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 NBA Sees Europe as a Long-Term Project |
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Tuesday, October 10 2006 @ 06:42 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
Europe is a serious market for the National Basketball Association (NBA) but there are no plans in the short term to establish franchises on the continent, commissioner David Stern says.
Four NBA teams have traveled to Europe this month to compete against top European clubs, with the Philadelphia 76ers, Phoenix Suns, San Antonio Spurs and Los Angeles Clippers setting up training camps in Spain, Italy, France and Russia respectively.
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| Owens' Return to Philadelphia Doesn't Go to Plan |
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Monday, October 09 2006 @ 07:06 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
Quarterback Donovan McNabb and the Philadelphia Eagles spoiled Terrell Owens' much-hyped return to the City of Brotherly Love on Sunday, the Eagles rolling to a 38-24 victory over the Dallas Cowboys.
Owens, public enemy number one in Philadelphia following a series of explosive feuds with team mates and coaches last season, made his first appearance in the city since joining Dallas but his presence had more impact off the field than on it.
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| NBA Official Refutes Shaq's Criticism of Ball |
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Wednesday, October 04 2006 @ 07:05 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
The NBA is convinced it is playing with a better basketball this season — no matter what Shaquille O’Neal thinks.
The old leather balls are being replaced by a microfiber composite model, the league’s first change in 35 years, and O’Neal isn’t impressed. The Miami Heat star blasted the ball Monday, criticizing not only the product but whoever was involved in the decision to use it.
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| Shockey Won’t be Benched for Recent Blowup |
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Wednesday, October 04 2006 @ 07:04 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
Pro Bowl tight end Jeremy Shockey won’t be benched for comments that the New York Giants were outcoached in a recent loss to the Seattle Seahawks.
After first refusing to answer the question, coach Tom Coughlin said Tuesday that Shockey would start against the Washington Redskins this weekend if his sprained right ankle was OK.
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| Haynesworth Apologizes to Gurode, Won't Appeal |
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Wednesday, October 04 2006 @ 06:59 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
After dialing his number all day with no luck, Titans defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth finally got the chance Tuesday to personally apologize to Andre Gurode for tearing open the Cowboys center's face with a cleat.
Haynesworth spent much of the day getting nothing but unanswered rings and a full voice mail box, then connected in the late afternoon with Gurode, who needed 30 stitches to repair the facial cuts.
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| Lakers Enter Training Camp Without Coach Jackson |
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Wednesday, October 04 2006 @ 06:54 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
The Los Angeles Lakers began official training for the 2006-07 season on Tuesday without the full impact of two familiar faces in head coach Phil Jackson and top player Kobe Bryant.
The 61-year-old Jackson is having surgery to replace his right hip while Lakers guard Bryant, recovering from an operation on his right knee, is not yet at full strength.
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| Drug Report Brings Denials From Baseball Stars |
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Monday, October 02 2006 @ 07:13 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
Miguel Tejada is getting an unpleasant sense of deja vu. He says he already was smeared by one scandal and it looks like it's happening again.
The Baltimore Orioles' shortstop was named in a federal agent's affidavit, the Los Angeles Times reported, that said pitcher Jason Grimsley had accused five players of using performance-enhancing drugs.
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| MLB Playoff Matchups Set |
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Monday, October 02 2006 @ 07:12 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
The San Diego Padres got their wish: a chance to start the playoffs at home. The Los Angeles Dodgers got a cross-country ticket and a meeting with the New York Mets.
Trevor Hoffman and the Padres hung on to win the NL West on Sunday, earning home-field advantage in the first round against Albert Pujols, Chris Carpenter and the St. Louis Cardinals.
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| Ravens, Colts and Bears Remain Unbeaten |
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Monday, October 02 2006 @ 07:07 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
The Baltimore Ravens, Indianapolis Colts and Chicago Bears all recorded victories on Sunday to remain the only unbeaten teams in the NFL after a quarter of the regular season.
Week Four began with seven teams sporting unblemished marks but the San Diego Chargers, Seattle Seahawks, Cincinnati Bengals and New Orleans Saints all absorbed their first defeats.
