Brewers manager Ned Yost insists he’s unconcerned about the rate at which his hitters are striking out. Really, really, really unconcerned. “We’re probably going to make somewhere between 24 and 27 outs today,” Yost informed reporters Friday. “I don’t really care, unless there’s a runner on third base with less than two outs, how you [...]
Astros manager Cecil Cooper credits Bud Selig for sparking the best years of his baseball career, and for that, he’s forever indebted to the Commissioner of Major League Baseball. Selig was the owner of the Brewers in the winter of 1976 when he arranged for a trade that brought Cooper to Milwaukee from Boston. Selig [...]
Brewers right-hander Yovani Gallardo has crutches stashed in his locker, a vertical scar on his swollen right knee and a more cautious outlook on his odds of pitching again this season.” I don’t want to say yes, and then I’m not able to,” Gallardo said Friday at Miller Park. “I don’t want to be disappointed.” [...]
Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce walked together, sporting black hats with green four-leaf clovers, and tried to soak up the moment when both superstars became conference champions for the first time. “My heart is beating faster,” Pierce said. Someone asked Garnett if he needed a water. “I’m good,” Garnett said. KG and the Big Three [...]
Ryan Braun is battling a head cold and an inner ear infection, and that’s bad news for the Milwaukee Brewers’ opponents. Braun homered and matched a career-high with four hits, Manny Parra pitched six strong innings and the Brewers beat the Houston Astros 5-1 on Friday night. “I think it worked for me today,” said [...]
The Detroit Red Wings can win the Stanley Cup on Saturday night, even if they may not realize it. Not in actuality, of course. At last check, the NHL still requires a team to win four games to lift the Stanley Cup, not three. No matter, a Red Wings victory on Pittsburgh’s home ice would [...]
NASCAR handed down its most severe penalties yet concerning alterations to its new car Wednesday, when the crew chiefs and car chiefs for Scott Riggs and Johnny Sauter were suspended six races apiece for tampering with the rear wings on their Chevrolets last weekend at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. Additionally, crew chiefs Bootie Barker and Dave [...]
Three members of Brad Keselowski’s team, including crew chief Tony Eury Sr., were penalized Wednesday for participating in a post-race altercation with Denny Hamlin’s crew on pit road at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. Crew members from both teams scuffled after late race contact between the two drivers in Saturday night’s Nationwide Series event. Keselowski ran into [...]
The NBA will begin fining players guilty of flopping, beginning next season. Although the exact amount of fines has not been determined, the clubs have been informed that a new rule is on the way. “We have not finalized what the system’s going to be and certainly we will before the beginning of next season,” [...]
Flip Saunders doesn’t sound like a coach worried about his future. The Boston Celtics won Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals, pushing the Detroit Pistons to the brink of elimination and a possible shake up. Saunders has already outlasted his predecessors, Larry Brown and Rick Carlisle, both of whom lasted just two years. But [...]
