Daniel Murphy just hoped no one was watching. Murphy shocked the sleeping Dodgers by stealing an uncovered third base and went on to score the tying run. Two innings later, Murphy hit a go-ahead homer off Zack Greinke that led the New York Mets over Los Angeles 3-2 Thursday night and into an NL Championship Series matchup with the Chicago Cubs.
Ben Watson sank to his knees at the back of the end zone with both arms raised, looked up at the frenzied Superdome crowd and absorbed the adulation. Drew Brees passed for 312 yards, Watson racked up a career-high 127 yards receiving to go with a fourth-down touchdown catch, and recently reeling New Orleans handed the Atlanta Falcons their first loss this season, 31-21 on Thursday night. Desperate for a
The Chicago Cubs will send Jon Lester to the mound for Game 1 of the NL Championship Series against the New York Mets, and Javier Baez will start at shortstop after Addison Russell was shelved by a left hamstring injury. Russell got hurt while legging out a triple in Game 3 of the NL Division Series against the Cardinals. Maddon said they haven’t made a decision on Russell’s replacement for
Authorities are retracing Lamar Odom’s $75,000 visit to the brothel to find out why the former NBA and reality TV star was found unconscious. There’s been no official word on Odom’s condition at a Las Vegas hospital, but the Rev. Jesse Jackson said Wednesday he’s on life support. Odom’s grandmother, Florence Odom, declined to comment on his status Thursday, saying she was distressed at unfounded speculation that her grandson would
One jaw-dropping catch by Francis Owusu nearly overshadowed a record-setting performance from Christian McCaffrey. Owusu pinned the ball on the back of a defender in the end zone for one of the most memorable catches in recent memory and McCaffrey did most of the rest with a school-record 243 yards rushing and four touchdowns in No. 15 Stanford’s 56-35 victory over No. 18 UCLA on Thursday night. ”That’s one of
Oct 16 (Infostrada Sports) – Scores from the U.S. PGA Tour Frys.com Open at the par-72 course on Friday in Napa, California -9 Brendan Steele (U.S.) 63 -8 Jhonattan Vegas (Venezuela) 64 -7 Harold Varner III (U.S.) 65 Martin Laird (Britain) 65 -6 Lee Dong-Hwan (Korea) 66 Justin Thomas (U.S.) 66 -5 Russell Henley (U.S.) 67 Jason Gore (U.S.) 67 Justin Rose (Britain) 67 Graham DeLaet (Canada) 67 Scott Langley
(Reuters) – The Kardashian family on Friday paused social media postings across their commercial sites while ex basketball star Lamar Odom – Khloe Kardashian’s estranged husband – fights for his life in a Las Vegas hospital. Khloe, sister Kim and half-sister Kylie Jenner said they had stopped publishing content to their various popular mobile apps and their official websites. “As a family, we’ve decided to hold off on publishing content
(Reuters) – Lydia Ko carded a blemish-free seven-under-par 65 on Friday to take a one-stroke lead at the LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship in South Korea and boost her chances of usurping Park In-bee at the top of the women’s world rankings. The 18-year-old New Zealander, the youngest woman to win a major, trailed overnight leader Park Sung-hyun by seven strokes at the start of the second round but finished
Matt Kuchar has applauded the decision to switch the World Cup of Golf back to a team-based competition after a much-criticized format change saw the last edition dominated by an individual-focused tournament. World number 16 Kuchar partnered Gary Woodland to win the World Cup for the United States in China in 2011 but was left cold by the 2013 tournament in Melbourne, which placed the emphasis on individual strokeplay. The
The New York Mets punched their ticket to the National League Championship Series for the first time since 2006 with a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday. Second baseman Daniel Murphy belted the go-ahead home run as the Mets won the decisive fifth game, advancing to face the Chicago Cubs in a best-of-seven series with the winner getting a berth in the 2015 World Series. The Mets
