Carlos Zambrano came up big. The St. Louis Cardinals didn’t. Zambrano allowed four hits in eight innings, Cliff Floyd hit a tiebreaking homer in the seventh and the Chicago Cubs beat St. Louis 5-3 Friday night to send the Cardinals to their eighth straight loss. “I was feeling good,” Zambrano said. “I don’t think I could pitch any better than this.” Chicago, which survived a wild ninth that ended with…
A federal judge denied a request by Hearst Corp. to make public the names of baseball players implicated in obtaining steroids. In an eight-page decision Friday, U.S. District Judge Thomas C. Platt in Central Islip ruled there was no public right to the names, contained in a December 2005 sworn statement by IRS Special Agent Jeff Novitzky used to obtain a search warrant for the home of former New…
Kevin Everett has slightly moved three fingers on his right hand, potentially another positive sign in his recovery from a life-threatening spinal-cord injury, a person close to the family told Sports Betting News on Friday. The Buffalo tight end voluntarily moved his fingers Thursday night “more than a little bit but not with great force,” said the person who requested anonymity because of the…
The NFL has fined Tennessee Titans defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth $5,000 for a hard tackle against Jacksonville last week. He was fined for unnecessary roughness after slamming Jaguars running back Maurice Jones-Drew to the ground during Sunday’s game at Jacksonville, NFL spokesman Corry Rush said Friday.
Daunte Culpepper is expected to start at quarterback for the Oakland Raiders on Sunday against Denver after Josh McCown left practice early Friday with a sore foot. McCown sprained his right foot in the first half of the season opener against Detroit last Sunday and missed practice Wednesday because of the injury.
NASCAR is considering creating a reward for the winner of the “regular season” in response to the huge points lead Jeff Gordon built before the Chase for the championship.
Clint Bowyer and Martin Truex Jr. have been under the radar all season, never mistaken for one of NASCAR’s superstars.
Clint Bowyer nipped Martin Truex Jr. for the pole Friday in qualifying for the opening race of NASCAR’s Chase for the Nextel Cup championship.
Cardinals infielder Scott Spiezio was activated from the restricted list on Friday, about five weeks after leaving the team to undergo treatment for substance abuse. Spiezio said he received daily treatment on an outpatient basis. The rehabilitation process began on Aug. 10, the day after the Cardinals removed him from the active roster.
St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Rick Ankiel told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch he met earlier this week with baseball officials to answer questions about human growth hormone. Major League Baseball had requested a meeting after a New York Daily News report that Ankiel received eight shipments of HGH in 2004.
