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Cubs place Jason Heyward on 10-day DL
Heyward's tenure on the disabled list is retroactive to this past Saturday, his first of back-to-back days off in the weekend series with the New York Yankees. He is now hitting.211 with three RBI in 19 at-bats. Floro signed a minor league contract with the Cubs last offseason and was a non-roster invitee to big league spring training. [Full Article...]
Yankees-Cubs heading to 18th inning
Before Gardner went deep, he was a pathetic 3-for-20 (.150) with zero extra-base hits after the sixth inning, and hitless in five at-bats in the ninth inning this season. The win completed a three-game sweep of the World Series champions, giving New York MLB's best record. The New York Yankees and Chicago Cubs are tied at 4 heading to the 18th inning in the majors' longest game of the season b... [Full Article...]
Crosby returns for Penguins after concussion
Both Crosby and Conor Sheary played in Saturday's Game 5 for the first time since sustaining concussions in Game 3. They loomed rather large over Game 6 last season , when the three players accounted for all of Pittsburgh's scoring in their 4-3 victory that eliminated the Capitals in the second round at home a year ago. [Full Article...]
Mets says Harvey will return to mound Friday at Milwaukee
Understand, you're never going to have 25 guys that all like each other. Harvey fought the Mets' plans to shut him down for all of 2014 and earned a tongue-lashing from Collins when he appeared on a local radio station - during a game - and said he hoped to pitch at some level late in the season. [Full Article...]
What Alvarez-Golovkin being set means for Mayweather-McGregor
This fight is one of the biggest and most important that can now be made in boxing. Fans were universally excited to hear the announcement of Canelo vs. If odds start skewing too far in Golovkin's direction, though, jump on it before it gets out of control. "Listen, Floyd is one of the best ever in the history of the game, and Conor is one of the best ever in the history of our game, so people w... [Full Article...]
More dramatics between Orioles, Red Sox at Fenway Park
Hennick repeated what he thought he had heard and asked the man if that was what he said. "It's not acceptable to the Red Sox, it's not acceptable to (owners) John Henry, Tom Werner, or any of the men and women that work here and we want to send this message loud and clear to the entire market". [Full Article...]
Rodney Hood three gives Jazz lead for first time - in entire series
They will look to complete the sweep on Monday in Utah. Thompson has been in a bit of a slump and was 1 for 9 Saturday. But do you know how tricky it is to shoot straight against the Jazz when one eye is cocked in the direction of Cleveland? It didn't matter. [Full Article...]
Anthony Joshua knocks out Wladimir Klitschko
Lennox Lewis paid tribute to Klitschko for getting up twice in the 11th from devastating Joshua punches. But Klitschko showed there is still plenty of fight left in him. "The baddest man on the planet - with all the titles and one face". After the drama of the 5th and 6th, the fight then settled back into a close boxing match for the next four rounds, with honours fairly even. [Full Article...]
LaVar Ball Defends Expensive Price Of Lonzo Ball's 'Symbolic' Sneakers
Also, no matter what happens with Big Baller Brand moving forward, LiAngelo and LaMelo will be wearing Adidas when they attend UCLA in the coming seasons. "The Lonzo shoe is symbolic, that comes with a price tag", he continues. It's an bad comparison to make. LaVar said the shoes are symbolic because he's the first person who's not in the National Basketball Association to have his own brand. [Full Article...]
Yankees-Cubs heading to 17th inning
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Chicago Cubs' Anthony Rizzo reacts after being hit by a pitch from. "(I) thank my parents that I drank my milk when I was a kid. First pitch for the game is scheduled for 7:40 p.m., and the game will air on CSN Chicago . Matt Carpenter had a first-inning homer for St. Louis. Toronto took two of three from the Rays to win a road series for the first time this season (1-4-1). [Full Article...]
