May 2013
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Mayors from San Antonio, Memphis bet BBQ on hoops ... →
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The mayor of San Antonio says everyone knows the best barbecue and basketball comes from Texas. The mayor of Memphis notes barbecue is prized in his city, where restaurant smoke stacks rise like steeples.
So the mayors have bet barbecue on the NBA Western Conference final.
Mayor Julian Castro will pay up with barbecue from The Granary ‘Cue & Brew if the...
Northeast Conference - Defending Champion Sacred... →
LIU Brooklyn stunned top-seeded Bryant in a game that was interrupted by a rain delay to open the first day of the 2013 NEC Baseball Tournament. Following the upset, No. 2 seed, and two-time defending tourney champion, Sacred Heart sent Monmouth to a 7-1 defeat in the day’s second game. Bryant and Monmouth will square off in an elimination game on Friday, May 24 at FirstEnergy Park with...
Scribner Pitches Pioneers to Round Two of NEC... →
Lakewood, NJ– For the third year in a row, senior Troy Scribner opens the NEC Championship with a complete game victory, this time a 7-1 win over the third seeded Monmouth Hawks at FirstEnergy Park in Lakewood, New Jersey. Sacred Heart gets their 33rd win of the season and advances to take on LIU Brooklyn Friday afternoon at 3:30.
Senior Troy Scribner (Washington Depot, CT) was once again...
Senators-Penguins Preview →
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Ottawa Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson isn’t quite ready for the traditional season-ending handshake.
Yet he knows if the Senators can’t find a way to slow down slow down the Pittsburgh Penguins, it’s coming soon.
The Penguins grabbed a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinals with a 7-3 rout on Wednesday night, leading Alfredsson...
Yankees-Rays Preview →
The New York Yankees have played nine straight series at Tropicana Field without winning any of them.
The Tampa Bay Rays have taken 13 of the last 16 home meetings as part of that run heading into Friday night’s opener of a three-game set between these AL East rivals.
New York (28-18) hasn’t captured a series at Tropicana since winning two of three April 9-11, 2010. The Rays...
Braves-Mets Preview →
The surging Atlanta Braves have thrived at home, but haven’t enjoyed the same success on the road.
Fortunately for them, the slumping New York Mets haven’t held much of a home-field advantage.
Seeking a seventh straight win, the Braves look for their momentum to carry over to the road when they face a Mets team hoping to avoid a seventh consecutive home loss Friday night.
One day...
Indians-Red Sox Preview →
Terry Francona has the Cleveland Indians surprisingly atop the AL Central, and Justin Masterson is unexpectedly among the league’s top pitchers.
A day after the Indians enjoyed rare offensive display at Fenway Park, Masterson gets another chance at the longest scoreless streak of his career against the Boston Red Sox on Friday night.
Cleveland (27-19) finished 68-94 last season, 20 games...
Pacers-Heat Preview →
MIAMI (AP) — Losing a game at the final buzzer, no less than a playoff game on the road against the reigning NBA champion Miami Heat, would seem to have potential to demoralize the Indiana Pacers.
Or not.
”Our belief,” Pacers coach Frank Vogel said Thursday, ”has strengthened.”
Barely 12 hours after LeBron James scored on a drive as time expired in overtime to...
Quick's LA Kings put Sharks on brink with 3-0 win →
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jonathan Quick saved his best save for the final minute, sliding deftly across his crease and snagging Joe Pavelski’s shot from point-blank range to the grateful gasps of the Los Angeles Kings’ sellout crowd.
Quick’s imposing postseason presence only appears to be growing, and the San Jose Sharks are running out of time to figure him out.
Quick made...
Red Wings top Blackhawks 2-0, take 3-1 series lead →
DETROIT (AP) — Jimmy Howard kept Jonathan Toews in his misery, making three saves against the struggling star to help the Detroit Red Wings beat the Chicago Blackhawks 2-0 on Thursday night in Game 4 of the second round series to put the NHL’s best team during the regular season on the brink of elimination.
When Howard wasn’t using his glove or pads to deny Toews,...
