Utah Jazz forward Carlos Boozer could miss the start of training camp next week while his son recovers from a bone-marrow transplant in Miami. Camp starts Tuesday and runs through Oct. 6 in Boise, Idaho. “As soon as my son is home from the hospital and stable, I will join my teammates,” Boozer said in a statement released by the team Thursday.
Alfonso Soriano dressed slowly. Aramis Ramirez hunched over his postgame meal. Mark DeRosa sprawled on a couch. All focused on the TV in the corner of the clubhouse, hoping for help. The Chicago Cubs need it. Their grip on the NL Central became shaky Wednesday night, when they were shut out over the final 5 2-3 innings and lost for the second night in a row to the last-place Florida Marlins, 7-4.
Mike Lowell got a souvenir of his best season and drove the Red Sox closer to another memorable achievement — their first division title in 12 years. With Boston’s magic number down to two, that could come Thursday night for a team that is improving its hitting and health at just the right time. “We were happy being in the playoffs with the wild card,” David Ortiz said after Lowell drove in five…
Umpire Mike Winters was suspended by Major League Baseball for the remainder of the regular season on Wednesday because of his confrontation with San Diego’s Milton Bradley last weekend. The Padres claimed Winters baited Bradley, who has a history of losing his temper. Bradley tore a knee ligament when his manager spun him to the ground while trying to keep him from going after the umpire during…
Jake Delhomme missed practice again Thursday with a strained right elbow, making it more likely backup David Carr will start at quarterback for Carolina on Sunday against Tampa Bay. Panthers coach John Fox, always secretive with injuries, sidestepped a question on whether Delhomme tried to throw. “He did not participate (in practice),” Fox said.
Forward Renaldo Balkman will miss at least four weeks because of a stress reaction in his right ankle, leaving the Knicks without a key reserve just days before the start of training camp. An MRI exam performed this week also revealed a small cartilage injury in the ankle, the team announced Thursday.
An ex-New York Knicks executive was fired over her own failings and office politics, not because she dared to accuse head coach Isiah Thomas of abusing her with crude language, a defense lawyer said Thursday in closing arguments at a sexual harassment trial. The plaintiff in the $10 million lawsuit, Anucha Browne Sanders, refused to adapt to an organizational shake up that began with Thomas’s…
Don Nelson settled into a chair at the Golden State Warriors’ training complex, adjusted his blue-and-gold polo shirt and heaved a happy sigh. There’s clearly nowhere else the 67-year-old coach would rather be at the start of another NBA season. But Nelson acknowledges he was reluctantly willing to walk away from the once-woeful Warriors this summer over a few million dollars.
The crowd showed up to see off Barry Bonds. Jake Peavy showed up to make sure San Diego is around another week. Peavy won his NL-leading 19th game, and the Padres spoiled Bonds’ home finale for San Francisco with a much-needed 11-3 victory over the Giants on Wednesday night. These resilient Padres might just make a push for a third straight NL West crown.
Josh Fogg is finally getting to pitch in meaningful games in September for the first time in a major-league career that began in 2000. Most of his teammates are competing for a postseason berth for the first time as well. “We’re embracing it and having fun,” Fogg said after allowing five hits over 6 2-3 innings in Colorado’s 2-0 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday night, extending the…
