No team in the NL West has beaten Brandon Webb more than San Diego, and the Padres came up with a big one on Tuesday night. Mike Cameron homered to start a four-run rally off the reigning NL Cy Young winner in the sixth inning and the Padres beat Arizona 6-4 to pull within one game of the division-leading Diamondbacks.
No team in the NL West has beaten Brandon Webb more than San Diego, and the Padres came up with a big one on Tuesday night. Mike Cameron homered to start a four-run rally off the reigning NL Cy Young winner in the sixth inning and the Padres beat Arizona 6-4 to pull within one…
The eBay auction for 22 Michael Vick football cards, chewed up and slobbered on by two Missouri dogs, ended Wednesday as the winning bidder dished out $7,400 — with the money expected to be donated to the Humane Society. The success of that auction, with 31 different bidders, created a craze of 25 other postings…
The Phoenix Suns and D.J. Strawberry, their second-round draft pick, have agreed to a two-year contract that guarantees him a roster spot this season. Strawberry, the 59th overall selection in the June draft, will receive the rookie minimum salary of $427,163 for the 2007-08 season. The second year of the contract is a team option.
One final, sorrowful time, an Eddie Griffin highlight reel played for family and friends. Snapshots of Griffin as a child, as a Philadelphia prep star, smiling with his family and shaking hands on draft night with NBA commissioner David Stern seemed more appropriate for a big screen All-Star tribute than flashed on a plain white…
NBA star Allen Iverson’s stepfather was indicted on federal drug distribution charges after police said they found crack cocaine in his car in April. Michael Andre Freeman, 51, will remain jailed until his bond hearing Friday. He was to have been in court Aug. 24 but the hearing was postponed a week to give him…
Andy Pettitte proved reliable again for the New York Yankees, right after they lost faith in Mike Mussina. Pettitte halted another Yankees slide by winning his sixth straight start, and Johnny Damon hit a tiebreaking homer against his former team in New York’s 5-3 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night.
New manager. Same old floundering Houston Astros. Chris Duncan shook off an August slump with a three-run homer and an RBI single and the St. Louis Cardinals ruined Cecil Cooper’s managerial debut with a 7-0 win over the Astros on Tuesday night. Phil Garner was fired on Monday and replaced by Cooper after Houston limped…
Yi Jianlian is going to play for the Milwaukee Bucks after all. Yi, the sixth overall selection in the NBA draft in June, signed a multiyear contract with the Bucks in Hong Kong on Wednesday. “There has been a genuine excitement throughout our city and state, as well as internationally, following our selection of Yi…
Aaron Rowand’s swinging bunt took three small hops until it trickled to a dead stop maybe 45 feet down the third-base line, the baseball’s stitches kissing the chalk. Ryan Howard’s hefty cut went about 400 feet and sent the Phillies faithful into a frenzy. Both hits had the same result: crucial runs that led to…
Jacque Jones’ dog days came earlier this season when he was benched and nearly traded. Now that August is almost over, he’s a starter and playing a big role as the Chicago Cubs make their run for the playoffs. Jones hit a game-tying two-run double in the seventh and scored the go-ahead run on an…
The Milwaukee Brewers will bring ace right-hander Ben Sheets off the disabled list Wednesday to start against the Chicago Cubs. Sheets, on the DL since July 16 with a sprained middle finger on his right hand and bothered by blisters, threw in the outfield before Tuesday’s 5-3 loss to the Cubs. “He was fine,” said…
Asante Samuel now is ready to build on his outstanding 2006 season. Insisting he’s happy his holdout is over and he has a one-year, $7.79 million contract, the Patriots cornerback was at practice Tuesday. Last year, the best of his first four since New England drafted him in 2003, he tied Champ Bailey of Denver…