Belgium global wasn't surprised by Emre Can's wonder-goal for Liverpool
Watford did put Liverpool under huge pressure late on into the game in search of the equalizer and manager Jurgen Klopp has admitted that he is relieved at his side thwarting the Hornets' attack to claim the vital win. "I have never scored a goal like that, just when I was younger", he said on Sky Sports . I saw the space and I ran behind and my first thought was that I wanted to head it,... [Full Article...]
Golden State Warriors close in on Western Conference final berth
And Kevin Durant lost a 3-1 Conference Finals lead to these same Warriors a year ago, so he'll come at this game with a sense of urgency, too. The Golden State Warriors (7-0) defeated the Utah Jazz (4-6) by the final score of 102-91 tonight. [Full Article...]
Chelsea become third team to win 300 Premier League home games
Conte said: "This league is very hard". We have to try to take three points . "For sure, now we are very close". Fabregas was given too much space to find Costa in the box and, following a touch from Azpilicueta, the Spain global centre-forward rolled a calm finish between Guzan's legs for his 20th league goal of the season. [Full Article...]
Milner misses penalty as Liverpool held 0-0 by Southampton
But Milner put the troublesome fight for a top four place, which will go to the wire, down to the persistent failure to see off defence-minded teams like Southampton, who left Liverpool with a point on Sunday. This season is likely to make it three with Arsenal , on 63, playing Southampton and Stoke away before Liverpool head to east London on Sunday. [Full Article...]
Karlsson leaves game with apparent leg injury
Instead, after those heroics and the pair of overtime winners that followed, we are talking about a team that is now one win away from eliminating the New York Rangers and advancing to the Eastern Conference final. In the series-clinching Game 6 win over Montreal at home last month, the Rangers fell behind 1-0, but Mats Zuccarello scored twice - once on the power play - and the Rangers held on to ... [Full Article...]
Riecco Berlusconi: "Il Milan cambi tattica"
Abbiamo un piccolo vantaggio, conquistato con merito nella prima parte della stagione, non in questa dove siamo in crisi di risultati e un po' di gioco. Abbiamo affrontato degli avversari molto forti e la quota europea, quest'anno, si è alzata rispetto agli altri. Dobbiamo concentrare le forze, che sono tante, verso il nostro obiettivo. [Full Article...]
IPL - Hyderabad register comfortable victory over Mumbai
Unadkat returned with figures of 5/30, including a hat-trick in the final over to outplay Sunrisers Hyderabad by 12 runs in a crucial tie here on Saturday. For the home side, the two Afghan players were brilliant. Parthiv Patel looked settled at the crease till the sixth over before the Sunrisers bowler Siddharth Kaul bowled a slower delivery outside off and Parthiv chipped the ball down towar... [Full Article...]
Senators 6 Rangers 5: Pageau The Man With Four Goals
The only other time they had a 2-0 series lead was in the 2007 Eastern COnference final, against Buffalo. Defensively, the New York Rangers are allowing 2.6 goals per game and are killing 79.8 percent of their opponents power plays. He flipped home a loose puck after Mike Hoffman drove to the net with a chance. But then, NY defenceman Brady Skjei threw his body in front of a shot, blocked it, ... [Full Article...]
Wembley to host Joshua - Klitschko workout and weigh in
Showtime will televise live at 4:15 p.m. ET/1:15 p.m. PT from sold-out Wembley Stadium in London. "Anthony Joshua is a great fighter, I'm taking the best out there to fight to be the best". The experienced Klitschko is considered the underdog for Saturday's fight and, aged 41 and after 17 months of inactivity, he could struggle to recover should he suffer a second consecutive defeat. [Full Article...]
Tyson: Joshua Makes Boxing Big
I want to go worldwide with him. "He knows everything he did". Tyson appears to also have taken shades at money man Floyd Mayweather. IBF super-middleweight champion James DeGale feels Anthony Joshua has taken himself to a new level of stardom after his dramatic win over Wladimir Klitschko at the weekend. [Full Article...]