New York Jets running back Thomas Jones has a strained right calf muscle and hopes to return in time for the team’s season opener, his agent said Monday. Drew Rosenhaus, Jones’ agent, told Sports Betting News that he spoke Monday to the star running back, who updated him on the severity of the injury.
LEVEL CROSS, North Carolina (Ticker) — Petty Enterprises on Tuesday named Doug Randolph as crew chief for the No. 43 Dodge driven by 2000 NASCAR Nextel Cup Champion Bobby Labonte.
Tim Wakefield flirted with a no-hitter and wound up giving the Boston Red Sox what they really needed: A victory — any victory — to stop their slide in the AL East. The Red Sox knuckleballer held Tampa Bay hitless into the seventh inning, and Julio Lugo helped out with three hits on Monday night to lead Boston to a 3-0 victory over the Devil Rays.
Placido Polanco of the Detroit Tigers set a major league record for second baseman by playing his 144th straight game without an error in a 7-2 loss to the Oakland Athletics on Monday night. “I have to really thank the organization for giving me the opportunity to be the second baseman and play every day,” said Polanco, whose last error was July 1, 2006, at Pittsburgh.
With his place in home run history secure, Barry Bonds says next season likely will be his last. Bonds previously talked about playing in 2008. On Monday, the San Francisco slugger looked toward retirement. “(Playing) after next year? I don’t know. I don’t think so,” he said. “I don’t think two years I can make.” As for where he’d finish up, Bonds wasn’t sure.
Hanging in Arthur Blank’s opulent headquarters is a signed photograph of his star quarterback breaking away from a defender, a memento of happier times for the Atlanta Falcons. “To: Arthur. Thanks for everything. Michael Vick. #7.” Well, it looks as if that picture may soon be coming down. The Falcons said Tuesday they wanted to suspend Vick over dogfighting allegations, and their owner left open the…
HUNTERSVILLE, North Carolina (Ticker) — Kyle Busch officially announced his decision to join Joe Gibbs Racing at a news conference Tuesday morning.
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Even after a two-run double to start his return home, Richie Sexson still heard boos. “Nothing against them. I dug my own grave with the fans,” said the Seattle slugger who’s been in a season-long funk. But Sexson rose from his ongoing burial in Seattle to give the fans something else to shout about. He drove Matt Guerrier’s second pitch of the ninth inning over the left-center field fence to send…
