Dancing Edie rallied along the rail to win the $114,900 feature race on the turf on Wednesday as the Oak Tree meeting opened at Santa Anita. A 5-year-old daughter of Moscow Ballet, Dancing Edie finished a half-length in front of Lady Gamer. Strong Faith was another neck back in third in the race for fillies and mares.
Former Dallas Mavericks forward Roy Tarpley filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday, claiming the NBA and the team violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by refusing to reinstate him to the league. Tarpley, who was permanently banned from the NBA in 1995, claimed in his lawsuit that the league and the Mavericks discriminated against him on the basis of his disability as a recovering drug and…
Roger Clemens will remain in Florida to continue his rehab program for a strained left hamstring while the New York Yankees close out the regular season this weekend at Baltimore. Clemens was scratched from his start Tuesday at Tampa Bay, and won’t pitch for the remainder of the regular season. He worked out at the Yankees’ spring training complex Wednesday in nearby Tampa, and is scheduled to stay…
Yankees manager Joe Torre and owner George Steinbrenner discussed a variety of topics over lunch Wednesday, but Torre’s future was not one of them. In the final year of his contract, Torre spent about an hour at the Yankees’ spring training facility near Tampa with Steinbrenner, general manager Brian Cashman, Steinbrenner’s sons Hal and Hank, and team senior vice president Felix Lopez.
The ball Barry Bonds hit for his record-breaking 756th home run will be branded with an asterisk and sent to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Fashion designer Marc Ecko, who bought the ball in an online auction, set up a Web site for fans to vote on the ball’s fate, and Wednesday announced the decision to brand it won out over the other options — sending it to Cooperstown unblemished or launching it…
William W. Wirtz was a philanthropist and family man who owned the Chicago Blackhawks through years of sweeping changes in the NHL and was chairman of the league’s board of governors for nearly two decades. Amassing a fortune in real estate, liquor distribution, banking and other enterprises, he was also a tough bargainer, given the nickname “Dollar Bill” for his tightfisted approach to contracts…
Anze Kopitar scored with 46 seconds remaining to give the Los Angeles Kings a 4-3 win over Swedish champions Farjestad BK on Wednesday in the final of an exhibition tournament. Kopitar, who just got back on the ice after a 2-minute penalty, scored after a rush through the Swedish defense. After a scoreless first period, Eero Somervuori and Emil Kaberg scored to give Farjestad BK a 2-0 lead, but…
Cleveland Browns tight end Kellen Winslow didn’t practice Wednesday because of a partially dislocated left shoulder, an injury sustained during the fourth quarter of last Sunday’s loss in Oakland. Browns coach Romeo Crennel referred to Winslow’s injury as a “mild subluxation,” or separation. Crennel was asked by a confused reporter if he meant that Winslow had separated his shoulder.
Carolina Panthers quarterback Jake Delhomme’s strained right elbow forced him to miss practice Wednesday, leaving his status uncertain for Sunday’s game against Tampa Bay. Linebacker Dan Morgan (ankle) and guard Jeremy Bridges (toe) also sat out the workout. Delhomme was injured when he was sacked by John Abraham late in the third quarter of Sunday’s win over Atlanta.
Trainer Carl Nafzger likes the idea of a short ride to a big payday. Street Sense, the Kentucky Derby and Travers winner trained by Nafzger, is the odds-on favorite in a short field for Saturday’s $350,000 Kentucky Cup Classic at Turfway Park, an easy drive up Interstate 71 from his home barn at Churchill Downs.
