Derian Hatcher was like all the other Flyers fans who watched the last 15 minutes on TV. He did it in the locker room, feeling sick, stressed and helpless as the lead nearly slipped away. Unlike the other orange-clad diehards, Hatcher could have prevented the frayed nerves Monday night. When Philadelphia held on for the [...]
Pat Riley’s worst season as coach of the Miami Heat will be his last. The Hall of Famer resigned as coach Monday but remains team president. Erik Spoelstra, a 37-year-old assistant, will replace Riley on the bench and become the NBA’s youngest current coach. Spoelstra has never been a head coach at any level outside the [...]
Had Ben Sheets been unable to pitch Tuesday in his scheduled slot, Milwaukee knew it would have Dave Bush on regular rest ready to fill in.On Sunday, after a couple days of reassurances that Sheets’ prospects were looking good, the team made it very clear that its ace will be on the hill in Chicago. [...]
Roger Clemens had a decade-long relationship with country star Mindy McCready that began when she was a 15-year-old aspiring singer and the pitcher was a Boston Red Sox ace, the New York Daily News reported. Clemens’ lawyer, Rusty Hardin, confirmed a long-term relationship but told the newspaper it was not sexual. “He flatly denies having [...]
Ashley Force beat father John on Sunday in the NHRA Southern Nationals to become the first female driver to win a national Funny Car event. Ashley had a run of 4.837 seconds at 320.36 mph at Atlanta Dragway in her Castrol GTX Ford Mustang to take a 59-point lead over Tim Wilkerson in the season [...]
Martin Biron had more children (two) than career playoff wins (none) only three weeks ago. Now make Biron’s tally 5-3 in favor of the Philadelphia Flyers. Biron and his wife, Ann Marie, had a baby girl two weeks ago and the proud pop has barely had time to enjoy her. That’s because the playoff rookie [...]
Wes Helms was having trouble catching up to Brewers pitchers’ fastballs. That’s what happens, he said, when you spend much of the season sitting on the bench. Fortunately for the Florida Marlins, he found his swing at the perfect time Sunday. Helms came through in just his fourth start of the year, hitting a home [...]
A dash of perfection was exactly what Detroit needed to go from the brink of a disastrous deficit to back in control of the series. All it took was 12 minutes. Tayshaun Prince scored 23 points and made all but one shot from the field, and the Pistons played with a purpose and dominated the [...]
Adam Scott felt he needed to make a statement by winning Sunday. He did, though, not quite the way he wanted to do it. After blowing the three-stroke lead he carried into the final round, Scott made a nine-foot birdie putt on No. 18 to force a playoff, then made a 48-footer playing it again [...]
There were no tears in Victory Circle this week. Just seven days after Danica Patrick’s emotional first IndyCar victory in Japan, Sunday it was series veteran Dan Wheldon celebrating at Kansas Speedway, his first win since taking the checkered flag here a year ago. The Englishman was all smiles and a little relieved. “It has [...]
