Red Sox rookie Clay Buchholz won’t pitch for the rest of the year and will miss the postseason because of shoulder fatigue. The 23-year-old right-hander pitched a no-hitter against Baltimore on Sept. 1 in his second major league start, then was sent to the bullpen and made a relief appearance on Sept.
Mets manager Willie Randolph steadfastly proclaimed his belief in his team’s heart as its lead evaporated in the NL East. Now its mettle is really going to be tested. The spiraling Mets managed just three hits in a 3-0 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday night that dropped them into a first-place tie with Philadelphia in the division.
Most of the Colorado Rockies are involved in a pennant race for the first time. It seems to be bringing out their best. Garrett Atkins had four hits, including a home run, and Brad Hawpe and Todd Helton homered as the Rockies beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 10-4 on Thursday night to sweep the three-game series and extend their franchise-record winning streak to 11 games.
Europeans can expect to see more of the NHL in the future — just not on a permanent basis. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said Friday that staging regular-season games overseas could become a recurring feature in coming years — but that it’s premature to start talking about establishing franchises in Europe.
If the Anaheim Ducks and Los Angeles Kings needed another reason to get physical, playing each other in London may be the perfect excuse. With the NHL making its regular-season debut Saturday and Sunday in the British capital, fans await a firsthand look of one of the league’s trademarks — rink-rattling hits and at least a couple of fights.
A New York Jets season-ticket holder filed a class-action lawsuit Friday against the New England Patriots and coach Bill Belichick for “deceiving customers.” The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Newark, N.J., by Carl Mayer of Princeton Township, N.J., stems from the Patriots being caught illegally videotaping signals from Jets coaches in New England’s 38-14 season-opening win Sept.
Strong side linebacker Rob Morris, who has missed the last two games with a strained abdominal muscle, will be back in the starting lineup Sunday for the Indianapolis Colts in their home game against the Denver Broncos. Morris was limited in his return to practice Wednesday, but participated fully Thursday and Friday.
Oh Deanne O scored a front-running victory Friday in the $56,000 allowance feature for fillies and mares at Belmont Park. Eibar Coa, Belmont’s leading jockey, was aboard as part of a five-win performance. The five victories are one shy of the New York record. Oh Deanne O ran the 1 miles on the firm turf in 2:02.72.
Trainer Larry Jones isn’t giving away any secrets when he says Hard Spun will try to lead all the way in Saturday’s Kentucky Cup Classic at Turfway Park. But this time he hopes Hard Spun will be able to hold off Street Sense and reverse the order of finish in the Kentucky Derby. “I think everybody knows what those two horses are going to do,” Jones said Thursday.
Jimmie Johnson will start his next race at Kansas Speedway where he thought he should have finished the last one.
