Jeff Hoggan scored two goals and the Boston Bruins exploited the Islanders’ shaky defense in a 3-1 preseason victory over New York on Tuesday night. Though there was nothing at stake, the teams treated the rugged game as though it were a regular-season matchup. Tension boiled over several times, and Islanders enforcer Kip Brennan took down hulking Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara in a fight.
Logan Couture will spend at least another year in junior hockey before getting his chance with the San Jose Sharks. San Jose reassigned Couture, the ninth overall pick in the draft, to the OHL’s Ottawa 67’s on Tuesday. The high-scoring center had a brief stint in training camp with the Sharks, who traded up twice in June to draft him.
Jordan Babineaux signed a five-year extension with the Seattle Seahawks on Tuesday opting not to test free agency in the offseason. Babineaux, nicknamed “Big Play Babs” by his teammates, could have become an unrestricted free agent after the 2007 season, but will now remain in a Seahawks uniform through the 2012 season.
Kevin Everett could be transferred to a Houston hospital by this weekend to begin the next phase of the Buffalo Bills tight end’s rehabilitation, a person close to the family told Sports Betting News on Tuesday. “That’s the plan that probably by the end of the week, if progress remains the same, he’ll be transferred back to Houston,” said the person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity…
The New York Jets placed Pro Bowl kick returner-cornerback Justin Miller on injured reserve Tuesday because of a knee injury. The speedy Miller, who led the NFL last season in yards per kickoff return, injured his right knee during a 22-yard return early in the second quarter of New York’s 20-13 loss at Baltimore on Sunday.
A strong middle market again bolstered sales figures for the September Yearling sale at Keeneland on Tuesday. There were 286 horses sold Tuesday for a total gross of $15.97 million, a 5.6 percent increase over the same session last year. Overall sales figures continue to lag behind last year. Just past the midpoint of the sale, 1,983 yearlings have been sold for $340 million, down 6.9 percent from a…
Clippers forward Elton Brand had the cast removed from his left leg and was fitted for a removable walking boot Tuesday, six weeks after he had surgery to repair a ruptured Achilles’ tendon. The Clippers said Brand will begin a rehabilitation program under the supervision of their training and medical staff.
Months after berating her in expletive-filled tirade, New York Knicks coach Isiah Thomas moved from cursing to courting a fellow executive now suing the basketball Hall of Famer for sexual harassment, a former team employee testified Tuesday. Jeffrey Nix, a 15-year employee of the NBA team, took the stand in U.S.
Mark DeRosa’s fifth straight hit was his biggest of the night. It capped a three-run, ninth-inning rally Monday night and kept the Chicago Cubs in first place. “It was huge. You look at the scoreboard and see 6-0 Milwaukee, you can’t quit in that situation. You got to keep fighting in front of your home fans,” DeRosa said after Chicago’s 7-6 victory.
A victory over Baltimore, a loss by Boston and a defeat for Detroit. It’s almost as though the New York Yankees won three times Monday night. Hideki Matsui broke out of a long slump with a go-ahead homer, Phil Hughes earned his first win at Yankee Stadium and New York beat the Orioles 8-5 to move closer to a playoff spot.
