Ryan Getzlaf scored the go-ahead goal on a screened 25-foot wrist shot with 5:32 left in the third period and the Stanley Cup champion Anaheim Ducks beat the Los Angeles Kings 3-2 Saturday night in an exhibition game. Skating on their archrival’s rink for the first time since winning the Cup — in front of a mostly hostile crowd of 11,107 — the Ducks also got goals from Andrew Miller and Jason…
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.
Ron Hornaday Jr. got a victory and a little breathing room Saturday in his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series championship duel with Mike Skinner.
Restricted free-agent guard Charlie Bell said Saturday that he does not want to return to the Milwaukee Bucks this season. “They told me they were going to take care of Mo Williams and that they would take care of me, but they haven’t,” Bell said during a telephone interview with Sports Betting News.
Orlando Hernandez’s sore right foot is still bothering him, and the New York Mets may decide to skip his turn in the rotation. Hernandez was charged with six hits and a season-high eight runs over three-plus innings in the Mets’ 13-5 loss to Atlanta on Tuesday. It was El Duque’s first start since Aug.
Aaron Rowand knew exactly what fellow All-Star center fielder Carlos Beltran was going through, and he was glad it wasn’t him. Beltran misplayed Jimmy Rollins’ tricky line drive into a two-run triple and the Philadelphia Phillies rallied to beat New York 5-3 Saturday for their seventh straight victory over the Mets.
Ryan Dempster got the ball again, only a few hours after his struggles made the Chicago Cubs scramble for a victory. This time the closer shut down the St. Louis Cardinals with a perfect ninth inning in a 3-2 victory in the first game of a day-night doubleheader on Saturday. Alfonso Soriano’s two-run homer in the eighth drove in the go-ahead run in the Cubs’ fourth straight win, and the Cardinals’…
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.
Rgirldoesn’tbluff beat Stolen Prayer by 3 1/2 lengths Saturday in the $100,000 U Can Do It Handicap at Calder Race Course. Rgirldoesn’tbluff, ridden by Jose Rivera II, ran 6 1/2 furlongs in 1:17.25 and paid $27.40, $5 and $5.20. Stolen Prayer returned $3.20 and $2.80, and Annabill paid $3.20 to show.
