Author: Anthony Stalter (Page 1238 of 1503)

      Tuesday Morning Headliners: Mets fire Randolph

      June 17, 2008 /

      – The New York Mets finally axed manager Willie Randolph. The club promoted bench coach Jerry Manuel to interim manager for the time being, but what the front office eventually wants to do is bring in someone who can light a fire under this team.

      – Tiger Woods won his 14th career major by knocking off Rocco Mediate in a sudden death playoff at the U.S. Open. Mediate deserves a ton of credit for hanging in, but he blew a golden opportunity to take Tiger down in the 18-hole playoff when he pared the remaining two holes. Either way, Tiger proved once again that he’s silly good.

      – In a rather bizarre story, Raiders wide receiver Javon Walker was found laying unconscious on a street near the Las Vegas strip Monday morning. He’s apparently in fair condition, but nobody knows how the hell he got there or how he suffered an “orbital fracture.”

      – Ryan Howard is h.o.t. He went 3 for 5 with two dingers, four RBI and two runs scored in the Phillies’ 8-2 win over the Red Sox. Cole Hamels also won his seventh game of the season, but Philly couldn’t gain any more ground in the NL East as the Marlins topped the Mariners 6-1.

      – Fernando Rodney went back to doing what he does best while making his season debut: He gave up a game winning home run to rookie John Bowker in the eighth inning of the Giants’ 8-6 win over the Tigers.

      General Sports, Golf, MLB, NFL

      Javon Walker found unconscious near Las Vegas strip

      June 16, 2008 /

      According to FOX 5 News in Las Vegas, Oakland Raiders wide receiver Javon Walker was found unconscious with an orbital fracture on Flamingo Boulevard located just off the strip early Monday morning.

      The Oakland Raiders player was taken to Sunrise Medical Center’s Trauma unit, where he was listed in fair condition late Monday afternoon, hospital officials said.

      Police said Walker had an orbital fracture. They said they are not sure how he received the fracture.

      According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Walker was seen Saturday night at Tryst at the Wynn spraying the crowd with some of the 15 bottles of Dom Perignon Rose champagne he ordered.

      Como what? How does a player from the NFL wind up on a street unconscious with an “orbital fracture?” Don’t these guys travel with a large crew to make sure that they don’t wind up unconscious on some street corner off the Las Vegas strip? Somebody get Gil Grissom on the phone – there’s a crime to be solved.

      General Sports, NFL

      Mendenhall was ready to walk out on final year at Illinois

      June 16, 2008 /

      SPORTSbyBROOKS.com (from Champaign’s The News-Gazette) writes that former Illinois running back Rashard Mendenhall was ready to quit his final season at U of I, apparently because of head coach Ron Zook.

      “There was a point where we were at the stadium and I was ready to start walking out and my brother stopped me,” Mendenhall said. “I wasn’t walking out like I was playing around for the day. I don’t play around with stuff like that.”

      “I sat down and I was like, ‘If this is what football is, I don’t know if I want to do that anymore,’ ” Mendenhall said. “I’m not soft at all. I’m not scared of adversity. I don’t care if somebody’s yelling at me. That’s not what it was about at all.

      “My brother was the one who kept me there,” Mendenhall said. “He got me refocused. He let me realize it was bigger than me. It wasn’t all about me. It was about my family. It’s about kids I hadn’t even met yet who I would impact by (quitting). I love the game of football, but so much other stuff taints it.”

      Anybody that has played the game of football at any level knows how grueling it can be both physically and mentally. And it must be even tougher to play when you’re trying to earn a degree at the same time. Hopefully Mendenhall is enjoying the game more in Pittsburgh and will have a productive rookie season, because the guy has a load of talent.

      College Football, NFL

      Tiger wins 14th major after beating Mediate in U.S. Open sudden death

      June 16, 2008 /

      Tiger Woods won his 14th major championship Monday, topping Rocco Mediate in a sudden death playoff at the 2008 U.S. Open.

      Both players shot even-par 71 in the 18-hole playoff, which forced a sudden-death format starting at the seventh hole.

      Mediate hit his drive into a fairway bunker and was unable to reach the green with his approach. Woods, meanwhile, was on the green safely in two.

      Mediate’s long putt for par missed, giving Woods his third U.S. Open title and continuing his run of 14 straight major wins when he leads entering the final round.

      What an amazing U.S. Open this year, from Tiger’s remarkable 12-foot birdie put on the 18th green Sunday, to the massive underdog Mediate forcing not only a playoff, but a sudden death as well.

      Mediate had a chance to put Tiger away in the first playoff when he birdied three holes in a row on 13, 14 and 15, but it’s hard to say anything negative about Mediate because he played his ass off. Tiger is simply the best and he proved it yet again this past weekend, planning through pain in his knee to come up with yet another masterful performance. This might have been his most impressive major win to date.

      General Sports, Golf

      Would Yankees have collapsed if replay existed in 1996?

      June 16, 2008 /

      As baseball continues to mull over whether or not to incorporate instant replay, YAHOO! Sports rewinds 10 plays in sports history and asks the question: What if replay had existed?

      By Hooky or Crooky (10.09.1996)

      Scenario: At a kid-friendly Yankee Stadium, a 12-year-old boy named Jeffrey Maier reaches playing over the right-field wall to snare an all-but-certain catch by Orioles outfielder Tony Tarasco. Instead, umpire Rich Garcia rules it a home run for Derek Jeter, and the Yankees proceed to take Game 1 of the ACLS 5-4. They eventually win the series, and the first of four titles under manager Joe Torre.

      Replay ruling: Overturned!

      Rendered Result: After receiving word of the reversal, Yankee Stadium erupts in near-riot, the stands are cleared and the game is completed — with the O’s winning — in front of no live audience. Out for blood, or possibly corned beef, 56,495 fans storm the Carnegie Deli and destroy the Replay Nerve Center. Buoyed by their quick start, the Orioles knock out the Yankees in six games, with David Wells winning twice. The Orioles fall to the Braves in the World Series, but smell blood in the water of the AL East. Unimpressed and kind of frightened by the New York scene, Wells ignores the free-agent overtures by the Yankees, re-signs with Baltimore, dons No. 3 — for Baltimore native Babe Ruth, his favorite player — and pitches a perfect game against New York in 1997. The Yankees miss the playoffs that season, fire Torre, dismantle the roster and lose 116 games in ’98 with a payroll of $9 million. Whatever happened to the kid who caught Jeter’s ground-rule double? A pretty good athlete in his own right, Maier played ball for Wesleyan University in Connecticut. Not good enough to reach the pros, Maier instead quickly worked his way through scouting and administration and, in a shocking move, was named general manager of the Yankees in 2008 at the age of 24.

      Wow. So according to YAHOO!, replay could have sent the Yankees’ franchise into disarray for years. Somewhere Red Sox fans throw up thinking of what could have been.

      MLB

      « Older posts Newer posts »

      © 2026 The Scores Report – The National Sports Blog

      Theme by Anders Noren — Up ↑