Kreider keeps Rangers alive with OT goal →
NEW YORK (AP) — Chris Kreider proudly wore the Broadway Hat in the victorious New York Rangers dressing room as he tried to describe the feeling of saving his team’s season.
Kreider deftly steered in a pass from Rick Nash 7:03 into overtime, and the Rangers stayed alive in the Stanley Cup playoffs with a 4-3 victory over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night.
”It is so...
Stubbs, Reynolds lead Indians to 12-3 win over Sox →
BOSTON (AP) — Terry Francona returned to Fenway Park and found some more pleasant memories.
A standing ovation. A video tribute to his time as manager of the Boston Red Sox. And, most importantly, a win for his Cleveland Indians.
Drew Stubbs, Mark Reynolds and Michael Bourn combined for nine hits and eight RBIs and the Indians had 16 hits in their 12-3 win on Thursday night.
”I...
Northeast Conference - Don't Miss a Single Pitch!... →
Lakewood, NJ - Four teams have converged upon Lakewood, NJ for the 2013 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament where the NEC will award its automatic bid to the NCAA Championship.
Whether or not you can attend the games at FirstEnergy Park (Home of the Lakewood BlueClaws), you do not have to miss any of the action when the four-team championship event unfolds May 23-26.
There are numerous...
Northeast Conference - Bryant Announces 2013... →
Smithfield, RI — Head coach Theresa Garlacy is pleased to announce the schedule for the 2013 Bryant University volleyball season, as the Bulldogs prepare to compete for their first Division I postseason berth this fall.
Entering its second season with full Division I eligibility, Bryant isn’t taking it easy in its non-conference slate. The Bulldogs will partake in four different...
LeBron saves Heat at buzzer of Game 1 →
MIAMI (AP) — LeBron James caught the inbounds pass, changed direction and immediately attacked the rim.
There was no one in his way.
There was no stopping him, either.
James made a layup as time expired in overtime, capping a 30-point, 10-rebound, 10-assist effort as the Miami Heat found a way to outlast the Indiana Pacers 103-102 in a wildly back-and-forth Game 1 of the Eastern...
Sharks-Kings Preview →
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Kings goalie Jonathan Quick sometimes seems to be the only obstacle between San Jose and the Western Conference finals while the Sharks dominate much of their 2-2 series with the defending Stanley Cup champions.
And if Quick needed any extra motivation to stop the Sharks again in the pivotal Game 5 on Thursday night, TJ Galiardi provided it.
Galiardi accused the...
Blackhawks-Red Wings Preview →
DETROIT (AP) — Jimmy Howard’s cat-quick reflexes in net and easygoing nature out of it are big reasons the Detroit Red Wings are on a roll.
Howard has held top-seeded Chicago to only one goal in two straight games, lifting seventh-seeded Detroit to a 2-1 series lead. He was the star of the end-to-end, high-paced Game 3 the Red Wings won 4-1 on Monday night, when he became their first...
Bruins-Rangers Preview →
NEW YORK (AP) — The Boston Bruins are on the brink of the Eastern Conference finals, and they got there on the backs of their suddenly offensive defensemen and a potent fourth line of forwards.
They have outclassed the New York Rangers all over the ice in surging to a 3-0 lead in a series that could be over Thursday.
If the Bruins start firing on all cylinders, the Rangers will have...
Indians-Red Sox Preview →
CLEVELAND (AP) — - Indians manager Terry Francona is bracing for a lump in his throat and maybe a tear or two.
He’s going back to Boston.
For the first time as an opposing manager since leaving Boston, Francona will walk into famed Fenway Park to face the Red Sox, the team he led to two World Series titles during eight seasons.
Francona, who was let go after the Red Sox collapsed...
Penguins rout Senators 7-3, take 3-1 series lead →
OTTAWA (AP) — Sidney Crosby was careful not to get too far ahead of himself after helping the Pittsburgh Penguins rout the Ottawa Senators for a 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinal series.
”I’m not talking about anything ahead of Game 5,” the Pittsburgh captain said when asked about a potential Eastern Conference final against the Boston Bruins.
