Arlington Heights, IL (SportsNetwork.com) – Magician, winner of last year’s Breeders’ Cup Turf, has been given the nod as the morning line favorite for Saturday’s 32nd Arlington Million over defending winner Real Solution. Trained by Aidan O’Brien and ridden by […]
Brooklyn, MI (SportsNetwork.com) – NASCAR has implemented a new rule that will require drivers involved in accidents on the racetrack to remain inside their vehicles unless “extenuating emergency conditions exist with the race car.” During a press conference on Friday […]
Del Mar, CA (SportsNetwork.com) – Trainer George Papaprodromou will saddle Imperative next Sunday at Del Mar Racetrack for the 1 1/4-mile, $1 million Pacific Classic in the hope the 4-year-old can return to the winner’s circle. Imperative, owned by KM […]
The last five champions have come out of the West Division and each has been a different program (Texas Southern later vacated its 2010 title). None of those games were decided by more than seven points, and that came in […]
Cape Coral, FL (SportsNetwork.com) – It’s that time of year again. Hope is springing eternal at National Football League training camps. Short- term pretenders are being revealed by distance-worthy contenders on major- league baseball diamonds. And premium cable TV announcers […]
Denver, CO (SportsNetwork.com) – Colorado Rockies outfielder Carlos Gonzalez will undergo season-ending surgery to repair the patella tendon in his left knee. The news of Gonzalez’s surgery comes one day after the Rockies announced that shortstop Troy Tulowitzki would also […]
Kannapolis, NC (SportsNetwork.com) – Tony Stewart has made the decision not to compete in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event this weekend at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn. Stewart, who struck and killed a fellow competitor walking on the dirt […]
Denver, CO (SportsNetwork.com) – Cincinnati Reds starting pitcher Homer Bailey is headed to the 15-day disabled list with a flexor mass strain in his right elbow. Bailey, who was scheduled to start on Saturday, felt pain while throwing on Tuesday […]
Detroit, MI (SportsNetwork.com) – The Pittsburgh Pirates claimed pitcher John Axford off waivers from the Cleveland Indians on Thursday. Axford had signed a one-year deal with Cleveland last December to serve in the closer’s role, but had been relieved of […]
Baltimore, MD (SportsNetwork.com) – Major League Baseball chief operating officer Rob Manfred has been elected as the sport’s next commissioner following a contentious day of meetings between owners. Manfred, who has served as a league executive since 1998, will officially […]