ShaquMlle O’Neal weighed into basketball’s great debate on Tuesday when he backed a young Michael Jordan to beat LeBron James one-on-one — but added that both were outshone by the legendary Dr. J. O’Neal, visiting Hong Kong to promote an energy drink, faced both Jordan and James in their prime and when asked who would win a hypothetical match-up, he didn’t hesitate. “Mike,” said O’Neal, winner of four NBA titles
Major League Baseball Japan Tuesday announced a new youth tournament next year with the finals to be played in one of the cities hardest hit by Japan’s 2011 quake-tsunami disaster. The MLB Cup 2016 will start in May with the finals being played from the end of August through September in Ishinomaki city, organisers said. “There is a beautiful stadium in the venue,” said Tony LaRussa, chief baseball officer of
(The Sports Xchange) – Cleveland manager Terry Francona appears to be watching right-hander Danny Salazar develop before his eyes after he turned in his seventh successive strong start to lead the Indians to an 8-2 rout of the Boston Red Sox on Monday. Lonnie Chisenhall drove in three runs to help the Indians to their third win in the last four games. Chisenhall’s fly ball to the left-field wall was
(The Sports Xchange) – The ball came off pinch-hitter Buster Posey’s bat with an arc that suggested a go-ahead, two-out, two-run homer in the top of the ninth inning. In the St. Louis Cardinals’ dugout, pitching coach Derek Lilliquist turned to manager Mike Matheny, unworried as center fielder Peter Bourjos sped to the wall. “Derek said, ‘That’s not a problem.’ So I was convinced it was staying in the ballpark,”
Former National Football League players who oppose the league’s potential $1 billion settlement of lawsuits claiming it hid the risk of concussions asked a federal appeals court on Monday to throw out the accord. In a filing with the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia, 10 former players said the settlement with more than 5,000 retirees was unfair because it did not properly treat players yet to be
-We already knew the 2017 Ford GT would use an active rear spoiler, and while we could guess at how it would function based on Ford’s description and the needs of a supercar like this, we haven’t yet seen it deploy in real life. And then this Forza Motorsport 6 video comes along. Since Forza builds its in-game models by meticulously detailing their real-life counterparts, down to small functional details
– After 15 years on the market, Nissan’s body-on-frame, old-school Xterra SUV is going out of production. No replacement model is mentioned in Nissan’s announcement, and we don’t imagine there will be a new Xterra anytime soon. That’s because although truck and SUV sales are booming on the backs of the unibody crossover segment, the only body-on-frame rigs getting any love of late are pickups and full-size SUVs with big tow capacities
– The first BMW M3, that little snarly sweetheart E30 from the Reagan years, didn’t invent its genre. There were heroic versions of otherwise mainstream cars long before it, starting with the Cosworth Vega and VW Golf GTI. Well, actually, starting with the Pontiac GTO. No, really, starting with the Chevy II Nova Super Sport. Okay, fine, starting with the 1949 Olds “Rocket” 88. Discussion closed. But while the M3
– For AMG aficionados, it wasn’t easy to swallow the loss of the raucous naturally aspirated 6.2-liter V-8 offered in a number of hot-rod Benzes, the last being the Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG coupe. Now that it’s history, how to keep the fans pumped? – – How about a new Mercedes-AMG C63 coupe (note the new nomenclature) with the AMG GT’s twin-turbocharged V-8, clad in unique bodywork that underscores the brand’s special position within the Daimler
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