Tainted or not, Alex Rodriguez had plenty of reasons to celebrate homer No. 661. A-Rod passed Willie Mays for fourth on the career home run list Thursday night, helping the New York Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 4-3. ”All of this is pretty crazy,” Rodriguez said. ”A year ago today I never thought I would ever get a curtain call or be hitting in the middle of the lineup for
By Marc Frank HAVANA (Reuters) – A Chinese company and the Cuban government have signed a letter of intent to build a golf course and resort, official media said on Friday, with an apparent eye to the eventual lifting of U.S. travel restrictions. Cuba currently has one 18-hole-golf course, and its Communist government says it wants to eventually have at least 12 golf resorts on the Caribbean island. “The president
(Reuters) – Alex Rodriguez blasted the 661st home run of his career on Thursday to pass Willie Mays for fourth on the all-time list. The milestone blow came in the third inning of the New York Yankees’ 4-3 win over the Baltimore Orioles. “The reaction was incredible,” Rodriguez told reporters. “I’ve said all along the league, the Yankees, the fans — no one owes me anything.
May 8 (Infostrada Sports) – Scores from the European Tour Mauritius Open at the par-71 course on Friday in Bel Ombre. The cut was set at 143. …
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady insisted the team’s Super Bowl 49 triumph isn’t tainted, despite a report linking him to a cheating scandal. In his first public appearance since the NFL’s report was released on Wednesday, Brady was greeted by adoring fans at a question-and-answer session at Salem State University in Massachusetts, on Thursday, an engagement arranged long before the report came out.
The New York Yankees’ drug-tainted slugger Alex Rodriguez belted his 661st career home run on Thursday to pass Willie Mays for fourth place on Major League Baseball’s all-time list. Next up: legendary Babe Ruth, whose 714 put him at number three on the list led by Barry Bonds (762) and Hank Aaron (755). Rodriguez had matched Mays in dramatic fashion on May 1 at Fenway Park, home field of the
Last season, Baylor and TCU both finished 8-1 in the Big 12 and were deemed co-champions, even though the Bears beat the Horned Frogs. After the conference had touted its full round-robin schedule and ”One True Champion” slogan, the co-championship put the league and Commissioner Bob Bowlsby in an awkward spot.
