After an American “dream team” of Pete Sampras Andre Agassi, John McEnroe, and Jim Courier knocked off the Swiss, Andy Roddick vowed he’d experience the same feeling one day. Once he said that the Davis Cup had always been a huge priority for him. Now Andy Roddick’s time has come. The Andy Roddick-led Americans are trying to end a twelve-year drought against the Russian team in Portland starting today.
Jackson made 2 three-pointers in a 20-second span in the 4th quarter and Ellis scored twenty-two points to rally the Warriors past the Sacramento Kings. Golden State scored the game’s final 9 points. Stephen Jackson’s back-to-back three-pointers, the 2nd one coming with 1:21 left, helped erase a 4-point deficit and put Golden State ahead 98-96 with 1:11 remaining. Stephen Jackson finished with 21 points. Martin scored twenty-eight points and 7 rebounds for Sacramento that has lost 4 of 5 games.
The Maple Leafs played with more desperation, but the Canadiens came away with the victory. Kovalev scored 2 goals and struck one more time in a shootout as the Montreal Canadiens beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3 yesterday in a fight of 2 teams that were desperate for a win. The Maple Leafs had just 1 victory in 7 games, but the Montreal Canadiens had lost 5 of their last 8 games and were recently called out in the press by Montreal legend Guy Lafleur.
Minnesota is faced with the dilemma of dealing Johan Santana of their starting rotation. Two-time Cy Young Award winning player can become a free agent following the 2008 season. Minnesota is not ready to fork over the kind of cash the player is going to command. In this edition of Major League Baseball Fastball, Neil Borenstein examines Johan Santana’s situation, including who will be the top suitors and when is the right time to trade the player away
At New Orleans, Howard, who had twenty-four points and fifteen rebounds, helped the Orlando Magic jump out to a big lead. Lewis finishing with ninteen points, hit a pair of crucial 3-pointers in the 4th quarter, the 2nd one giving Orlando an 89-84 lead with 86 seconds to go. Already playing without Paul, who had to miss his 2nd game with a sprained right ankle, New Orleans (9-3) lost Chandler in the 2nd quarter, after the starting centre extended his right knee. Fortunately, X-rays were negative
A-Rod is happy to be back to the New York Yankees, where he believes he belongs. The player has discovered happiness with the Yankees this year, and all along has a desire to stay, despite the specter of free agency. The power-hitting 3B said Saturday that his wife and he finally feel like they are New Yorkers. The club seemed prepared to move on, until Alex Rodriguez contacted them recently about a new contract that turned out to be worth about $275 million over ten years.
The Indianapolis Colts have lost their defensive end Dwight Freeney till the end of the season. He injured his left foot during the matchup against the San Diego Chargers on last Sunday. The team were two points behind the Charges, and Freeney, while making a spin motion, badly hurt his foot, which caused its dislocation and get him out of the games for quite a long period. Actually it was the midfoot, which will take time to heal. For this period the Colts want to replace Freeny with a defensive end from the Denver Broncos, because he is likely to be sacked by them.
Jacque Jones, 32, is a .294 hitter against right-handed pitchers, who averaged 25 home runs and 78 RBIs a season from 2004-2006 before hitting just five homers this year to go with 66 RBIs and a .285 batting average. Having been Tigers’ opponent some time ago, he is now one of the Tigers! Jones was traded by the Cubs, and feels that this deal will be successful for him; according to his words, he is moving from one good team to another good team and to the very good manager. By pulling off the one-for-one swap, the Tigers filled their need for a left-handed bat to add some semblance of balance to a predominantly right-handed lineup. As president/general manager Dave Dombrowski says, Jones is a proven left-handed hitter that can play left field. Therefore the team gained a lot by acquiring him, and we can hope for new and better results.
On Sunday the Giants lost to the Cowboys with 31-20 score. The loss has driven them in frustration. They may have come third after Dallas and Green Bay in the National Football Conference. Now they will hardly be able to score better place in the playoff in the next seven weeks.
Jeremy Roenick, San Jose Sharks center scored his 500th National Hockey League career goal on Saturday in the game against the Phoenix Coyotes. Thus, Roenick became the 40th player to reach the milestone. Actually, it is not surprise, for Roenick has always been known as a good player. However, this goal may seem to some somewhat accidental. Who knows? But it was amazing. Roenick’s goal came 6:35 into the second period against the Coyotes – somehow thanks to a puck that seemingly had a mind of its own. After Roenick had dumped the puck into the right corner, it made a bounce off the boards and struck the right side of the goal. The puck then deflected off the body of Alex Auld, Coyotes goaltender, and there it was on the crease! Auld tried hard to put the puck from the crease, but instead, knocked the puck across the goal line… This action presented Roenick his historical goal. It was a very emotional moment, probably, the most emotional moment throughout the game.
