Cincinnati, OH – Cincinnati, OH (SportsNetwork.com) – The Milwaukee Brewers placed right fielder Ryan Braun on the 15-day disabled list Saturday with a right oblique strain. The move is retroactive to April 27, a day after he left a game against the Cubs. The former NL MVP is batting .318 …
Read More »Wainwright tries to get himself right vs. Red Sox
(SportsNetwork.com) – Adam Wainwright will try to work past some uncharacteristic struggles on Thursday night as he goes for his 14th win of the season in the St. Louis Cardinals’ finale of a three-game set with the Boston Red Sox. It has been a fairly consistent and dominating season for …
Read More »Franklin seeking offensive identity at Penn State
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – James Franklin is still looking for the best of both worlds for his Penn State offense. The first-year coach wants at least eight “explosive” plays of 20 yards or more each game; the Nittany Lions are averaging just over six. He also wants a go-to running …
Read More »Bengals Andy Dalton, Andrew Whitworth accept college player Lauren Hill's challenge
CINCINNATI – Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton and left tackle Andrew Whitworth accepted Lauren Hill’s challenge to make a dizzy layup and help raise money for research into her type of brain cancer. The freshman at Division III Mount St. Joseph was diagnosed a year ago and has only months to …
Read More »Flyers captain Claude Giroux out 2 weeks with injury suffered on 1st day of training camp
VOORHEES, N.J. – Philadelphia Flyers captain Claude Giroux will miss at least two weeks after sustaining a lower-body injury on the first day of training camp. The Flyers did specify the injury on Friday. Giroux left the ice only 15 minutes into the first session at camp. He was selected …
Read More »Orioles go for another home win over Rays
(SportsNetwork.com) – The Baltimore Orioles love them some home-cooking. The Camden Yards residents will aim for a fifth consecutive win in front of the home folks on Wednesday night, when they entertain the visiting Tampa Bay Rays in game three of a four-game series. The Orioles have stretched their home …
Read More »A's dominate Giants again
Oakland, CA (SportsNetwork.com) – Sonny Gray piled up eight strikeouts in a seven-inning performance, and the Oakland Athletics beat the San Francisco Giants, 6-1, in the second edition of the Bay Bridge Series. The A’s, who won 5-0 on Monday and have the best record (57-33) in baseball, tied a …
Read More »Sooners cruise past Tulsa
Tulsa, OK (SportsNetwork.com) – Trevor Knight threw two touchdown passes and ran for another score in the fourth-ranked Oklahoma Sooners’ 52-7 rout of the Tulsa Golden Hurricane on Saturday. Knight completed 21-of-34 passes for 299 yards for the Sooners (2-0), who opened the season with a 48-16 victory over Louisiana …
Read More »Former Virginia championship swim coach Mark Bernardino joins South Carolina in support role
COLUMBIA, S.C. – South Carolina assistant Mark Bernardino is glad to be back in the pool coaching, even if it isn’t what the one-time Atlantic Coast Conference championship leader expected at this point in his career. Bernardino’s Cavaliers dominated the ACC, winning 27 titles from 1978-2013. But Bernardino and Virginia …
Read More »American Alexander Rossi joins Russian F1 team Marussia as reserve driver
BUDAPEST, Hungary – Marussia says Alexander Rossi of the U.S. has joined the Formula One team as its new reserve driver. Rossi was in the same role with the Caterham team for two years, and also competed in the GP2 development series. The Russian team has been competing in F1 …
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