Red Sox manager Terry Francona was ejected in the seventh inning of Thursday’s game against the New York Yankees for arguing with the umpires after they called Boston’s Kevin Youkilis out for running outside the basepath. Youkilis was originally ruled safe when he eluded Alex Rodriguez’s attempt to tag him on J.D.
An 82-year-old Texas women who pleaded guilty to trying to extort $2 million from Hall of Fame quarterback Bart Starr was sentenced to one year probation. A federal judge on Wednesday ordered Ruby Y. Young to not have any contact with Starr or his family or contact the media about an alleged relationship she had with the two-time Super Bowl MVP in 1960.
A former federal prosecutor tapped to represent NBA referees in the league’s review of its officiating counseled five referees interviewed by the FBI during the Tim Donaghy probe. The five had no inkling that Donaghy was betting on games, lawyer Gregory T. Magarity said. “They all knew him. They all reffed with him.
A horse owned and bred by an 83-year-old from Lockerbie has its sights set on the top of the sport.
Freddy Garcia cost the Philadelphia Phillies $10 million for one win. The two-time All-Star right-hander had season-ending shoulder surgery Thursday, nearly three months after he threw his last pitch for the Phillies. Renowned surgeon Dr. James Andrews performed the operation on Garcia’s labrum in Birmingham, Ala.
Regan Smith was finalizing a deal Thursday to drive the No. 01 for Dale Earnhardt Inc. next season.
Everybody seems to be impressed with Greg Maddux except the pitcher himself. Maddux didn’t walk a batter for the sixth straight start and the San Diego Padres inched past Arizona and back into the NL West lead with a 3-1 win over the Diamondbacks on Wednesday night. Brian Giles, who homered in the third, scored the go-ahead run on Mike Cameron’s double in the eighth for the Padres, who lead the…
Jim Leyland figures an inspirational speech is the last thing his struggling Detroit Tigers need. More than anything, after getting shut out by Kansas City 5-0 on Wednesday night, the Tigers could use a strong performance on Thursday by Jeremy Bonderman to avoid a three-game sweep in a stadium where they were on a 14-1 tear just two days earlier.
Ben Sheets pitched like the ace he is for the Milwaukee Brewers, pushing aside a long layoff and giving his slumping team a needed lift. Carlos Zambrano, however, finished August without a victory. Sheets came off the disabled list and outpitched the Cubs’ ace in a 6-1 victory Wednesday night that moved the Brewers within 1 1/2 games of NL Central-leading Chicago.
Michael Strahan still has not made a decision whether to play for the New York Giants or retire after 14 seasons and seven trips to the Pro Bowl. Agent Tony Agnone said Wednesday in one of four e-mails to Sports Betting News that the 35-year-old defensive end was still on the West Coast considering his options.
