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 Bonds’ Trainer Would Go to Prison for 3rd Time |
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Thursday, July 27 2006 @ 09:22 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
Lawyers for Barry Bonds’ personal trainer say he’d rather go back to prison for a third time than take part in the grand jury investigation of his childhood friend for tax evasion and perjury.
Fresh off a 15-day jail term for refusing to cooperate in an earlier phase of the probe, Greg Anderson is expected to be called Thursday before a new grand jury investigating the San Francisco Giants slugger. But the trainer is expected to renew his vow of silence.
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| Porter Skips Workout Day After Trade Demand |
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Thursday, July 27 2006 @ 09:21 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
The Art Shell era has just begun and Jerry Porter is already having problems with his new coach.
A day after publicly demanding a trade, Porter sat out practice Wednesday with a calf injury. While other injured players such as Ronald Curry were on the field with their teammates for part of practice, Porter was nowhere to be seen during workouts.
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| Bush, Saints to Intensify Negotiations |
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Thursday, July 27 2006 @ 09:20 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
Things between Reggie Bush and the New Orleans Saints are about to get serious.
The No. 2 overall draft pick and the Saints will begin hard bargaining on a contract Thursday, ESPN.com reported. Saints officials and Bush's agent Joel Segal are scheduled to engage in discussions that could take some time to work out, though.
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| Thurman's Suspension Latest Bengals Setback |
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Thursday, July 27 2006 @ 09:18 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
Bengals middle linebacker Odell Thurman was suspended Wednesday for the first four games of the season because he violated the NFL's substance abuse policy, the latest blow to a team already stung by player arrests.
Four others have been arrested in separate incidents during the last two months, focusing attention on Cincinnati's willingness to draft players with troubled pasts.
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| Tour de France Winner Landis Tests Positive |
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Thursday, July 27 2006 @ 09:11 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
Tour de France winner Floyd Landis has tested positive for the male sex hormone testosterone, the U.S. rider's Phonak team said on Thursday, dealing a savage blow to cycling's most prestigious race.
"The Phonak Cycling Team was notified yesterday by (world cycling body) the UCI of an unusual level of testosterone/epitestosterone ratio in the test made on Floyd Landis after stage 17 of the Tour de France," Phonak said in a team statement.
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| Soriano Taking Light Approach to Trade Rumors |
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Wednesday, July 26 2006 @ 07:13 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
The Washington Nationals are working the phones trying to find favorable deals while Alfonso Soriano is amused by the rumors flying around ahead of Monday’s trade deadline.
“The last seven days, I’ve seen my name (linked) with five different teams, so I’m laughing,” Soriano said before Washington’s game against San Francisco on Tuesday night. “I know and I understand it’s a very difficult decision for the team.”
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| Sixers GM Says Iverson Off Trading Block |
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Wednesday, July 26 2006 @ 07:07 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
Allen Iverson wants to stay with the Philadelphia 76ers and it looks like the former MVP is going to get his wish.
Sixers president Billy King told The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News on Tuesday he has taken Iverson’s name off the trading block and expects the All-Star to be with the team at the start of training camp.
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| ESPN's Reynolds Fired for Sexual Harassment |
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Wednesday, July 26 2006 @ 06:43 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
Harold Reynolds was fired by ESPN from his job as a baseball analyst after he was accused of sexual harassment, the New York Post reported Wednesday.
The former Gold Glove-winning second baseman, a member of the “Baseball Tonight” team for 11 years, said he didn’t do anything to warrant his dismissal and wants his job back.
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| Huff Signs Deal With Raiders |
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Wednesday, July 26 2006 @ 06:39 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
First-round pick Michael Huff signed a $22.5 million, five-year contract with the Oakland Raiders on Tuesday that guarantees the safety $15 million.
Huff agreed to the parameters of the deal Monday night, but didn't sign it until minutes before Tuesday's afternoon practice on the Raiders' first day of training camp.
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| Young Poker Star Wins Again, Wins Second WSP Event |
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Tuesday, July 25 2006 @ 07:14 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
A week after becoming the youngest player to win a World Series of Poker event, 21-year-old Jeff Madsen proved it was no fluke.
The University of California, Santa Barbara film student who scraped together $9,500 for buy-ins from his parents and a college fund has now cashed in for a cool $1.4 million. And he’s still playing.
