The Miami Dolphins refer to the play as “paint-pump,” and when the call was made to run it, quarterback Trent Green thought he had misunderstood the signal from the sideline. “When the play came in, I gave the signal to repeat it,” Green said. “I was surprised — `Are you serious?”‘ Coach Cam Cameron was indeed serious.
Three-time Pro Bowl defensive end Dwight Freeney bruised his right thigh during the Indianapolis Colts’ 37-10 win over Detroit Saturday night and isn’t expected to play Friday at Cincinnati. Coach Tony Dungy said Sunday that the injury is not serious and Freeney would probably play if it were a regular-season game.
Michael Vick’s guilty plea to a federal dogfighting conspiracy charge will cap one of the most rapid and startling falls from stardom in U.S. sports history. The Atlanta Falcons quarterback is scheduled to formally enter his plea Monday, following the path of three co-defendants who already have pleaded guilty.
Carrots Only overtook Fagedaboudit Sal in the deep stretch and beat him by a neck in the $135,000 Charles Hesse Jersey Breeders’ Handicap at Monmouth Park on Sunday. Trained by John Mazza and ridden by Chris DeCarlo, Carrots Only covered 1 1-16 miles over the fast main track in 1:42.4 and paid $5.20, $3 and $2.80.
Street Sense will enjoy a few more days at the Spa, then it’s back home to Kentucky to begin training for the next race of an already exceptional career. Just when and where that will be remained the biggest question a day after the Kentucky Derby winner’s hard-fought, half-length victory over Grasshopper in the $1 million Travers Stakes.
With September looming, Boston looks like the team to beat. The Chicago White Sox look like the team anyone can beat. David Ortiz hit a two-run homer, and J.D. Drew and Bobby Kielty ended long homerless droughts to back Julian Tavarez’s first win since late June as the Red Sox finished a four-game sweep of Chicago with an 11-1 victory Sunday.
Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said it was a must-win situation. His team delivered that victory in dominating fashion. Ryan Howard homered and drove in four runs and the Philadelphia Phillies snapped a four-game losing streak with a 14-2 rout over the San Diego Padres on Sunday. Howard, the reigning National League MVP, ended a season-high 11-game homerless drought and finished with three hits and…
Maybe in the regular season the red flag will come out. Preseason games don’t count and neither do touchdowns that are erroneously ruled incompletions, as Brady Quinn discovered Saturday night. Quinn was efficient and effective for the second straight game, leading the Cleveland Browns past the Denver Broncos 17-16, although it probably wasn’t enough to win him the starting job over Charlie Frye.
This was money well spent for Jim Raymer. The trainer of Green Day paid a $60,000 supplemental entry and won the Yonkers Trot, the second leg of trotting’s Triple Crown. Raymer was rewarded with a payoff of $322,356 for the wire-to-wire victory by the 3-year-old bay gelding. Green Day, driven by Catello Manzi, was timed in 1:56 for the mile race at Yonkers Raceway on Saturday night.
