When the gloves came off, the British fans got exactly what they wanted. A two-man brawl with fists flying midway through the second period drew the biggest cheers and a standing ovation Sunday in the Anaheim Ducks’ 4-1 win over the Los Angeles Kings. “They liked the physical play,” Ducks coach Randy Carlyle said.
Picked on for years, the Cleveland Browns finally gave a black eye to one of the NFL’s biggest bullies. Derek Anderson threw two touchdown passes, Jamal Lewis ran for one against his former team and the Browns, considered the 98-pound weaklings of the rugged AFC North, surprised the Baltimore Ravens 27-13 Sunday.
Jake Delhomme was the Carolina Panthers’ third quarterback for Sunday’s game against Tampa Bay due to a strained right elbow, giving backup David Carr his first start with his new team. Delhomme was injured a week ago against Atlanta and hasn’t practiced since, although as the No. 3 QB, he was dressed for the game.
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.
Fabulous Strike pulled an upset in the $400,000 Vosburgh Stakes at Belmont Park on Sunday, defeating 4-5 favorite Discreet Cat and earning an automatic berth in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Sprint next month. The 5-year-old gelding drew away from Talent Search in the stretch for a 5 3/4 -length win. Discreet Cat ran behind the leaders but never challenged and finished third in the eight-horse…
Kyle Busch, whose strong performances early in the Chase for the Nextel Cup put him among the serious title contenders, crashed early in Sunday’s race at Kansas Speedway after Dale Earnhardt Jr. hit him from behind.
The Knicks kept tinkering with their roster two days before training camp, acquiring the draft rights to Jared Jordan on Sunday and working toward a buyout of Dan Dickau’s contract. The Knicks traded cash considerations to the Los Angeles Clippers in a deal that sends last season’s NCAA assists leader back to New York.
The Philadelphia Phillies spent all season trying to overtake the New York Mets. And once they took the lead, they gave it away. So now, the NL East race comes down to this: The Phillies and Mets are tied with one game left. Matt Chico pitched six solid innings Saturday and the Washington Nationals got in the Phillies’ way, winning 4-2 to leave the division all even.
The Chicago White Sox and catcher A.J. Pierzynski agreed to a two-year, $12.5 million contract extension Saturday that will keep him with the team through the 2010 season. Pierzynski will make a base salary of $5.85 million in 2008 under the final year of a three-year contract he signed in 2005. He will then receive $6.25 million in each of the 2009 and 2010 seasons.
