Charlottesville, VA (SportsNetwork.com) – The third-ranked Virginia Cavaliers will be without second-leading scorer Justin Anderson for the next 4-to-6 weeks due to a fractured finger on his left hand. The standout guard was hurt in the first half of Saturday […]
New Orleans, LA (SportsNetwork.com) – A night after Anthony Davis’ improbable buzzer-beating 3 lifted the Pelicans over the Oklahoma City Thunder, New Orleans was without its star for much of the Chicago Bulls’ 107-72 win on Saturday. Davis landed hard […]
Cullowhee, NC (SportsNetwork.com) – Western Carolina University has rewarded football coach Mark Speir with a four-year contract extension following the Catamounts’ first winning season since 2005. Speir had been entering the final year of a four-year contract, but the new […]
Frederikshavn, Denmark (SportsNetwork.com) – Denmark’s Micki Nielsen won the vacant WBC international cruiserweight title Saturday in a unanimous decision over Brazil’s Julio Cesar Dos Santos. Nielsen (17-0) won the 10-round fight on scorecards of 100-90, 100-91 and 99-91. Dos Santos […]
Gainesville, FL (SportsNetwork.com) – Kentucky used its superior size and solid free-throw shooting against Florida to remain unbeaten. Aaron Harrison scored 23 points, Karl-Anthony Towns added 19 with eight rebounds, and the top-ranked Wildcats pulled away down the stretch for […]
Ozone Park, NY (SportsNetwork.com) – Far From Over, ridden by Manuel Franco, overcame a horrible start to capture Saturday’s $250,000 Withers Stakes at Aqueduct. The 1 1/16-mile Withers is a prep for Aqueduct’s $1 million Wood Memorial on April 4 […]
(SportsNetwork.com) – Oakland Athletics pitcher Jarrod Parker reportedly lost his arbitration case. According to CBSSports.com, Parker will receive $850,000 for the 2015 season instead of the $1.7 million he requested. Parker is coming off a second Tommy John procedure. He […]
Pittsburgh, PA (SportsNetwork.com) – Pittsburgh Pirates second baseman Neil Walker lost his arbitration case, but will still make some decent money for the 2015 season. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported Saturday that Walker had filed for arbitration at $9 million for […]
New York, NY (SportsNetwork.com) – Los Angeles Clippers guard Chris Paul was fined Saturday for his criticism of the officiating in Thursday’s game against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Paul drew a fine of $25,000 from the league, which said the penalty […]
Fayetteville, AR (SportsNetwork.com) – Arkansas has signed head football coach Bret Bielema to a two-year contract extension through December 2020. Additionally, Bielema’s total pay has been bumped to $4 million for the 2015 season. There will be additional increases of […]