It had been a long time since the Phoenix Coyotes beat the Ducks in Anaheim, and two newcomers helped them end that streak of futility. Rookie Craig Weller scored his first NHL goal and Alex Auld logged his third career shutout in a 1-0 win Thursday night. The victory was Phoenix’s first in 11 games in Anaheim dating to Nov.
The New York Yankees will pick a manager before the end of the World Series, even if they have to keep quiet about their choice for a while. After completing interviews with bench coach Don Mattingly, broadcaster Joe Girardi and first-base coach Tony Pena, general manager Brian Cashman and senior vice president of baseball operations Mark Newman joined Hank Steinbrenner and others Thursday at the…
In the World Series opener, Colorado manager Clint Hurdle watched a reliever walk three straight batters with the bases loaded. In Game 2, a pair of walks doomed the Rockies. “Well, it’s disappointing,” Hurdle said after a 2-1 loss to Boston on Thursday night. “It puts you in positions you don’t want to get into.
The flop at Fenway notwithstanding, Troy Tulowitzki can’t wait to play another game in Boston’s vintage ballpark. To come back, the Colorado Rockies must turn things around at Coors Field, where the World Series shifts for Game 3 on Saturday night. “We need to go home and take care of business,” Tulowitzki said.
There’s more than one way to rough up the Rockies. Boston’s big bats battered them in the World Series opener. Then October ace Curt Schilling and a stingy bullpen shut down Colorado in Game 2. Relying more on guile than pure gas, Schilling pitched Boston to a 2-1 victory Thursday night and a 2-0 lead in the World Series over the suddenly stagnant Rockies.
Stormy Grant rallied on the outside beat Smooth and Savvy by 1 lengths Thursday in the $55,460 feature race at Santa Anita’s Oak Tree meeting. Stormy Grant, ridden by Martin Pedroza and carrying 120 pounds, ran a mile on the cushion track in 1:35.33 and paid $8, $3.60 and $2.60. The 3-year-old California-bred son of Stormy Atlantic won for the third time in nine starts, earning $36,660 to raise his…
Trainer Jeremy Noseda acknowledged that rain at Monmouth Park could dim the chances of his Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf runner Strike the Deal on Friday.
The Breeders’ Cup kicks off Friday at Monmouth Park with three $1 million races that give the season-ending championships a second day of racing for the first time in the event’s 24 years. The new races expand the Breeders’ Cup to 11 races worth more than $24 million. The eight traditional races will be contested Saturday, including the richest race in North America — the $5 million Classic.
Dylan Thomas will be battling the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe jinx when he races in the $3 million Breeders’ Cup Turf at Monmouth Park on Saturday.
Truly Enchanting made her U.S. debut Thursday and rallied for a half-length victory over Bridal Path in the $58,000 allowance feature at Aqueduct. Truly Ennchanting, ridden by Norberto Arroyo Jr. and trained by Jimmy Jerkens, completed the 1 1-8 miles in 1:54.34 on a yielding turf course. The 3-year-old raced six previous times in England.
