A grand jury indicted four men in the armed robbery of Miami Heat forward Antoine Walker. Two of the men had been charged previously in the robbery of another NBA player. Prosecutors say 28-year-old Antoine Larkins; Demorris Hill, 25; Phillip Allison, 28; and Gregory Reedfields, 23, broke into Walker’s Chicago home June 9 and bound Walker and a relative with duct tape.
Alex Rodriguez grimaced in pain after rolling his right ankle in a collision at third base. Chien-Ming Wang walked off the mound gingerly with a stiff lower back. Even blowouts are tense for the New York Yankees these days. “It was a little scary,” Rodriguez said Tuesday night after New York beat the Mariners 12-3 and boosted its AL wild-card lead to two games over the Mariners and 3 1/2 in front of…
Clay Buchholz isn’t the only September callup helping out the Boston Red Sox in the pennant race. Jacoby Ellsbury homered, tripled and singled on Tuesday night to help Josh Beckett become the majors’ first 17-game winner and lead the Red Sox to a 5-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. The victory was Boston’s fourth straight, a streak that began with Buchholz’s no-hitter.
The New York Giants and New York Jets broke ground Wednesday on the first stadium to be jointly owned by two NFL teams and unveiled how architects plan to make two competing teams feel at home in a $1.3 billion stadium. “Ensuring that the stadium would feel like home to both teams and both groups of fans was our goal and also one of the biggest challenges in the design of the stadium,” said Steve…
Rajiv Maragh was the winning jockey in back-to-back stakes races as the Meadowlands Racetrack kicked off its 41-date thoroughbred meet on Monday afternoon. Maragh first rode Remain Silent to 2-length victory over Silver Timber in the $55,000 King Bold Reality Stakes, setting a new course record in the process.
HUNTERSVILLE, North Carolina (Ticker) — Joe Gibbs Racing will use Toyotas in 2008, a move which will give the Japanese auto manufacturer its first legitimate chance of competing for a NASCAR championship.
NASCAR iron man Ricky Rudd, who once taped his eyes open to race, will be unable to compete because of injury for the first time in a career spanning more than a quarter century.
Joe Gibbs Racing will switch to Toyotas in 2008, ending a 16-year relationship with General Motors that produced three NASCAR championships.
Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss pleaded guilty to drunken driving and was sentenced to five years’ probation Tuesday. The 74-year-old Buss was ordered to take part in a first-conviction program and attend a program administered by Mothers Against Drunk Driving. He also was fined $1,900. Buss owns a home in San Diego County and was arrested in Carlsbad in May.
Phoenix Suns guard Leandro Barbosa on Tuesday broke his silence after Brazil’s disappointing performance in the Americas Olympic qualifying tournament. Barbosa denied he was “unhappy or upset” during last week’s competition in Las Vegas, instead saying he kept quiet in order to stay focused and give his best for Brazil.
