A laurel and hearty handshake to SNY’s Gary Cohen, deserving winner of our inaugural TV Voice of Reason Award for this exchange with Ron Darling entering the bottom of the eighth Friday in Boston: Cohen, after listening to almost everyone in Fenway singing together: “Fenway Park, where the fans actually like the song ‘Sweet Caroline.’” Darling: “Everyone participates. So loud
After a day’s worth of flying — had a lengthy layover at Dallas/FTW (FTW!) — I landed at McCarran International Airport in Vegas at about 10 p.m. last evening. Garry from PokerNews met me at the baggage carousel, and when my overstuffed bag finally turned up it felt a little like I’d won at roulette
Form and results point to Matt Dartnall’s speedster, says The Lord. You have to fear (!) a number of things, more of which later, but there really is only one greyhound that can win the Derby at Wimbledon on Saturday - and that’s Ballymac Ruso ([3.7]). It’s the only scenario that form students can have after the quarter-finals and semis, because Matt Dartnall’s dog has been faultless from the boxes and set the fastest time in the event in both races.
UFC 98 is Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, with light-heavyweight champ Rashad Evans defending his belt against Lyoto “Bruce Leroy” Machida, and Matt Hughes and Matt Serra finally meeting in a co-main event heralded as a grudge match but more akin to “Oh Jeez, Just Get the Damn Fight Over With” bout. Anyhoo, here’s a list of things that won’t happen at UFC 98: Machida will not move forward.
Don’t bet on it. In case you missed it, things already got underway in the West as far as the conference finals in the 2009 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs is concerned with the Detroit Red Wings humbling the Chicago Blackhawks with a devastating 5-2 beatdown. Inexperience was clearly on display as the Detroit Red Wings took advantage of the Blackhawks’ ineptitude.
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From [1.04] Middlesbrough to [9.6] Sunderland a quartet of teams could end the Premier League’s final day in the Championship. We are all set for betting drama in the Premier League this Sunday when the final four relegation battlers attempt to beat the drop. With one game to go Middlesbrough, Newcastle, Hull and Sunderland could all find themselves playing Championship football next year .
With the recent news that Mirko CroCop may be returning to the Octagon for UFC 99 in Germany, MMA Journalist tracked down the once-feared Pride star’s shin for an interview. Always willing to talk, CroCop’s shin addressed a number of issues, including up-coming opponent Mustapha Al-Turk and the pressure of performing. So, you’re CroCop’s shin.
I can’t say that it’s the most talked about thing in Red Sox Nation, because frankly, no one really wants to talk about it. They’d rather talk about Jason Bay’s great numbers, or Daniel Bard’s premiere, or how great it is to have this much talented pitching. But it’s on everyone’s mind
It looks like the war of words between Ferrari and the FIA is ON. Yup, we’ll be treated to a war of words in the next few weeks between one of F1’s premiere teams and F1’s governing body
Roger Federer has won his first singles title of the season and his first against Nadal on clay in we can’t remember how long. Roger won in straight sets 6-4, 6-4 against the world number one who was clearly a different player than the one witnessed yesterday against Novak Djokovic in the longest ATP match in history, 4 hours and 2 minutes. Nadal never seemed to get the fire necessary to turn things around as he did in yesterday’s second set against Novak who had won the first won so decidedly