Tim Duncan had 24 points and 13 rebounds, and the San Antonio Spurs got their title defense off to a successful start with a 106-97 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday night.
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Odalis Perez’s $9 million option was declined Tuesday by the Kansas City Royals, and fellow pitcher David Riske turned down his $2.9 million player option. The Royals must pay Perez a $1.5 million buyout. Riske filed for free agency. Designated hitter Mike Sweeney filed for free agency as well. Sweeney, the team’s highest-paid player, has seen limited action the past few years because of chronic back…
Valtteri Filppula gave the Detroit Red Wings a rare win in Edmonton and kept the Oilers from salvaging a point from overtime. Filppula scored with just 24.4 seconds left in the third period to give the Detroit Red Wings their sixth win in a row, 2-1 over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night. “We were all thinking it was looking like overtime,” Oilers coach Craig MacTavish said.
Joe Girardi knows what is expected of him: World Series championship No. 27. “I expect to be playing in the fall classic next October. I think that’s everyone’s expectation,” he said Tuesday after agreeing to three-year contract to manage the New York Yankees. “I’ve been there some years, and I haven’t been there some years, and I’ve broadcast there some years, and let me tell you, it’s much better…
Joe Torre may have a new job lined up with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Soon after Grady Little resigned as Dodgers manager on Tuesday, one report said Torre and the team had already reached a deal that would give the former New York skipper another gig only weeks after he parted ways with the Yankees. The New York Post reported on its Web site Tuesday night that Torre had agreed in principle to a…
Rick Adelman’s first game as the Houston Rockets’ coach was a winning one. Kobe Bryant made it a nervous one. Bryant scored 45 points, 18 in the fourth quarter, but Shane Battier made a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 2.5 seconds left in the Rockets’ 95-93 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night.
Carlos Boozer and Deron Williams shouldn’t expect invitations to Baron Davis’ opulent birthday bash or Stephen Jackson’s homecoming party. The Utah Jazz stars have ruined every celebration they’ve attended in the Bay Area recently. Boozer had 32 points and 15 rebounds, Williams added 24 points and the Jazz jumped right back into last season’s playoff form with a 117-96 victory over the Golden State…
Half of a Churchill Downs barn that was put under quarantine last Friday had the restriction lifted Tuesday, allowing the horses to return to regular training. The Kentucky Department of Agriculture imposed the quarantine after a horse in Barn 47 was found to be infected with equine herpes virus. The 40-stall barn is divided by a firewall, the track said.
