Washington, DC (SportsNetwork.com) – The Washington Nationals placed outfielder Scott Hairston on the 15-day disabled list prior to Sunday’s game against the Atlanta Braves. Hairston, who is dealing with a left oblique strain, appeared in two of Washington’s first five […]
Boston, MA (SportsNetwork.com) – Boston Red Sox third baseman Will Middlebrooks has landed on the 15-day disabled list with a strained calf. Middlebrooks was diagnosed with a Grade 1 calf strain after having an MRI exam Sunday morning. Red Sox […]
Tokyo, Japan (SportsNetwork.com) – Akira Yaegashi retained his WBC flyweight title Sunday with a ninth-round knockout of Odilon Zaleta, while Adrian Hernandez lost his WBC light flyweight crown after suffering a sixth-round TKO against Naoya Inoue. Yaegashi improved to 20-3 […]
Athens, OH (SportsNetwork.com) – Saul Phillips has been named the new men’s basketball coach at Ohio University. Phillips spent the past seven seasons at North Dakota State and most recently guided the Bison to a record of 26-7 with a […]
Arcadia, CA (SportsNetwork.com) – Odds-on favorite California Chrome proved too much for his competition Saturday as the 3-year-old easily won the 1 1/8- mile, $1 million Santa Anita Derby at Santa Anita Park. Coming off a win in the San […]
Rostock, Germany (SportsNetwork.com) – Juergen Braehmer recorded a sixth-round TKO over Enzo Maccarinelli to retain his WBA light heavyweight belt on Saturday. Braehmer (43-2) made the first defense of his title. He claimed the vacant belt in December with a […]
St. Petersburg, FL (SportsNetwork.com) – The Tampa Bay Rays signed shortstop Yunel Escobar to a two-year, $13 million contract extension on Saturday. The deal includes a club option for 2017. “Yunel has been a tremendous addition to our infield and […]
Ozone Park, NY (SportsNetwork.com) – Longshot Wicked Strong swept to victory Saturday to capture the 90th running of the $1 million Wood Memorial at Aqueduct. Trained by Jimmy Jerkens and ridden by Rajiv Maragh, Wicked Strong was sent off at […]
Boston, MA (SportsNetwork.com) – The Boston Bruins clinched the top seed in the Eastern Conference with a 5-2 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday. Johnny Boychuk, Milan Lucic and Chris Kelly scored in the third period for the Bruins, […]
Fort Worth, TX (SportsNetwork.com) – Tony Stewart will start on the pole for a Sprint Cup Series race for the first time in 19 months after edging Brad Keselowski in the closing seconds of Saturday’s qualifying at Texas Motor Speedway. […]