Sometime in the future, once the biting sting of defeat eases, the Cleveland Indians will look back on a 2007 season that began in falling snow and ended with a stunning collapse. They’ll savor all the good moments. Not just yet. “Maybe in a week or so I’ll be able to reflect back and be like, ‘Wow, we had a pretty good season for a team that’s come a long way,”‘ Indians pitcher C.C.
Now that they know their opponent, the Rox are ready to take on the Sox. “We’re under the radar. It’s being billed as a David and Goliath situation. But that’s OK,” Colorado Rockies reliever Matt Herges said Monday. “We’re as confident as anybody, we’re as hot as anybody. We think we’re as good as anybody.” Colorado’s eight-day wait is almost over.
Tony La Russa tended to his many pets on the West Coast for a week or so, and made up his mind: He wanted to keep managing. Now, he’s hoping the St. Louis Cardinals can make an equally quick decision on hiring a general manager. La Russa agreed Monday to a two-year contract to stay in St. Louis, confident that the Cardinals can still be contenders.
Jaguars quarterback David Garrard had an MRI Tuesday to determine the extent of his sprained left ankle. Garrard injured his ankle in Monday night’s 29-7 loss to Indianapolis. He limped into the locker room following the second-quarter sack by Ed Johnson, got his ankle re-taped and returned to the game.
OCEANPORT, New Jersey (Ticker) – Lawyer Ron was tabbed the slight favorite Tuesday for this weekend’s $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic at Monmouth Park.
Lawyer Ron was made the slight favorite over Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense and Preakness winner Curlin on Tuesday for the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic. Lawyer Ron, a runaway winner in the Whitney Handicap and the Woodward Stakes, finished a game second to Curlin in the Jockey Club Gold Cup in his last start.
The Kentucky Derby winner is ready for the Breeders’ Cup Classic. Street Sense wowed the backstretch crowd at Monmouth Park on Tuesday morning with an impressive workout, the colt’s final tuneup before Saturday’s $5 million BC Classic. With regular rider Calvin Borel aboard, Street Sense accelerated around the far turn and covered five furlongs in 1:01 1-5.
The day after winning a big stakes race in 2005, Greg’s Gold turned up in his barn with a bowed tendon — the kind of injury that depresses owners and puts expensive thoroughbreds out to pasture forever. Not this time. Using stem cells harvested from his own fat to repair his right front tendon, Greg’s Gold returned to racing at the highest level.
Jacksonville coach Jack Del Rio tossed aside his black jacket before Monday night’s game even began. It wasn’t long before Indianapolis undressed the rest of his team. Yep, all that talk about the defending Super Bowl champions being better this season just might be true. The Colts dominated every aspect of their showdown against Jacksonville, easily winning 29-7 and once again taking charge in the…
Losing a pivotal game against the Indianapolis Colts was bad enough. The Jacksonville Jaguars also might lose their quarterback. David Garrard sprained his left ankle when sacked by Ed Johnson early in the second quarter Monday night, and coach Jack Del Rio suggested he might not be able to play next week against Tampa Bay.
