When Bucks general manager Larry Harris told Mo Williams that the organization decided to keep Charlie Bell, Williams was downright giddy to see his backup again. “He starts laughing,” Harris said. “He goes, ‘I can’t wait to talk to Charlie and tell him to pack up all his summer stuff, you’re going to Milwaukee.”‘ Against Bell’s wishes, the Bucks matched an offer sheet on Thursday worth $18.5…
The Cincinnati Reds’ protest of their 7-6 loss at the Chicago Cubs this week was denied Thursday by Bob DuPuy, baseball’s chief operating officer. Chicago rallied in the ninth inning to win Monday night, and the Reds claimed Chicago manager Lou Piniella made a double switch against the rules in the sixth inning because he did not inform the plate umpire before crossing the foul line.
Former outfielder Gabe Kapler, who spent the past season managing in the Boston Red Sox minor league system, will try to resume his playing career in the majors in 2008. “Managing was incredible for me this year,” said the 32-year-old, who managed Class A Greenville of the South Atlantic League. “I learned so much about baseball, about the young men I had an opportunity to lead, and about myself.
Hockey great Gordie Howe won a temporary restraining order barring a neighbor from conducting surveillance on his home. The former Detroit Red Wings star and his wife, Colleen, on Tuesday filed an eight-count stalking lawsuit in Oakland County. Howe, the subject of a residential association dispute for more than a year, says he’s tired of being spied on.
Kevin Everett’s doctor plans to have him stand up on his own soon, and believes the Bills tight end will be walking within weeks — or sooner. “Soon, in Buffalo or in Houston, they’re going to stand him up,” Dr. Barth Green told Sports Betting News, shortly after discussing Everett’s condition with Bills orthopedic surgeon Dr.
Top Irish trainer Aidan O’Brien on Classic hopes for St Leger
Linebacker Manny Lawson will miss the rest of the San Francisco 49ers’ season after tearing a ligament in his left knee. Lawson, a starting outside linebacker in the 49ers’ 3-4 defensive scheme, went down with the injury during Wednesday’s practice. The injury didn’t initially appear to be serious, and Lawson rode on a stationary bike for the rest of the team’s workout.
Scott Speed is the latest former Formula One driver to move toward NASCAR, announcing Thursday he’ll run the ARCA race at Talladega Superspeedway.
Veteran defenseman Dan McGillis joined the Vancouver Canucks on a tryout basis Thursday. The 35-year-old free agent has 56 goals and 238 points in 634 career NHL games with five teams, but spent all of last season playing for Lowell of the American Hockey League. His last NHL action came with New Jersey in 2005-06, when he played 27 games.