But after the...
Buchholz goes to 7-0, Red Sox beat White Sox 6-2 →
CHICAGO (AP) — Clay Buchholz figures a slump will come his way at some point so he’ll enjoy this run while it lasts.
Buchholz pitched five-hit ball over seven innings to improve to 7-0, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Chicago White Sox 6-2 Wednesday night to avoid a three-game sweep.
David Ortiz delivered a two-run single in the first off Hector Santiago (1-3) and stole third for...
Orioles hit 3 HRs in 6-3 win over Yankees →
BALTIMORE (AP) — A series that began with a disheartening defeat ended in uplifting fashion for the Baltimore Orioles.
Chris Davis went 4 for 4, including his AL-leading 14th homer, and Baltimore got a three-run shot from Matt Wieters in a 6-3 victory over the New York Yankees on Wednesday night.
Nick Markakis added a solo home run for the Orioles, who took two of three from New York to...
Phillips' strange double lifts Reds over Mets 7-4 →
NEW YORK (AP) — Brandon Phillips bounced a bizarre double over first base to snap a ninth-inning tie, and the Cincinnati Reds completed a three-game sweep of the struggling New York Mets with a 7-4 victory Wednesday.
Joey Votto homered and Zack Cozart had a career-high four hits, all off Matt Harvey, in a game that featured a little bit of everything - including a testy exchange in the...
Pioneers Quest For NEC Three-Peat Begins Thursday ... →
Setting the Scene… The Sacred Heart Pioneers are looking for their third straight Northeast Conference Championship after winning the title in 2011 and 2012. Like the past two seasons, the Pioneers come into the tournament as the number two seed. The Pioneers seek their fourth NEC title, to go along with rings from the past two years and 2006.
Back in the Tournament…The Pioneers...
SHU Men’s Soccer Announces 2013 Schedule →
FAIRFIELD, Conn. – Eight home matches highlight the 2013 Sacred Heart men’s soccer schedule, released on Wednesday. The Pioneers open their home slate on Sunday, Sept. 1 with a 2 p.m. match against Siena at Campus Field.
Sacred Heart opens the season on Friday, August 30 at Stony Brook. The Pioneers then return home for matches against Siena and a 7 p.m. game against NJIT on Tuesday, Sept....
Red Sox-White Sox Preview →
Wednesday night’s game between the Chicago White Sox and visiting Boston Red Sox was scheduled to be a potential duel between two of this season’s most successful starting pitchers.
Instead, Chicago will send Hector Santiago to the mound in place of the injured Chris Sale to oppose Clay Buchholz as it goes for its first series sweep of the season.
Sale, 4-0 with a 1.18 ERA in his...
Yankees-Orioles Preview →
The Baltimore Orioles were staring at the possibility of a winless homestand. Instead, they have a chance to take to the road on a positive note when they wrap up their series with the New York Yankees on Wednesday night.
Baltimore’s struggles at Camden Yards have dropped it into a tie for third with Tampa Bay in the AL East, five games off the pace set by the Yankees (28-17). The Orioles...
Reds-Mets Preview →
Matt Harvey might be the most well-known undefeated pitcher taking the hill Wednesday afternoon, but he’s not the only one.
The Cincinnati Reds will send Mat Latos to the mound as they attempt their second straight three-game series sweep of the New York Mets at Citi Field.
The Reds have not lost a series in New York since 2009 and have won 10 of the last 13 overall between the teams.
On...
Pacers-Heat Preview →
MIAMI (AP) — Dwyane Wade’s rookie season ended with a playoff loss to the Indiana Pacers. The next year, the Miami Heat were headed to the Eastern Conference finals and certain that an NBA championship was in their sights.
That’s when Wade learned a valuable lesson: Never take playoff chances for granted.
Wade hurt his rib cage on a simple crossover dribble during that 2005...
Pittsburgh at Ottawa Preview →
OTTAWA (AP)—After a win in Game 3, the Ottawa Senators are confident they can tie their series against the Pittsburgh Penguins.
