coach Lane Kiffin was hospitalized Monday with a viral infection and might not return to the team until later this week. “This morning when he woke up, from what I understand, he was feeling under the weather,” Raiders offensive coordinator Greg Knapp said. “(It’s) something he’s been fighting for the last two or three days.” According to Knapp, Kiffin presided over meetings Sunday…
Vince Young is a bit of a perfectionist and hates losing. Admitting he did something wrong wasn’t easy for the Titans quarterback, either. Young finally talked with reporters Monday about why coach Jeff Fisher benched him for the Titans’ preseason opener, a 14-6 loss to Washington, after declining to speak immediately after Saturday night’s game.
Suspended Tennessee Titans cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones sees himself as an innocent bystander in the Las Vegas strip club fight that led to a triple shooting and left one man paralyzed, and he expects to be vindicated. “And I’ll tell you, ‘I told you so,”‘ Jones said in an interview scheduled to air Tuesday night on HBO’s “Real Sports.” Las Vegas police identified the Titans cornerback as the…
With his place in home run history secure, Barry Bonds says next season likely will be his last. Bonds previously talked about playing in 2008. On Monday, the San Francisco slugger looked toward retirement. “(Playing) after next year? I don’t know. I don’t think so,” he said. “I don’t think two years I can make.” As for where he’d finish up, Bonds wasn’t sure.
Darryl Strawberry is having more legal trouble. The government has filed a lawsuit against the troubled baseball star, seeking to collect nearly a half-million dollars in unpaid taxes. The complaint filed here Friday was years in the making. Strawberry was indicted in 1994 on federal tax evasion charges and pleaded guilty the following year.
Visa Parade rallied from last place Monday to win the $75,000 feature for older horses by a neck over Railroad at Del Mar. Ridden by Michael Baze, Visa Parade covered one mile in 1:41.49 and paid $4.80, $2.80 and $2.40. Railroad returned $3.60 and $3.20, while Worchester was another 5 3/4 lengths back in third and returned $2.80.
New York Jets running back Thomas Jones has a strained right calf muscle and hopes to return in time for the team’s season opener, his agent said Monday. Drew Rosenhaus, Jones’ agent, told Sports Betting News that he spoke Monday to the star running back, who updated him on the severity of the injury.
Hanging in Arthur Blank’s opulent headquarters is a signed photograph of his star quarterback breaking away from a defender, a memento of happier times for the Atlanta Falcons. “To: Arthur. Thanks for everything. Michael Vick. #7.” Well, it looks as if that picture may soon be coming down. The Falcons said Tuesday they wanted to suspend Vick over dogfighting allegations, and their owner left open the…
