Tony Dungy wanted Saturday night’s preseason game to be a tuneup for the defending Super Bowl champions. Peyton Manning was thinking more about cleaning up. The Super Bowl MVP threw three first-half touchdowns and was nearly perfect as the Indianapolis Colts routed Detroit 37-10 for Indy’s second win in 13 preseason games.
Kevin Pietersen hits 101 to help England draw the third Test but India secure the series 1-0 at The Oval.
His NFL career already in tatters, Michael Vick must now wait to find out the full impact of his legal troubles. The Atlanta Falcons quarterback was expected to formally enter his guilty plea to a federal dogfighting conspiracy charge Monday. Then, it’s up to U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson to decide whether to accept it.
Ben Roethlisberger liked almost nothing about his one half of play. The 247 yards passing, the three consecutive scoring drives, the big shift in momentum didn’t impress him at all. Roethlisberger, effective for only one drive previously in this preseason, had a big half statistically even though he was disappointed by it and the Pittsburgh Steelers shook off numerous mistakes to defeat the…
David Wells played a lot of golf and surfed after the San Diego Padres cut him earlier this month. He thought his big league career was over. It turns Boomer may not be done after all. Wells pitched five effective innings in his Dodgers debut and Los Angeles beat the New York Mets 6-2 on Sunday night to salvage the finale of the three-game series.
Mike Nolan keeps a slip of paper in his pocket on game days so the San Francisco 49ers coach can make notes whenever something goes wrong. After 35 plays in the first quarter of the 49ers’ exhibition loss to the Chicago Bears on Saturday night, Nolan already had made 23 derogatory notes. “That’s a really bad first quarter,” Nolan said Sunday after the 49ers made their first cuts and began their…
Former first-round draft pick Chris Claiborne signed with Jacksonville on Sunday, giving the Jaguars some much-needed depth at linebacker after backup Tony Gilbert was lost for the season. The Jags also signed linebacker Kevis Coley and defensive tackle Joe Anoai. The team placed Gilbert on injured reserve, three days after he tore his biceps against Green Bay.
After Market defeated Runaway Dancer by three-quarters of a length to win Sunday’s $250,000 Del Mar Handicap. Ridden by Alex Solis, After Market covered 1 3-8 miles on the turf in 2:13.01 and paid $2.80, $2.20 and $2.20 as the 2-5 favorite. Solis won the race for the third time in five years. Runaway Dancer returned $5.40 and $3.80, while Spring House was another nose back in third and paid $4.60 to…
Australia’s richest and most important horse race will likely be without its Japan-based defending champion and runner-up due to the equine influenza outbreaks in both countries. The news that last year’s winner, Delta Blues, and runner-up, Pop Rock, will probably not travel to Australia for the Nov.
Sammy Sosa hasn’t forgotten his trademark hop or how to hit the ball deep, even though he’s getting fewer chances to do it. Sosa, who has become a part-time player while Texas evaluates younger players, bounded out of the batter’s box after hitting a 430-foot, two-run home run in the first inning that put the Rangers ahead to stay in a 5-3 victory over AL wild-card leader Seattle.
