On this day at least, the Atlanta Falcons didn’t need Michael Vick or Matt Schaub. Joey Harrington threw a pair of touchdown passes to Michael Jenkins and 47-year-old Morten Andersen kicked four field goals Sunday, leading the Falcons to their first win of the season, 26-16 over Schaub and the Houston Texans.
Ralf Schumacher will leave Toyota’s Formula One team at the end of the season. “After three years with Toyota, I’ve decided to look for a new challenge,” Schumacher wrote on his Web site Monday. “I’ll be having some talks in the next few weeks and then announce my decision.” Schumacher is the younger brother of seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher.
They celebrated in the clubhouse, on the field and in the stands, spraying champagne, beer and even a fire hose. The Philadelphia Phillies are going to the playoffs for the first time in 14 years, and everyone wanted to savor the moment and share it with their long-suffering fans. Shane Victorino and Antonio Alfonseca doused the die-hards with that water hose, Brett Myers and Ryan Howard high-fived…
Lester Piggott will attend Saturday’s card staged by Newmarket in his honour after he recovered from a heart scare.
So who’s the favorite for the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic in four weeks? Preakness winner Curlin stated his case Sunday, beating Lawyer Ron by a neck after a riveting stretch duel in the $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park. The victory came a day after Kentucky Derby and Travers winner Street Sense was beaten by Hard Spun in the Kentucky Cup Classic at Turfway Park.
The race started with six of the Chase for the championship drivers separated by just 28 points in the standings.
The Colorado Rockies’ late-season surge set up one wild finish. The Rockies will face San Diego in a one-game tiebreaker for the NL wild-card spot Monday night, forcing the playoff with a 4-3 win Sunday over the NL West champion Arizona Diamondbacks. A single by would-be batting champion Matt Holliday set up the Rockies’ go-ahead, three-run burst in the eighth inning, then closer Manny Corpas held…
Craig Biggio didn’t know when the tears would come on Sunday. Turns out all it took was hearing his children’s voices. The retiring Biggio doubled and scored in the first inning of his final game as the Houston Astros beat the Atlanta Braves 3-0 before a record crowd at Minute Maid Park. The 41-year-old Biggio, who played his entire 20-season career in Houston, got standing ovations every time he…
KANSAS CITY, Kansas (Ticker) – For all but a few drivers in Sunday’s NASCAR Nextel Cup LifeLock 400 at Kansas Speedway it was not a good day to be in “The Chase.”
Darkness finally ended the disaster at Kansas Speedway, where the Chase for the championship field imploded and the finish of Sunday’s event was in question long after winner Greg Biffle crossed the finish line.
