Chien-Ming Wang appears to be the Yankees’ likely starting pitcher Monday night if New York forces its series against the Cleveland Indians to a fourth game. Yankees manager Joe Torre said Saturday that Mike Mussina would be available in relief on Sunday night should Roger Clemens falter. Mussina also would have followed Luis Vizcaino had Friday’s 2-1, 11-inning loss gone much longer.
Get out those Rally Monkeys. Down 2-0 in their best-of-five AL playoff series with Boston, the banged-up Los Angeles Angels are back home, where their 54-27 record was the best in baseball this season. They’ll welcome the boost from a sellout crowd waving stuffed simians, especially because Vladimir Guerrero and Garret Anderson are hurting entering Game 3 on Sunday against Curt Schilling and the…
The Cleveland Indians could end a few eras Sunday night. Roger Clemens could be taking the mound for the last time. Alex Rodriguez could be playing his final game in pinstripes. Joe Torre could be managing for his future with the New York Yankees. Ahead 2-0 in their best-of-five AL division series after swarming the Yankees at the Jake, the youthful Tribe could be starting a run of their own: The…
The Ottawa Senators figure to have an enviable goaltending problem whenever Ray Emery is ready to resume playing. Martin Gerber stopped 35 shots for his eighth career shutout and Daniel Alfredsson had a goal and an assist, leading the Ottawa Senators to a 2-0 win over the New York Rangers on Saturday night.
Brent Sutter didn’t want to make a big deal out of his first NHL coaching victory. However, there was no downplaying the performance of Devils backup goalie Kevin Weekes. “I don’t get caught up in that as far as myself,” Sutter said of his first victory. “The main thing is I want these players to have success.” Weekes had 20 of his 32 saves in the first period before New Jersey pulled away for a 4-1…
Just thinking about how much better his Washington Capitals are made Alex Ovechkin smile wide, showing off that new gap in his grin. A night after losing a tooth, Ovechkin flicked in the game’s first goal for his 200th NHL point, helping the Capitals beat the Carolina Hurricanes 2-0 on Saturday. The Capitals improved to 2-0-0 for the first time since 2002 — the last time they reached the…
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…
Student Council may not be a fluke, after all. Taking the lead in the stretch, Student Council pulled away for a 1 1/4-length victory over Jonesboro in the $500,000 Hawthorne Gold Cup Handicap on Saturday, nearly six weeks after his surprise win in the Pacific Classic at Del Mar at odds of 23-1. Ridden by Richard Migliore, the 5-year-old Student Council ranged four wide around the final turn,…
Michael Waltrip led a charge of “go-or-go-home” entries to the top of the grid Saturday in qualifying for the UAW-Ford 500 at Talladega Superspeedway.
