Brett Favre was listed as questionable Friday for the New York Jets game against Arizona with a sore left ankle, but is expected to start against the Cardinals. The 38-year-old quarterback twisted his left ankle Monday night in New York’s loss at San Diego. His ankle was tightly wrapped, but he appeared hardly hobbled during [...]
5 Star Pick of the Week: Tennessee (-2.5) vs Minnesota. 4 Star Picks of the Week: Green Bay (+1.5) vs Tampa Bay, NY Jets (-2.5) vs Arizona, New Orleans (-5.5) vs San Francisco. Rest of the Week: Denver (-8.5) @ Kansas City, Jacksonville (-7.5) vs Houston, Cleveland (+3.5) vs Cincinnati, Carolina (-6.5) vs Atlanta, Buffalo [...]
Over the years, the Green Bay Packers have faced their share of quarterbacks who would qualify as a nemesis to the club. Back in the 1970s, there was Fran Tarkenton of Minnesota, who helped orchestrate a seven-game winning streak for the Vikings against the Packers from 1975-78. Of course in the 1990s, it was Troy [...]
Paul Newman wanted to be a great athlete — he just never found a sport in which he could excel. Then, while filming the movie Winning in 1969 at age 43, he discovered auto racing. “I was never a very graceful person. The only time I ever really feel coordinated is when I dance with [...]
Given the wild fluctuations of the Milwaukee Brewers’ season, it’s only natural that the final push for their first playoff appearance since 1982 would come down to game No. 162. But even as they slipped back into a tie for the NL wild card with Saturday’s 7-3 loss to a Chicago Cubs team resting most [...]
Any chance Johan Santana can pitch on no days’ rest? Desperate to stay in the playoff race, the New York Mets brought back their ace early and he delivered, pitching a three-hitter that led them over the Florida Marlins 2-0 on a rainy Saturday. “I just went out there and tried to finish it. I [...]
Michigan celebrated its 500th game at the Big House with the first big win of the Rich Rodriguez era. The Wolverines rallied from a 19-point halftime deficit, and when Wisconsin’s Allan Evridge misfired on a two-point conversion pass with 13 seconds left, Michigan had sealed a 27-25 victory over the ninth-ranked Badgers on Saturday. “I’m [...]
Less than an hour after Juan Pablo Montoya celebrated his first NASCAR pole, it was taken away from him because of a technical violation on Friday. NASCAR spokesman Ramsey Poston said Montoya’s fast lap was disqualified because a postqualifying inspection discovered his rear shock absorbers exceeded the maximum gas pressure allowed. That moved two-time reigning [...]
A mop-up reliever and a one-time top prospect who has lost his starting job helped the Milwaukee Brewers gain control their own playoff destiny again. Rickie Weeks hit a three-run homer in the seventh, Seth McClung pitched four scoreless innings in relief and the Brewers rallied to beat the Chicago Cubs 5-1 on Friday night [...]
The trade for CC Sabathia keeps looking better and better. Sabathia sizzled on short rest, giving up four hits over seven innings while striking out a season-high 11 and the Brewers rallied past the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-2 on Wednesday to tie the New York Mets in the NL wild-card race. New York lost 9-6 in [...]
