Chris Iannetta after scary incident: Front row 'not a place for kids'
Breakout candidates for 2015 include Jabrill Peppers, Charles Nelson
James Harden was left off one NBA MVP ballot, accidentally
Craig Counsell takes over as Brewers manager
Tim Duncan carries Aron Baynes out of a club after Game 7 loss
Warriors' Stephen Curry voted NBA's MVP over Harden, James (Yahoo Sports)
Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry won the NBA’s Most Valuable Player award Monday, beating out Houston’s James Harden in a race that turned out not to be that close. Curry received 100 of 130 first-place votes for a total of 1,198 points from a panel of 129 writers and broadcasters, along with the fan vote on the NBA’s website. Cleveland’s LeBron James, a four-time MVP, got five first-place
Counsell replaces Roenicke with Brewers after 7-18 start (Yahoo Sports)
The Brewers fired manager Ron Roenicke and replaced him Monday with former Milwaukee infielder Craig Counsell. The Brewers, a major league-worst 7-18, lost 40 of their final 56 games under Roenicke. The skid included a late-season collapse last year after they led the NL Central for nearly five months and a 2-13 start this season. Counsell, a 44-year-old Milwaukee-area native, spent the final five seasons of his 16-year big-league career
McIlroy top of the world at Match Play Championship (Yahoo Sports)
Rory McIlroy had to work harder than ever to win the Match Play Championship. No one ever had to play seven matches in five days, and McIlroy won them all in the new round-robin format. He won four straight holes on the front nine against an errant Gary Woodland, survived a brief scare and wound up with a 4-and-2 victory for his second World Golf Championship. He became the first
Warriors roll past Grizzlies 101-86 in Game 1 of West semis (Yahoo Sports)
Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr joked before Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals that reporters should have two stories ready: One if his team looked well-rested and won, another if it looked rusty and lost. Neither the Warriors nor Grizzlies really felt good about the way they played. The difference is the Warriors did what they usually do at home: take care of business – and comfortably, too.
