Tim Wakefield tested his balky back from the Fenway mound on Tuesday to see if he’ll be able to start in Game 4 of the AL championship series. Curt Schilling showed everything he needed to show on Sunday. Two days after helping the Red Sox finish off the Los Angeles Angels in the first round, Schilling was tabbed to start the second game of the best-of-seven series against Cleveland’s Fausto…
Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby practiced Tuesday and plans to play against Montreal on Wednesday night despite a bruised right foot. Crosby did not practice Monday, two days after a shot by Anaheim defenseman Francois Beauchemin deflected off his skate during the first period of Pittsburgh’s 5-4 victory.
The Cleveland Browns were awaiting MRI results on running back Jamal Lewis’ sprained right foot, an injury that knocked him out after one play in Sunday’s loss to the New England Patriots. Browns coach Romeo Crennel said Monday that X-rays on Lewis’ foot were negative. Lewis broke off an 11-yard run on his only carry in the Browns’ 34-17 loss before leaving the game.
Jake Delhomme last week called surgery on his strained right elbow “a last resort.” After experiencing pain trying to throw on Monday, the Carolina Panthers quarterback decided the worst-case scenario couldn’t be avoided. Delhomme will have season-ending ligament-replacement surgery on his elbow next week, leaving the Panthers without their leader on offense and scrambling to find another…
Thanks to a conflict in sports schedules at the Trent Green household, his wife was spared the scary sight of him face down and motionless on the field in Houston. When the Miami Dolphins quarterback was knocked unconscious by a severe concussion that could end his career, wife Julie was back home in South Florida at a tennis match with their children.
Champion jockey Kieren Fallon went to trial Monday on charges of conspiring to fix races in Britain, a day after winning Europe’s most prestigious horse race. Fallon and five other defendants are accused of conspiracy to defraud customers who used the online betting exchange Betfair. They are accused of interfering with the running of horses to ensure they lost 27 races in Britain between December…
Out of Control beat 10-1 long shot Zann by a nose to win Sunday’s $250,000 Oak Tree Mile at Santa Anita on Sunday, earning a berth in this year’s Breeders’ Cup Mile. Meanwhile, Idiot Proof claimed a spot in the Breeder’s Cup Sprint and Tough Tiz’s Sis in the Distaff. Out of Control had Michael Baze aboard and finished the mile, Grade II turf course in 1:34.16, paying $9.80, $5 and $4.20.
Todd Pletcher knows he has a Breeders’ Cup qualifier in Panty Raid, but he isn’t sure which race — if any — she’ll enter at Monmouth Park later this month. The 3-year-old filly earned an automatic bid to the BC Distaff Sunday by winning the $500,000 Juddmonte Spinster Stakes, Keeneland’s fifth “win and you’re in” Cup qualifying race of the weekend.
Tayshaun Prince scored 13 points and Chauncey Billups added 12 to help the Detroit Pistons beat the undermanned Miami Heat 103-86 in the exhibition opener Monday night. The Heat were missing Shaquille O’Neal, Dwyane Wade and Alonzo Mourning, who all stayed in Florida to deal with injuries. Udonis Haslem and Antoine Walker spent the night on the bench.
Acie Law IV made a fast-break layup with 25 seconds left to lift the Atlanta Hawks to a 94-93 victory over the Orlando Magic on Monday night in both teams’ preseason debut. Carlos Arroyo missed one of two free throws that would have tied the game with 15 seconds left. Marvin Williams, who had 19 points, made two free throws to seal the win.
