The stadium lights dimmed while Kyle Boller’s throw was in mid-air. The pass was incomplete — just like the game. With more lightning on the way, officials decided enough was enough. Saturday night’s preseason game between the Baltimore Ravens and Washington Redskins was halted with 11:38 remaining in the third quarter, giving the Redskins an abbreviated 13-7 win.
There is no doubt Eli Manning is the leader of the New York Giants offense. The Jets can’t say the same with Kellen Clemens pushing Chad Pennington for the starting quarterback job. Clemens came off the bench in the second half and engineered two third-quarter touchdown drives against the Giants’ backups to lead the Jets to a 20-12 victory on Saturday night in the annual preseason game between the…
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.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, New York (Ticker) — Street Sense should have some extra time to recover from what trainer Carl Nafzger called a “stressful” afternoon.
Australian authorities are considering extending the nationwide ban on horse movement after the country’s first outbreak of equine influenza outbreak began to spread out of control.
Race tracks were again closed across Australia on Sunday as the country’s first equine influenza outbreak spread outside Sydney to stables and other locations in New South Wales and Queensland states. “There is one confirmed case in rural New South Wales, where one of the horses in Centennial Park had visited,” Federal Agriculture Minister Peter McGauran said Sunday.
After his best finish in almost a month, Dale Earnhardt Jr. had one thing on his mind.
Orlando Hernandez has pitched like an ace all season. If the New York Mets can get Carlos Delgado going, too, they might wind up pulling away from the rest of the NL East again. Hernandez tossed seven sharp innings and Delgado finally came through with a big hit, sending New York to a 4-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday.
Tim Wakefield’s wakeup call came several years ago. To keep pitching he needed to work on more than just his baffling knuckleball. His body needed attention, too. And that’s why at age 41, he’s having one of his best seasons. He allowed just three hits over seven scoreless innings Saturday, joining teammate Josh Beckett as the only 16-game winners in the majors, and leading the surging Boston Red Sox…
Damon Huard, who has spent his career backing up some of the NFL’s top quarterbacks, is finally No. 1. Coach Herm Edwards said Saturday the 11-year veteran will start for the Kansas City Chiefs. Huard hadn’t started a game since 2000 but went 5-3 last season after Trent Green was injured in the season opener.
