The AP is reporting: The U.S. women earned a place in the championship game of the Peace Queen Cup with a 2-0 victory Thursday over Italy on two goals by Abby Wambach. The win clinched Group B for the Americans, […]
Category: Pro Sports
Randolph gets pink slip
The AP is reporting: Willie Randolph figured the New York Mets would fire someone. He just didn’t think general manager Omar Minaya would pick him. “I thought he was talking about whacking a couple of my coaches,” the ex-manager told […]
Green Bay looking at Taylor
The Palm Beach Post writes: The Green Bay Post-Gazette is reporting the Packers recently “made an exploratory inquiry” to the Dolphins about DE Jason Taylor‘s availability. “We don’t comment on rumors,” Dolphins spokesman Harvey Greene said of the report. The […]
Fowler doesn’t say much
The Nashville City Paper writes: Tennessee Titans linebacker Ryan Fowler couldn’t say much about the allegations regarding performance-enhancing drugs against him that surfaced last week, but he did deny using steroids. In speaking to the media Wednesday for the first […]
Celtics win, greet fans
HOWARD ULMAN of the AP writes: Paul Pierce had not slept in 36 hours but the Boston Celtics captain was more than ready to greet the tens of thousands of fans who turned out Thursday for the rolling rally celebrating […]
Let the Signing Begin! Pac-10 Style (6-18)
Only doing Pac-10 players and Oregon State recruits. Arizona – Round 15 – 456 – Minnesota Twins – David Coulon – Arizona Round 16 – 477 – San Francisco Giants – C.J. Ziegler – Arizona Arizona State – Round 14 […]
Former OSU rower heads to Olympics
Former Oregon State University rower Josh Inman has made the U.S. Olympic Team in the men’s pair. Inman, a graduate of Hillsboro High School, teamed with Matt Schnobrich of St. Paul, Minn., with a time of 6:38.104 over the 2,000-meter […]
Woods up and down
DOUG FERGUSON of the AP writes: The focus fell to golf’s biggest stars, with fans crammed together a dozen deep in spots at Torrey Pines to see how Tiger Woods dealt with a tender knee and whether Phil Mickelson could […]
Chad Johnson present, but disruptive
JOE KAY of the AP writes: Chad Johnson showed up for the start of the Cincinnati Bengals’ mandatory minicamp on Thursday. Beyond that, nothing was clear. The disgruntled receiver didn’t participate in the morning workout after telling the team he’s […]
Arenas takes “quality shot” at new employment
The AP is reporting: Gilbert Arenas lived up to his word and opted out of the final year of his contract, the Washington Wizards said Monday. The move had been long expected. Arenas has repeatedly said he would forgo the […]