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| Cubs Put Ailing Lee Back on Disabled List |
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Tuesday, July 25 2006 @ 07:11 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
The Chicago Cubs placed first baseman Derrek Lee on the 15-day disabled list Monday with inflammation in his right wrist, and said there are no plans to shelve the NL batting champion for the rest of the season.
Lee, a two-time Gold Glove winner, broke two bones in his right wrist in a collision with Rafael Furcal of the Dodgers on April 19. He was activated from the DL on June 25 but has experienced some pain and weakness in the wrist since his return.
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| Bonds' Attorney Demands Leak Probe |
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Tuesday, July 25 2006 @ 07:07 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
Barry Bonds' attorney is asking federal authorities to investigate who told a newspaper that the Giants forwarded the baseball star's medical records to a grand jury investigating him for perjury and tax evasion.
Citing two people familiar with the probe, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Saturday that the U.S. Attorney's office had received the medical records last week in response to a subpoena issued to the San Francisco Giants.
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| Chiefs to Sign Pro Bowl Cornerback Law |
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Monday, July 24 2006 @ 07:06 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
Pro Bowl cornerback Ty Law agreed to a five-year deal with the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday.
Law will rejoin Herman Edwards, who coached him with the New York Jets last year, when the veteran came back from a severe foot injury and led the NFL with 10 interceptions. Chiefs spokesman Bob Moore said Law will take his physical Monday.
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| Ricky Williams Needs Surgery on Broken Arm |
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Monday, July 24 2006 @ 07:04 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
Ricky Williams will undergo surgery Monday to repair a broken left arm and is expected to miss at least four weeks, The Globe and Mail reported Sunday.
Williams was hurt during the first half of a 26-23 win over the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Saturday.
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| Regis Philbin Nears 75 With Tight Schedule |
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Monday, July 24 2006 @ 06:58 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
The craziest Tour de France in memory ended Sunday the same way the last seven had: with an American wearing the yellow jersey, this time with a Landis instead of a Lance.
After stunning feats of willpower and woeful cracks of concentration, Floyd Landis' arthritic hip held up and he held on for the ceremonial ride over the cobblestones of the Champs-Elyses.
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| Emotional Woods Seals 11th Major Title |
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Monday, July 24 2006 @ 06:55 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
Tiger Woods completed one of the best ball-striking weeks of his career to retain his British Open title with an emotional two-shot victory over compatriot Chris DiMarco on Sunday.
One stroke clear at the start of the day, the 30-year-old American birdied three of the last five holes at Royal Liverpool for a five-under-par 67, sealing his 11th career major.
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| Injured Foot Worries Yao Not |
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Friday, July 21 2006 @ 08:00 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
China's towering NBA player Yao Ming has declared his foot injury a non-issue ahead of August's World Championship warm-up games against America and Brazil in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou.
"As to my injury, I don't have any major concerns. Everything's going really smoothly," Yao told reporters at a news conference on Friday.
The 7ft-5in NBA All Star broke his left foot playing for Houston Rockets on April 11, putting in doubt his participation in basketball's international showpiece starting in Japan on August 19.
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| 300-Game Winner Matchup Clemens Prevails |
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Thursday, July 20 2006 @ 08:00 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
Roger Clemens out-dueled Greg Maddux in a battle of future Hall of Famers as the Houston Astros stopped the Chicago Cubs 4-2 at Wrigley Field on Wednesday.
The mouth-watering match-up between 300-game winners lived up to expectations as Clemens and Maddux went toe-to-toe for six riveting innings.
In the end, it was the 43-year-old Clemens (2-3) who prevailed, scattering three hits over six shutout innings to earn a milestone 343rd career win and move into sole possession of eighth place on the all-time list.
Maddux (7-11) went seven innings, yielding three runs on seven hits.
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| Big Ben Shoots Video with Country Band |
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Wednesday, July 19 2006 @ 06:10 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
Ben Roethlisberger helped the PovertyNeck Hillbillies, a local country band, shoot a music video for their new single “Mr. Right Now.”
Hillbillies lead singer Chris Abbondanza and fiddle player Chris Higbee competed for the charms of a young woman during the video shoot on Tuesday.
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| Red Bulls Hire Bruce Arena as Coach |
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Wednesday, July 19 2006 @ 06:06 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
Bruce Arena has a message for American soccer fans: Be patient.
Arena took over the struggling New York Red Bulls on Tuesday, but also predicted that his former squad - the U.S. soccer team - would not win consistently at the World Cup until 2018.
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