The Senators trail the Penguins 2-1 in their Eastern Conference semifinal series heading into Game 4 Wednesday.
“The next game is the biggest game of the year, that’s the way it is,” Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson said. “No matter what happens you treat it (as the...
Quintana dominates as White Sox beat Red Sox 3-1 →
CHICAGO (AP) — Jose Quintana looked up in the fifth inning and started thinking about the possibility.
He made a strong bid for a no-hitter. It ended with a weak hit.
Quintana did not allow a hit until before David Ortiz broke it up with one out in the seventh on a broken-bat single, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Boston Red Sox 3-1 on Tuesday night.
”In the fifth inning, I...
Leake's pitching, Wright's E send Reds past Mets →
NEW YORK (AP) — Any time a starting pitcher steps into the batter’s box before he stands on the mound, he’s in pretty good shape. Mike Leake enjoyed that luxury Tuesday night.
Leake pitched three-hit ball for seven sharp innings and the Cincinnati Reds parlayed star third baseman David Wright’s early error into a 4-0 victory over the New York Mets.
Leake, one of the...
Orioles beat Yankees 3-2 in 10 to end 6-game skid →
BALTIMORE (AP) — The shaving cream was still glopped on Chris Dickerson’s head and shoulders long after the final pitch, a tell-tale indicator that the Baltimore Orioles had finally returned to celebratory mode at Camden Yards.
Nate McLouth homered leading off the bottom of the 10th inning, Dickerson hit a pair of solo shots and the Orioles beat the New York Yankees 3-2 Tuesday night...
Sharks tie series with 2-1 win over Kings →
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Joe Thornton set the tone for the San Jose Sharks with a dominant first period. After that, the Sharks did their best to hang on and tie up their playoff series against the Los Angeles Kings.
Thornton set up Brent Burns’ first-period goal and Logan Couture added a power-play goal early in the second to give the Sharks just enough offense to beat the Kings 2-1...
Paille's goal puts Bruins on verge of East finals →
NEW YORK (AP) — It took 40 years for Original Six rivals Boston and New York to face off again in the playoffs.
Beantown’s Bruins seem intent on wrapping up the long-awaited get-together in a hurry.
Daniel Paille scored the tiebreaking goal with 3:31 left in the third period - after defenseman Johnny Boychuk got the Bruins even earlier in the frame - and Boston put the Rangers on...
Spurs blow late lead, beat Grizzlies 93-89 in OT →
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — When Tony Parker started running low on masterful plays, Tim Duncan was there to take over and lead the San Antonio Spurs to a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals.
Parker had 15 points and a career playoff-high 18 assists, Duncan scored San Antonio’s first six points of overtime and the Spurs bounced back after squandering a 13-point lead in the fourth...
Jackson's top offer was from Nets →
Phil Jackson says the best job offer he has received recently was to coach the Brooklyn Nets.
But Jackson turned the Nets down and insisted that he is finished coaching during an interview Tuesday with “The Dan Patrick Show.”
St. Francis Brooklyn's Michael Gale Places 23rd in... →
Senior Michael Gale was one of the youngest runners to finish the Brooklyn Half Marathon on May 18, 2013. Gale finished the race with a time of 1 hour and 12 minutes. He placed 23rd overall out of 21,278 runners. “The experience and pain was like nothing I have ever done before. It was a true test of focus. It was just about how much you want it,” said Gale.
Gale is used to running...
Fairleigh Dickinson Adds Three Men's Hoops... →
HACKENSACK, N.J. — The Fairleigh Dickinson men’s basketball team will welcome three additions to the program for the 2013-14 season, Head Coach Greg Herenda announced Tuesday. Joining the roster in the fall will be Mike Owona, Jayde Dawson and Scott Kingsley.
“I am very excited about the start of my first recruiting class at FDU,” Herenda said. “These three young men are quality...
Women's Hockey Releases 2013-14 Schedule →
FAIRFIELD, CT – The Sacred Heart women’s hockey team has announced their schedule for the upcoming 2013-14 season. The Pioneers are coming off a season in which they won a program best 18 games in 2013.
