Lavin Nearing First Game As St. John's Coach
Steve Lavin doesn't look much different than he did when he left coaching college basketball seven years ago to become a TV analyst.
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Steve Lavin doesn't look much different than he did when he left coaching college basketball seven years ago to become a TV analyst.
Baseball's offseason market got busy even faster than usual Tuesday, with teams forced to make quick decisions on contract options as they prepare offers to a relatively weak free-agent class headed by Cliff Lee and Carl Crawford.
5. Andrew Luck, QB, Stanford: Stanford has been flying under the radar and so has their star quarterback. But Luck is the best pure quarterback in the game.
Before San Francisco reliever Brian Wilson closed out Game 5 by pitching a World Series-clinching perfect ninth, Johnny Antonelli was the last Giants pitcher to know what it was like to win it all.
In the team's first offseason following the death of owner George Steinbrenner, New York has said its top priorities are re-signing Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera and Andy Pettitte.
The San Francisco Giants' five-game victory over the Texas Rangers averaged an 8.4 rating and 14 share. That matches the record low of the 2008 Phillies-Rays World Series, which also went five games.
Former San Francisco first-round pick Kentwan Balmer is expected to take Red Bryant's place beginning with this Sunday's game against the New York Giants.
The reigning New York City Marathon champion boarded a plane to come defend his title, and another passenger asked, "Are you Meb Keflezighi?"
South Florida's Skip Holtz put away the motivational ploys this week. With Rutgers coming to town, all the coach had to do to get the attention of his players was turn on some old game film.
Randy Moss' abrupt departure was just the latest in what has been a season long on drama and short on success for a 2-5 team that started with Super Bowl aspirations.
Ron Roenicke showed he can win as a fill-in manager. Now he gets a chance to do it every day.
This baseball-smitten city will toast the San Francisco Giants' World Series championship with a ticker-tape motorcade Wednesday reminiscent of the one held when the team moved west from New York 52 years ago.
The new-look Mets are playing more moneyball. General manager Sandy Alderson added an old friend from Oakland to his front office Tuesday, hiring J.P. Ricciardi as a special assistant in New York.
The struggling New Jersey Devils announced Tuesday evening that left wing Zach Parise underwent exploratory arthroscopic surgery on his right knee to repair a torn meniscus and will miss three months.
There was a health scare at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday. Debris containing asbestos fell into the arena, forcing the New York Knicks to cancel Tuesday night's game as a precaution.
