Win or else! That was George Steinbrenner’s message to Joe Torre before the New York Yankees played the Cleveland Indians on Sunday night, and that’s what they did. With the Yankees trailing 2-0 in the best-of-five, first-round playoff series, Steinbrenner reverted to the blustering boss of old and said Torre likely wouldn’t return as manager unless New York reaches the AL championship series for…
Win or else! That was George Steinbrenner’s message to Joe Torre before the New York Yankees played the Cleveland Indians on Sunday night, and that’s what they did. With the Yankees trailing 2-0 in the best-of-five, first-round playoff series, Steinbrenner reverted to the blustering boss of old and said Torre likely wouldn’t return as manager unless New York reaches the AL championship series for…
Brilliant as ever in the postseason, Curt Schilling helped give the Boston Red Sox some time off. The way they’re playing, maybe that’s the last thing they need. Schilling worked seven masterful innings, David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez homered, and the Red Sox routed the Los Angeles Angels 9-1 Sunday to complete a three-game sweep of their first-round AL playoff series.
The NHL is launching its own network in the United States. The NHL Network, which has been available in Canada since 2001, will begin airing this month through carriage agreements with Cablevision, Comcast, Cox Communications, DirecTV, Dish Network and Time Warner Cable. The network will be accessible to 75 million homes, the league said.
Defenseman Freddy Meyer was claimed off waivers by the Phoenix Coyotes on Monday from the New York Islanders. Meyer, scratched from the Islanders’ first two games of the season, was placed on waivers Sunday by New York for the purpose of sending him to Bridgeport of the AHL, but he was picked up by the Coyotes before the Monday deadline.
Maple Leafs forward Jason Blake has a rare form of leukemia that he said leaves him in no immediate danger and is highly treatable. The 34-year-old left wing has started treatment and doesn’t expect to miss any playing time. “When you find out that you have something it’s definitely shattering to your whole family and so on,” Blake said after practice.
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…
The Patriots have had plenty to celebrate this season. Junior Seau finally gave in to the temptation. Now he’s ready to pay the price. In a move more suited to an 18-year-old college player than an 18-year veteran like Seau, he raised the ball high while returning an interception in Sunday’s 34-17 win over the Cleveland Browns, New England’s fifth one-sided win in five games this season.
Go ahead and laugh. Safety Donte Whitner’s heard them all, including the jab about how the Bills’ defense will serve as a “punching bag,” as one national radio broadcaster put it, for the Dallas Cowboys on Monday night. “It’s funny to me hearing things like that. It really doesn’t bother me,” said the second-year player and one of the few healthy starters left in Buffalo’s defensive backfield.
