≡ Gordon caps bad weekend with poor finish (AP)
Jeff Gordon’s points lead vanished.
Archive for May, 2009
≡ Big rewards can create more Dover thrillers (Yahoo! Sports)
Jimmie Johnson’s duel with Tony Stewart is the kind of action that could help save NASCAR from itself.
≡ Johnson wins thriller at Dover (AP)
Jimmie Johnson went from running away from the field to running down Tony Stewart.
≡ Capps wins at NHRA Summer Nationals (PA SportsTicker)
Ron Capps raced to his third Funny Car victory of the season Sunday, beating No. 1 qualifier Ashley Force Hood in the O’Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals at Heartland Park Topeka.
≡ Ratings down for Game 1 of Cup finals (AP)
Television ratings for Game 1 of the Red Wings-Penguins Stanley Cup finals rematch were down from last year’s levels. The NBC telecast drew a 2.6 rating and a 5 share. That’s compared with a four-game NBC average of a 3.2 rating and a 6 share one year ago. Detroit beat Pittsburgh 3-1 in Saturday night’s [...]
≡ Back-to-back games to open Cup finals (AP)
The Stanley Cup playoffs can be a grind. Teams go after each other for 60 minutes and come back and do it again every other night. But the NHL decided to do things differently for this year’s Cup finals, having the Red Wings and Penguins go back-to-back to kick off the series. Detroit beat Pittsburgh [...]
≡ Stars name Nieuwendyk general manager (AP)
Brett Hull and Les Jackson are out as co-general managers of the Dallas Stars, and in their place is another former star player, Joe Nieuwendyk. The surprising change was announced Sunday. Nieuwendyk had been the special assistant to the general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs. “These moves are all about helping this club take [...]
≡ Pens look to copy Oilers of early 80s (AP)
Back before Wayne Gretzky and Mark Messier became, well, Wayne Gretzky and Mark Messier, they were a pair of budding superstars trying to shake off a loss in the Stanley Cup finals. The next year they were champions. A quarter-century later, Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and the rest of the up-and-coming Pittsburgh Penguins are striving [...]
≡ Angels rally from 7 down, stun Mariners (AP)
The Angels haven’t had a comeback win like this in nearly 13 years, and David Aardsma’s first blown save of the season enabled them to get it done. Kendry Morales capped a three-run ninth inning with a bases-loaded single, and Los Angeles overcame a seven-run deficit against an overworked Seattle Mariners bullpen to pull out [...]
≡ Stricker wins Colonial in 2-hole playoff (AP)
Steve Stricker has all sorts of top-10 finishes on the PGA Tour this season. Now he has the best one, too. Stricker birdied the second hole of a sudden-death playoff to beat Tim Clark and Steve Marino and win the Crowne Plaza Invitational on Sunday. It was his first title after being second, third, fourth, [...]
