Carey Price’s inconsistent series could land him on Montreal’s bench. Canadiens coach Guy Carbonneau declined to announce his starting goaltender for the pivotal Game 4 against Philadelphia on Wednesday night. The Flyers lead the best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinal series 2-1. Price was replaced by Jaroslav Halak after allowing three goals on 12 shots in a [...]
The Buffalo Bills will receive $78 million — more than double their calculated 2006 operating income — to play eight games in Toronto over the next five years. The payment to the Bills was disclosed for the first time in Rogers Communications’ 2008 first-quarter report released Tuesday. The Toronto-based company is part of a consortium [...]
The Detroit Pistons might have won Game 5 more than an hour before it started. Music wasn’t rattling the locker room. Eyes were locked on the big-screen TV showing the previous matchup with the Philadelphia 76ers. Chauncey Billups scored 21 points, Richard Hamilton had 20 and Rasheed Wallace added 19 to lift Detroit to a [...]
Anxious and antsy before the game, Mike Cameron could finally relax when it was over. The veteran waited for his opportunity and made a big impact once he got it. Cameron had three hits, including a two-run single in the seventh that broke open the game, and the Brewers beat the Chicago Cubs 10-7 on [...]
Memphis coach John Calipari signed a contract extension through the 2012-13 season that includes an annual raise of $500,000 and a $5 million bonus if he stays through the end of the contract. Calipari’s new contract will pay him $2.35 million per year. Calipari took the Tigers to the national championship game this year, the [...]
The results of ESPN The Magazine’s annual “Ultimate Standings: Fan Satisfaction Rankings” have been released and the Milwaukee Brewers placed 13th out of 122 major league franchises in the survey. The entire survey and rankings appear in the just-released edition of the Magazine. More than 60,000 fans participated in the survey, which rated each franchise [...]
The Detroit Pistons see it and feel it.When the Pistons are down in the playoffs or hearing from their doubters, they’re at their best. When a series is even or they’re ahead and outsiders rave about them, they’re at their worst. Can’t the Pistons just trick themselves into creating a sense of urgency? “That’s something [...]
The Philadelphia Eagles sued their former wide receiver Terrell Owens for bonus money he has not repaid the team. The suit for nearly $770,000 was filed in U.S. District Court on Monday. Owens lost in arbitration earlier this year, a ruling calling him to repay $1.7 million in bonuses the team paid him when he [...]
Maybe Joe Gibbs can afford to let Tony Stewart go. The ol’ coach already seems to have NASCAR’s next star on his roster. Kyle Busch did it again Sunday, this time conquering a track that had always given him fits. As he pulled into Victory Lane at Talladega Superspeedway, there appeared to be nothing this [...]
Well-traveled Larry Brown has reached an agreement to return to the NBA as coach of the Charlotte Bobcats, a person familiar with the decision told the Associated Press on Monday. The person, speaking on condition of anonymity because an official announcement has not been made, said Brown was expected to sign a contract on Tuesday. [...]