The Pioneers open up their 2013-14 campaign on October 13th at home against the University of Rhode Island. SHU hits the road first on October 18th when they travel to take on in-state...
Boeheim: Melo can't do it alone →
Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim remains a big fan of Carmelo Anthony and closely follows the superstar NBA player who led his Orange to the 2003 national title.
But after Anthony’s latest ouster from the playoffs, Boeheim is convinced the forward will continue to fall short of a championship if the New York Knicks maintain the core of their current lineup.
“Not on that team,”...
Kings-Sharks Preview →
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — For all that the San Jose Sharks accomplished with their overtime victory over Los Angeles in Game 3, they know it will mean very little if they don’t back that win up with another at home against the defending Stanley Cup champion Kings.
”We haven’t accomplished anything,” Sharks coach Todd McLellan said. ”We didn’t get our work...
Bruins-Rangers Preview →
GREENBURGH, N.Y. (AP) — Don’t judge the New York Rangers by the scores of their two losses to the Boston Bruins.
According to coach John Tortorella, the Rangers played much better in the Game 2 blowout than in their overtime defeat in the series opener.
The bottom line is this: for the second consecutive series, New York has dug an 0-2 hole on the road and will need to rebound...
Grizzlies-Spurs Preview →
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Zach Randolph’s miserable Western Conference finals debut led to a sleepless night and a long film session.
The All-Star power forward and his Memphis Grizzlies are hardly down and out, though. In both rounds of the playoffs so far, Memphis has lost Game 1 before rallying back to knock out the Los Angeles Clippers and then the Oklahoma City Thunder.
This time,...
Red Sox-White Sox Preview →
Adam Dunn is finally finding a rhythm at the plate, and that’s a big reason why the Chicago White Sox are having some success.
Dunn looks to build on another powerful display Tuesday night while trying to help the White Sox to another victory over the Boston Red Sox.
Dunn’s .183 average in two-plus seasons with Chicago (20-23) is the lowest in the majors, and his 453 strikeouts are...
Reds-Mets Preview →
Jay Bruce is on a tear, and his recent results against the New York Mets could be described the same way.
A day after his home run proved to be the difference, Bruce looks to continue pounding the Mets as the Cincinnati Reds attempt to extend their dominance at Citi Field on Tuesday night.
Bruce, a career .257 hitter, is on an 11-game hitting streak. The right fielder owns a .400 average with...
Yankees-Orioles Preview →
The New York Yankees have gotten some outstanding pitching recently, though that wasn’t the case in Phil Hughes’ last start.
Hughes will attempt to bounce back from the worst start of his career and lead the Yankees to their fourth straight win Tuesday night against the sinking Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards.
CC Sabathia didn’t have his best stuff in the series opener...
Bruce homers to back Cueto in Reds' win over Mets →
NEW YORK (AP) — Things weren’t going well for Johnny Cueto in his return from the disabled list, so he had a conversation - with himself.
That’s all it took.
Cueto responded to the pep talk by striking out six of his last seven batters, then Jay Bruce helped make him a winner by hitting a tiebreaking home run that carried the Cincinnati Reds to a 4-3 victory over the New York...
Dunn homers as White Sox beat Lester, Red Sox 6-4 →
CHICAGO (AP) — Adam Dunn has been insisting all season he feels great, even while he was piling up strikeouts at the beginning of the year.
It’s not so hard to believe him right now.
Dunn hit a three-run homer in the first inning and the Chicago White Sox handed Jon Lester his first loss with a 6-4 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Monday night.
”It was hard to sit here...
Yankees hit 4 HRs, beat Orioles 6-4 in 10 innings →
BALTIMORE (AP) — A tense AL East duel between the New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles revealed the strengths and weaknesses of each team.
After the Yankees beat the Orioles 6-4 in 10 innings Monday night to extend Baltimore’s losing streak to six games, it became apparent why New York leads the division and Baltimore is mired in its longest skid in nearly a year.
Both showed...
