After today’s action, Venus and Serena Williams are one round away from meeting in another Wimbledon final.
Five-time champion Venus defeated Agnieszka Radwanska 6-1, 6-2 on Tuesday, and two-time winner Serena followed her into the semifinals with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Victoria Azarenka.
No. 3-seeded Venus will next face-off against, top ranked Dinara Safina, while Serena [...]
Posted on June 30, 2009 in theOthercategory.
With only hours before the start of free-agency, the Detroit Pistons have fired their head coach. Detroit Pistons president Joe Dumars has given coach Michael Curry his walking papers after just one season amid ongoing concerns about Curry’s command of the locker room.
The Pistons fear that keeping him could hamper Detroit’s offseason business.
NBA Sources say [...]
Posted on June 30, 2009 in theBasketballcategory.
The New York Rangers have traded center Scott Gomez, to the Montreal Canadiens.
In a six player deal, the Rangers sent Gomez, forward Tom Pyatt and defenseman Mike Busto to the Canadiens in exchange for forward Chris Higgins and defensemen Ryan McDonagh and Pavel Valentenko.
“Well we think Higgins is a goal scorer and we’re very happy [...]
Posted on June 30, 2009 in theOthercategory.
According to reports, the New York Knicks are curious whether Ricky Rubio will wind up in Minnesota or Spain next season, curious enough that team president Donnie Walsh was planning to contact Minnesota to begin seeking answers.
Like most people around the league, the Knicks were shocked the Timberwolves used the fifth and sixth picks of [...]
Posted on June 29, 2009 in theBasketballcategory.
Despite initial reports that the Bills were possibly looking to add a second regular season game across the border in Canada, Buffalo owner Ralph Wilson says he is in no hurry to have his team play more than one annual regular-season game in Toronto.
Under their current agreement with Rodgers Communications, the Bills are locked into [...]
Posted on June 29, 2009 in theFootballcategory.
Atlanta Braves pitcher Tommy Hanson became the first NL rookie to beat the New York Yankees and Boston in consecutive starts, throwing two-hit ball over six scoreless innings.
Hanson knew who he would be facing in these two starts, but it would not faze him one bit.
Two sole home runs, one each from Chipper Jones and [...]
Posted on June 29, 2009 in theBaseballcategory.
Zack Greinke was 8-1 with an 0.84 ERA in his first 10 starts, then went 0-2 with a 5.19 ERA in his next four. Since those rock four starts, Greinke has bounced back to go 2-0 with three earned runs allowed in 14 1/3 innings in his last two times up in the rotation.
He lasted [...]
Posted on June 28, 2009 in theBaseballcategory.
Things were looking very good for the U.S., playing in the men’s final of a FIFA tournament for the first time, in the first half when Clint Dempsey and Landon Donovan gave the Americans a 2-0 halftime lead.
But this match was true a tale of two halves, in the second things went south for the [...]
Posted on June 28, 2009 in theOthercategory.
The 42-year-old knuckleballer, Tim Wakefield, pitched six scoreless innings to beat the Atlanta Braves 1-0 Saturday in a performance in a game that tied him with Rodger Clemens for the most career starts by a Red Sox pitcher.
“Just being mentioned with the names I’m being mentioned with is pretty cool,” said Wakefield. “I’m thankful I’ve [...]
Posted on June 28, 2009 in theBaseballcategory.
According to NFL sources, the Jacksonville Jaguars have traded wide receiver Dennis Northcutt to the Detroit Lions in exchange for safety Gerald Alexander.
The source close to the situation explained that after the Jags informed Northcutt he was to be traded, the Lions expressed interest in the veteran wide-out. Apparently, Detroit want Northcutt, but did not [...]
Posted on June 28, 2009 in theFootballcategory.