There probably have not been 10 teams in all of baseball history that were quite as hopeless as the 2009 Washington Nationals. They lost 103 games — the second year in a row that they lost 100 — and were the worst team in baseball. But it was worse than that. The Nationals had just moved into a new park a year earlier ... and nobody in the nation’s capital seemed to care. They were 13th in the Nat...
HUMBLE, Texas (AP) - Steve Wheatcroft hates going to Monday qualifiers. He was reminded Friday why they can be worth it.Wheatcroft ran off three straight birdies early in his round and kept bogeys off his card for a second straight 5-under 67. That gave him a one-shot lead over D.A. Points and Jason Kokrak going into the weekend at the Houston Open.Rory McIlroy also will be around, but just barely...
BOSTON (AP) - Brendan Gallagher began Montreal's comeback from a two-goal deficit with a third-period goal. The rookie ended it with the only goal in the shootout.After blowing a two-goal lead of their own, the Canadiens rallied for a 6-5 victory over the Boston Bruins on Wednesday night in a meeting of the top two teams in the Northeast Division."When you get down two goals twice and come back (w...
March 27 (Reuters) - Miami Heat's 27-game winning streak in the National Basketball Association ended on Wednesday when they were beaten by the Chicago Bulls.The Bulls won 101-97 at home to hand the defending NBA champions their first defeat since Feb. 1.Miami's 27 consecutive wins was the second longest winning streak in NBA history. Only the 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers, who won 33 in a row, had a...
HUMBLE, Texas (AP) - Once the frost thawed, Rory McIlroy was back at work Wednesday morning trying to find a swing he could trust and repeat.McIlroy hasn't looked anything like the No. 1 player in golf this year, and now he's not. That spot belongs to Tiger Woods again after winning for the third time in two months to establish himself as the favorite going into the Masters.None of this bothers Mc...
There are a million reasons to love the Florida Gulf Coast basketball story, of course. The Eagles are the first 15-seed ever to reach the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. That, all alone, is awesome enough. But on their way to history, the team has already set some kind of record for most ridiculous alley-oop dunks, crazy celebrations and free-for-all fast breaks. The players, without exception, ...
LONDON (AP) - The World Anti-Doping Agency has defended its test for human growth hormone and accused the NFL players union of being "extremist" for questioning its validity.WADA director general David Howman tells The Associated Press the test for HGH was endorsed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in its ruling Tuesday in the case of an Estonian cross-country skier.The court lifted the three-...
Painted largely in bright orange against a base-colored wall behind the seats in a concourse down the right-field line at Ed Smith Stadium, Major League Baseball spring training home of the Baltimore Orioles, you find an eye-catching mural featuring “The Oriole Bird,” the teams’ long-time mascot. With two feather hands on the wheel and a lone palm tree in the rear, the colorful mascot is nestled c...
The United States earned a historic result on Tuesday night at Estadio Azteca, playing Mexico to a scoreless draw. It was the first US draw on Mexican soil in World Cup qualifying since Nov. 2, 1997.Brad Guzan
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Rick Nash scored twice, Derek Stepan had a goal and three assists, and the New York Rangers extended their dominance of Philadelphia with a 5-2 win over the Flyers on Tuesday night.Brad Richards and Chris Kreider also scored for New York, which has won 11 of the last 12 meetings with Philadelphia. Rangers coach John Tortorella became the 30th coach in NHL history to reach 400 w...
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama welcomed Landon Donovan as the U.S. national team soccer star returned from a four-month sabbatical Tuesday, reuniting with the Los Angeles Galaxy in a ceremony at the White House.The Galaxy of MLS and the Los Angeles Kings of the NHL had simultaneous celebrations of their titles in the East Room.Donovan, a veteran of three World Cups with the United States...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - NASCAR chairman Brian France said Tuesday that the contact between Joey Logano and Denny Hamlin as they battled for the win at California over the weekend was just the kind of throwback racing he expects out of his drivers and the new Gen-6 car."I have said repeatedly, every minute, that contact, especially late in the race when you are going for a win, that's not only going...
ORLANDO, Florida (AP) -Life must be going well for Tiger Woods when he can make headlines in the gossip pages for dating Olympic ski champion Lindsey Vonn and in the sports pages for winning Bay Hill and returning to No. 1 in the world.All in the same week.The studio photos of Woods and Vonn that were posted on their Facebook pages looked more suitable for a catalog showcasing their clothing spons...
NEW YORK (AP) - Maybe winning doesn't take care of everything.Nike is causing a social media storm with its latest online ad showing a picture of Tiger Woods overlaid with a quote from him, "Winning takes care of everything."The ad, posted on Facebook and Twitter, is supposed to allude to the fact that the golfer recovered from career stumbles to regain his world No. 1 ranking on Monday, which he ...
KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) - Five-time champion Serena Williams has advanced to the Sony Open semifinals and tied the women's record for career victories in the tournament by beating No. 5-seeded Li Na 6-3, 7-6 (5).Williams overcame six double-faults Tuesday and rallied in the second set from a 5-2 deficit. She hit six winners in the tiebreaker, including a forehand passing shot cross-court on the fi...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana athletic director Fred Glass must be ready for the game each time he goes out.The minute he's recognized at the supermarket or the barbershop, he knows he'll be doing an impromptu news conference. He has learned to expect the sit-down interview if he shows up at his wife's optometrist's office. And when he sees that hand-written envelope from Libertyville, Ind., he real...
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - The trade sending outfielder Vernon Wells from the Los Angeles Angels to the New York Yankees has been finalized.New York dealt a pair of minor leaguers to the Angels on Tuesday for Wells: outfielder Exircado Cayones and left-hander Kramer Sneed. The Angels will pay about $28.5 million of the $42 million Wells is owed over the final two seasons of his contract.The Yankees will p...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - NASCAR won't penalize Tony Stewart for scuffling with Joey Logano on pit road at California and saw nothing to indicate Logano or Denny Hamlin were trying to intentionally wreck each other as they raced for the win.In addition, NASCAR officials have given no thought to policing blocking, which is what Logano did to Stewart on the final restart to trigger the post-race confro...
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is celebrating championship wins by two Los Angeles sports teams in a White House ceremony.Obama honored the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League, whose Stanley Cup was on display in the East Room. He also welcomed the LA Galaxy, the championship Major League Soccer team.Galaxy player Landon Donovan gave Obama a soccer ball that the president bou...
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. (AP) - A national poll of sports fans reveals that a distinct minority of 21 percent supports paying college athletes but nearly half think top college coaches should be paid as much or more than their professional counterparts.Additional results from the poll conducted by the Marist College Center for Sports Communication and the Marist Poll find that 95 percent of fans want co...
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