For Rick Porcello, a whirlwind Saturday started at the Red Sox Winter Weekend, a festive event that gives fans a chance to have up-close interactions with their favorite players. It will finish at the New York Baseball Writers Dinner, where Porcello will formally receive his American League Cy Young Award trophy.
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Over his jet lag and familiar with the golf course, Dustin Johnson is finally a real factor at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. ”I’m a little bit surprised where I am,” said the 23rd-ranked Hatton, who said he spent most of his offseason on his Xbox playing ”Call of Duty.” He finished in the top 10 at both the British Open and U.S. PGA Championship, and he won the Alfred Dunhill Links in Scotland in October for his first European Tour title.
There are few things that Bill Belichick respects more than history in the NFL. Part of it is the reverence that Belichick holds for the way Steelers founder Art Rooney and his family has operated a franchise that’s remained among the league’s best, winning multiple Super Bowl titles more than 30 years apart. It is a model emulated when Robert Kraft bought the Patriots in 1994 and six years later hired Belichick, who has nurtured a ”Patriots Way” that has helped bring four Lombardi trophies to New England.
The NFC championship is quite a mismatch. The Atlanta Falcons are playing as well as they have all season. For much of their existence, the Falcons were burdened with cartoonish ownership, laughable draft picks and horrific personnel moves such as trading away a strong-armed young quarterback in the early 1990s.
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Henrik Sedin got mobbed by the rest of the Vancouver Canucks moments after he got his 1,000th career point – and struggled to keep his emotions in check. ”When I saw my teammates come on the ice, I lost it a little bit,” Sedin said after the Canucks topped the Florida Panthers 2-1 on Friday night. ”It was very special,” Sedin added.
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Athletic Department says it has received word that Allonzo Trier tested negative for a performance-enhancing drug in his latest test and will be eligible to play when the No. 14 Wildcats face No. 4 UCLA in Los Angeles on Saturday.
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Rick Hendrick, owner of the most successful organization in NASCAR, grew up on a Virginia tobacco farm knowing that wasn’t the life he wanted. It earned him a spot in the NASCAR Hall of Fame on Friday night. Hendrick Motorsports has a NASCAR-leading 15 national titles – 11 in the top series with Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon and Terry Labonte.
