Daisuke Matsuzaka and Hideki Okajima stood on the Fenway Park mound, posing for pictures with Boston general manager Theo Epstein, a Japanese flag and the American League championship trophy. This is what these Red Sox rookies came halfway around the world for: the World Series. Three years after ending its 86-year title drought, Boston completed another October comeback by overpowering the…
The Blake Street Bombers are a distant memory. Now, the NL champion Colorado Rockies use speed to torment opponents. Willy Taveras and Kaz Matsui atop the batting order are enough to mess with the mind of any pitcher or catcher. “With their speed and their ability to get on base, it completely transformed their lineup,” former Houston Astros manager Phil Garner said.
Reigning NFL MVP LaDainian Tomlinson was among several San Diego Chargers players, coaches and staff members who had to evacuate their homes as wildfires burned in San Diego County. The Chargers, who had just returned from their bye weekend, canceled practice Monday. Players were dismissed so they could take care of their families and because the air quality was poor due to smoke, spokesman Bill…
Minnesota Vikings quarterback Tarvaris Jackson has a broken finger on his throwing hand, an injury suffered in Sunday’s defeat at Dallas. Jackson has a fracture in the index finger on his right hand, coach Brad Childress said on Monday. A ligament or muscle tendon has stretched and pulled off a tiny piece of the bone.
Miami Dolphins running back Ronnie Brown will miss the rest of the season because of a knee injury, his agent Todd France said Monday. Brown underwent an MRI exam Monday. He twisted his right knee in the third quarter of the Dolphins 49-28 loss to the New England Patriots on Sunday. Brown has been one of the few bright spots in Miami’s bleak season.
Tony La Russa will return for his 13th season as manager of the St. Louis Cardinals after a difficult year in which his team failed to play .500 ball, a team official told Sports Betting News on Monday. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because an announcement had not been made, did not know details of the contract.
The Denver Broncos took the city’s minds off the Colorado Rockies for a few hours Sunday night. “However we can take it,” Jason Elam said after his 49-yard field goal as time expired beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 31-28. “We want to do this whole Rockies thing, 21 out of 22, that works for us.” It’s a start.
Pinned on the 3-yard line and out of timeouts, Chicago’s final drive looked like a bust. That was before the audio cut out on Brian Griese’s helmet. The only noise Griese heard was the sound of his own voice calling the plays, rallying the Bears and driving them 97 yards for the winning score in a 19-16 win over the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday night.
The Cowboys keep finding ways to win — weird, wacky, harder-than-they-have-to-be ways. Despite dominating Minnesota for most of the game, Dallas did all it could to let the Vikings stay close, even in the lead. Then, when Dallas was about to fall behind again late in the third quarter, Chris Canty blocked a potential field goal and Pat Watkins returned it 68 yards for the touchdown that sent the…
The New York Giants’ defense not only got into Trent Dilfer’s head, they got to his back, his side and every other part of his body. Dilfer became the latest quarterback to suffer the wrath of Osi Umenyiora, Michael Strahan and Steve Spagnuolo’s sack-happy defense Sunday. The Giants won their fifth straight with a 33-15 victory over San Francisco, handing the 49ers their fourth straight loss.
