Michael Strahan increased his work load in practice on Thursday and said if he continues to feel good that he expects to play in the New York Giants season opener against the Dallas Cowboys. Practicing for only the third time since ending a holdout on Monday, the seven-time Pro Bowl defensive end said he ran every play during the defensive period and nothing was held back.
The Seattle Mariners released right-handed reliever Rick White on Thursday, as the team got a rare day off while struggling to stay in the AL wild-card race. White was added to the Mariners’ 40-man roster on Aug. 23. He appeared in six games, going 0-1 with an 8.40 ERA, pitching for the 11th team in his career, one short of the major league record.
A rare Honus Wagner baseball card has been sold for a record $2.8 million, just over six months after it was bought for a then-record $2.35 million. Referred to as the “Mona Lisa” of baseball cards, the almost mint-condition collectible — released in 1909 by the American Tobacco Company — was sold by Brian Seigel of Las Vegas to an unidentified Southern California collector in February.
Tiki Barber isn’t about to take back negative comments he made recently about his former team, though he did clarify one of his remarks about head coach Tom Coughlin. In an interview with Matt Lauer on the “Today” show Thursday to promote his new book, Barber said although Coughlin was not the sole reason he retired from football this year after 10 seasons with the New York Giants, the often…
Bids topped $10,000 Thursday on an Internet auction site for what an animal rights group says are notes from football star Michael Vick’s speech apologizing for a dogfighting scandal. The Humane Society of the United States is selling on eBay the single-page, six-point outline of the speech Vick gave at an Aug.
The signs of a new football season are popping up all over Indianapolis. Peyton Manning’s mean-looking expression is plastered next to a stern-looking Reggie Bush on area billboards. Another shows Pro Bowl receiver Reggie Wayne next to a mug shot of New Orleans receiver Marques Colston. Fans are eagerly anticipating the unfurling of Indy’s first championship banner while downtown lightposts are…
The much-delayed return of Belmont Stakes winner Rags to Riches has one more week to go. As expected, the first filly in 102 years to capture the Belmont won’t run in Saturday’s Ruffian Handicap at Belmont Park but is set for the Gazelle Stakes a week later. The 3-year-old filly spiked a fever and missed a workout Aug.
Scott Niedermayer is certain about only one thing in his hockey future — he won’t be on the ice when the Anaheim Ducks open camp next week. The decision whether or not to retire is proving to be more difficult. “It’s sort of unfortunate that this decision has taken this long for me to make,” the 34-year-old defenseman said Thursday at a news conference.
