Amherst Regional cross country coach Chris Gould reflects on run across...
Gould has been coach of the Hurricanes for 18 years, but a few years before that, he set out on an incomprehensible quest. Chris Gould has been passing on wisdom to Amherst Regional runners since...
View ArticleNCAA Tournament 2013: Chaos reigns in the 'Wild West' Region
By Garrett Miley | National Desk The NCAA Tournament's "Wild West" Region is already down to just one sheriff. With the Sweet 16 nearly set, Ohio State is the region's only top-5 seed still playing....
View ArticleKyle Busch avoids Denny Hamlin-Joey Logano wreck to win NASCAR Sprint Cup...
Busch led the most laps and took advantage of his remarkable stroke of luck to pick up Joe Gibbs Racing's first victory at Fontana. Kyle Busch performs a burnout after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup...
View ArticleReport: George Mason to join Atlantic 10 for 2013-14 season
The announcement is set for Monday afternoon. Both George Mason University and the Atlantic 10 Conference have scheduled Monday afternoon press conferences to make "major announcements," and the...
View ArticleNCAA Tournament 2013: Kansas, Florida move on to Sweet 16
By Staff | National Desk NCAA Tournament results from Sunday night's early games: Kansas 70, North Carolina 58 » From the AP: Kansas got the best of 'ol Roy and his Tar Heels once again. Behind the...
View ArticleNCAA Tournament 2013: No. 15 seed Florida Gulf Coast makes history, dances...
By JIM O'CONNELL | AP Basketball Writer PHILADELPHIA — Florida Gulf Coast went from shocking the college basketball world to downright impressing it. And the Eagles were smiling the whole time....
View ArticleRed Sox report: Jacoby Ellsbury looks OK, and Jackie Bradley Jr. looks unreal
A four-RBI day added to the growing case that Bradley should make the team, Boston Red Sox's Jackie Bradley Jr. had a three-run home run and a sacrifice fly Sunday against the Phillies in Clearwater,...
View ArticleOpt-out dates for Lyle Overbay, Ryan Sweeney complicate Red Sox roster picture
A pair of left-handed swinging non-roster invitees, Lyle Overbay and Ryan Sweeney, have opt-out dates in their contract: Overbay's is Tuesday, Sweeney's Thursday. A couple of contracts could force...
View ArticleBoston Bruins roll out drastic line changes hoping to end slump vs. Toronto...
The Bruins mixed up the lines during Sunday's practice, which saw Milan Lucic move down to the third line and Brad Marchand moving up to the top line. Bruins (20-7-3) vs. Toronto Maple Leafs (17-12-3)...
View ArticleKevin Garnett injury: Boston Celtics center to miss 2 weeks, Danny Ainge...
Details on Kevin Garnett's injury remain fuzzy, as evidenced by differing accounts from coach Doc Rivers and president of basketball operations Danny Ainge. Details on Kevin Garnett's injury remain...
View ArticleGroup decisions, not manager John Farrell's alone, will build Red Sox
John Farrell certainly has input as the field manager in Boston, but whittling down a roster is an effort he said truly has been a joint venture between him and general manager Ben Cherington. Red Sox...
View ArticleTop Red Sox prospect Xander Bogaerts among latest cuts; shortstop impressed...
Xander Bogaerts' first taste of major league spring training came to an end Monday afternoon, when the Red Sox reassigned him to minor league camp. Jonathan Diaz and Drew Sutton were also cut....
View ArticleNFL tentatively scheduled to announce 2013 schedules on April 16
The show will air at 8 p.m. on the NFL Network. The NFL appears set to unveil the 2013 regular-season schedule in less than a month, according to a program guide posted on the NFL Network website. The...
View ArticleAtlantic 10 officially adds George Mason to league, will revisit 18-game...
The addition of George Mason coupled with the losses of Butler, Xavier, Temple and Charlotte bring the league's membership total to 13 for the 2013-14 season. Atlantic 10 Commissioner Bernadette...
View ArticleVideo: After Paul Pierce wins bet, Boston Celtics coaches run wind sprints;...
After Paul Pierce won a bet against Doc Rivers at practice Monday, the Celtics assistant coaches ran wind sprints. I didn't think it would come to this for Tyronn Lue. Once, he chased Allen Iverson...
View ArticleClayton Mortensen is out of options, plans to go north with Red Sox
Red Sox manager John Farrell said he wasn't reading too much into the outing, but the Sox do have a decision to make with Clayton Mortensen: put him on the 25-man roster, or risk losing him via...
View ArticleNASCAR driver Denny Hamlin has compression fracture in lower back from...
Joe Gibbs Racing said Hamlin had what is called an L1 compression fracture; essentially, the first vertebra in the lumbar section of his spine collapsed. Rescue workers tend to the wreckage of the No....
View ArticleJackie Bradley Jr. comes off bench, still rakes
Jackie Bradley Jr. had two hits, one a game-tying single up the middle, the other a triple off the right field wall — a few feet shy of a home run — after entering in the seventh inning of a 12-9 Red...
View ArticleDefenseman Austin Madaisky assigned to Springfield Falcons from ECHL's...
Madaisky was Columbus' fifth round pick in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft. After getting back into sufficient game shape, defenseman Austin Madaisky is the newest member of the Springfield Falcons, the...
View ArticleMiami Heat make it 27 and counting with 108-94 win over Orlando Magic
LeBron James finished with 24 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds, and Miami marched to within six games of the longest winning streak in NBA history. Heat forward LeBron James has Miami looking...
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