Carlos Zambrano figured he’d have to be perfect against fellow ace Ben Sheets. The big Cubs right-hander often is when facing the Brewers. Zambrano outpitched Sheets again, and the Chicago Cubs scored five runs in the sixth inning to beat Milwaukee 7-1 on Tuesday night, assuring they’ll leave town leading the NL Central. “Against any [...]
NASCAR apologized Tuesday for the tire fiasco that ruined its prestigious race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and vowed to avoid a repeat. A durability issue with the tires Goodyear brought to Indy forced NASCAR to call cautions every 10 to 12 laps on Sunday to slow the action and force teams to change their tires [...]
Joe Gibbs probably won’t field a fourth team next season because he’s running out of time to put a proper expansion package together. “You wouldn’t say never, but it doesn’t look right now that it will happen for us next year,” Gibbs told the Associated Press before the start of Sunday’s race at Indianapolis Motor [...]
The Chicago Cubs were able to defeat the ace of the Milwaukee Brewers – without using their own – in the opening game of a pivotal series. They’ll now turn to Carlos Zambrano in a bid to extend their NL Central lead Tuesday when they continue their four-game set against the Brewers at Miller Park. [...]
Former NBA referee Tim Donaghy was sentenced to 15 months in prison Tuesday for setting off a gambling scandal that tarnished the reputation of the league and raised questions about the integrity of its officiating. The sentencing in Brooklyn federal court culminated a case that hung over the league throughout the season and even into [...]
The circus was supposed to be here in town Monday. But the selfish old man in the sideshow never showed up. That’s what Brett Favre has become, an act in the sideshow. The Green Bay Packers opened their training camp Monday and all anybody wanted to talk about here was the potential return to the [...]
Toronto could be back on the IndyCar Series schedule when the 2009 slate is announced sometime in the next few weeks. A report in Sunday’s Edmonton Sun said the Toronto Indy will be run again next year after a one-year lapse due to the unification of the defunct Champ Car World Series and IndyCar in [...]
The Indy Racing League won’t be coming back to Nashville Superspeedway after efforts to negotiate an agreement for a 2009 race failed. “Regrettably, the IRL has chosen to structure their sanction fees at such a level that we had no choice but to re-evaluate whether they fit into our plan,” Cliff Hawks, the track’s vice [...]
Derrek Lee gave Milwaukee all the momentum. Reed Johnson just made sure Lee got a second chance. Lee doubled with one out in the ninth to score Alfonso Soriano and the Chicago Cubs rallied to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-4 on Monday night to take a two-game lead in the NL Central. “The way we’ve [...]
With Brett Favre’s standoff with the Green Bay Packers still simmering, Aaron Rodgers took his place as the starting quarterback in the team’s first training camp practice Monday morning. Rodgers says he is doing his best to ignore the ongoing controversy with Favre, who has threatened to file for reinstatement with the league and report [...]
