The NBA is staging another successful preseason tour in Europe. Regular-season games on the continent are the next step. “I think that time is coming closer,” NBA commissioner David Stern said Sunday at halftime of the Toronto Raptors win over Virtus Lottomatica Roma. “That has historically been a matter of euros.
The 20-1 chance Advanced, ridden by Jamie Spencer wins the Ayr Gold Cup.
Ireland fly-half Ronan O’Gara describes allegations that he has had gambling and marital problems as "nonsense".
All the crucial dates on the 2007 sporting calendar
The Rocket might be grounded for good. Bothered by an ailing leg, Roger Clemens left his Game 3 start Sunday night against Cleveland in the third inning with the New York Yankees trailing and on the brink of playoff elimination. He walked slowly off the mound with his head hanging, snagged again by a balky hamstring.
Paul Byrd was hoping the Cleveland Indians could finish off a three-game sweep of New York. Now that the Yankees have sent their AL division series to a fourth game, he’s happy he’ll get a chance to stop them. Byrd will oppose New York’s Chien-Ming Wang at Yankee Stadium on Monday night with a chance to send Cleveland to its first AL championship series since 1998.
Brett Favre flirted with another record performance, all right. Favre threw two second-half interceptions to tie George Blanda’s career NFL record of 277, allowing the Chicago Bears to rally for a 27-20 victory at Lambeau Field Sunday night. But Favre was responsible for only two of the Packers’ five turnovers against a banged-up but ball-hungry Bears team — a surefire recipe for an upstart team…
With a last lap pass of his teammate at Talladega Superspeedway, Jeff Gordon became NASCAR’s all-time victory leader on restrictor-plate tracks.
Joe Torre knew it. Johnny Damon knew it. And the fans at Yankee Stadium certainly knew it, too. With one more loss, Torre’s run as manager might end after 12 championship-filled years. When Roger Clemens was chased in the third inning and the Yankees fell behind by three runs, it appeared the end of an era was drawing near.
The Los Angeles Angels experienced a playoff rerun against the Boston Red Sox. For the second time in three years, the Angels were bounced in a three-game sweep, losing 9-1 Sunday to close out their season. The Red Sox did the same thing in 2004 on their way to winning the World Series. “We have nothing to hang our heads about,” Angels starter Jered Weaver said.