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| Woods Swing Changes FInally Gets Vindicated |
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Monday, October 02 2006 @ 07:03 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
The remarkable Tiger Woods made PGA Tour history when he won the WGC-American Express Championship by eight strokes.
Not only did the world number one land his sixth consecutive strokeplay title on Sunday, he also became the first player to win at least eight times on the tour in three different seasons (1999, 2000 and 2006).
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| Romanowski Will Remain Son’s Football Coach |
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Thursday, September 28 2006 @ 07:38 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
Former NFL player Bill Romanowski can continue coaching his 12-year-old son’s flag football team after scolding another seventh-grader over what the notorious linebacker considered dirty play, the recreation league’s director said Wednesday.
Romanowski, who retired in 2004 after a controversial 16-year career that included stints with the 49ers and Raiders, took over his son’s recreation-league squad this fall in Piedmont, an upscale enclave in the Oakland hills.
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| Alexander's Broken Foot Confirmed |
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Thursday, September 28 2006 @ 07:34 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
The power of cross-continental prayer among family members on the telephone. An ultrasound machine working overtime. And optimism so rampant, it led him to jump up and down on a broken bone.
Two days of that still couldn't fill the crack in Shaun Alexander's foot.
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| Mayor Urges Giants to Keep Barry Bonds |
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Thursday, September 28 2006 @ 07:18 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
The San Francisco Giants should keep Barry Bonds on the team next year as he pursues the U.S. home run record despite allegations of past steroid use and a related criminal probe, the city's mayor said on Wednesday.
"Somehow, out of nowhere he has shown signs of youth in the last half of the season," Mayor Gavin Newsom told Reuters in reference to the 42-year-old slugger.
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| Charger Player Arrested in Codeine Bust |
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Thursday, September 28 2006 @ 07:17 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
San Diego Chargers player Terrence Kiel was arrested at the NFL team's practice facility on Tuesday for shipping cases of Codeine-based cough syrup, a controlled substance, the Drug Enforcement Administration said on Wednesday.
Kiel, a 25-year-old safety, was arrested on two counts of transporting and three counts of possession for sale, according to the DEA.
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| Owens Denies he Attempted Suicide |
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Thursday, September 28 2006 @ 07:08 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
Dallas Cowboys football star Terrell Owens denied reports on Wednesday he attempted suicide through an overdose of prescription pain pills, saying he had been hospitalized by an allergic reaction to medication.
"There was no suicide attempt," Owens told reporters at the team practice facility after his release from the hospital earlier in the day.
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| Terrell Owens Attempts Suicide |
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Wednesday, September 27 2006 @ 08:02 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
Flamboyant Dallas Cowboys receiver Terrell Owens tried to kill himself by overdosing on pain medication, police said, even putting two more pills into his mouth after a friend intervened.
A Dallas police report released Wednesday morning said Owens told his friend "that he was depressed." Details of the report were first released by WFAA-TV.
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| Leinart Will Start at QB for Cards |
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Tuesday, September 26 2006 @ 07:37 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
Matt Leinart in the lineup for Kurt Warner? It will happen Sunday when the Arizona Cardinals play the Atlanta Falcons in Glendale, Ariz., ESPN reported Monday.
Cardinals coach Dennis Green didn’t say the rookie would replace the struggling veteran for Arizona’s next game, but he didn’t dismiss the possibility Monday.
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| Twins Clinch Post-Season Berth |
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Tuesday, September 26 2006 @ 07:27 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
Justin Morneau and Torii Hunter homered to help clinch the Minnesota Twins a playoff berth with an 8-1 win over the Kansas City Royals on Monday.
Minnesota's victory combined with the defending World Series champion Chicago White Sox's 14-1 loss in Cleveland gave the Twins their fourth trip to the playoffs in five seasons.
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| Saints Game Ball Awarded to City |
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Tuesday, September 26 2006 @ 07:26 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
A raucous Mardi Gras-like atmosphere helped the New Orleans Saints crush the Atlanta Falcons 23-3 on Monday in the first NFL game at the Superdome since Hurricane Katrina.
John Carney booted three field goals as the Saints assumed sole possession of first place in the NFC South with their third straight victory in a scenario worthy of a Hollywood script.
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