Fort Myers, FL (SportsNetwork.com) – Minnesota Twins shortstop Pedro Florimon is scheduled to undergo arthroscopic surgery Monday to remove his appendix, a procedure that will likely sideline him for at least two weeks. Florimon will miss the beginning of the […]
State College, PA (SportsNetwork.com) – Florida State University president Eric Barron was named president of Penn State University on Monday. Penn State trustees unanimously approved the selection at a special meeting in State College. Barron will succeed Rodney Erickson, who […]
Sochi, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – It was finally time for Meryl Davis and Charlie White at the Olympics. The two-time world champion Americans won ice dancing gold Monday at the Sochi Games, edging defending Olympic champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir […]
Oakland, CA (SportsNetwork.com) – The Oakland Athletics placed reliever Eric O’Flaherty on the 60-day disabled list Monday as the free-agent acquisition continues his recovery from Tommy John surgery. O’Flaherty, who signed a two-year contract worth a reported $7 million with […]
Berkeley, CA (SportsNetwork.com) – The first two 3-year-olds across the wire last Saturday in the El Camino Real Derby at Golden Gate Fields will both be making their next starts in major Kentucky Derby prep races in the Blue Grass […]
Krasnaya Polyana, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – Germany’s Severin Freund helped his team claim ski jumping gold over the Austrians Monday at the Sochi Games, sealing the victory on the final attempt of the competition at RusSki Gorki Jumping Center. Germany ended […]
Sochi, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – Natalie Spooner scored twice and Hayley Wickenheiser added a pair of assists, as Canada gained its fifth straight gold-medal contest by topping Switzerland, 3-1, on Monday. Melodie Daoust also lit the lamp for the Canadians, who […]
Surprise, AZ (SportsNetwork.com) – The Kansas City Royals claimed outfielder Jimmy Paredes off waivers from the Baltimore Orioles on Monday. Paredes hit .192 with one homer, 10 RBI and four steals in 48 games last season with the Houston Astros. […]
Sochi, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – Now the pressure mounts for the Canadian women’s curling team. Canada became the first women’s team to finish unbeaten in round-robin Olympic play with a 9-4 victory over South Korea on Monday. After winning all nine […]
Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) – Former Philadelphia Eagles Pro Bowl center Ken Farragut passed away Sunday in Pennsylvania from complications with diabetes. He was 85 years old. Drafted by the Eagles in the sixth round in 1951 out of the University […]