Archive for the ‘Athletics’ Category
Athletics: Malcolm hopes for Super night as skipper
CHRISTIAN Malcolm is looking forward to leading Cardiff into action in the inaugural Super8 athletics competition next week. All-star teams from all over Britain will take on the host city in a series of events at the Cardiff International Sports Stadium on Wednesday (7pm). Malcolm said: “It really... More
Athletics-White Sox Preview
The Chicago White Sox haven’t shown much of a spark at the plate this season. They hope their top prospect will provide one. t7fbrh6qmk Gordon Beckham is expected to make his major league debut Thursday when the White Sox look for a split of their four-game series with the AL-worst Oakland Athletics. Read... More
Athletic budgets shrink as recession expands
Athletic departments across the country are also being pinched. Tens of millions of dollars have been cut from budgets and dozens of teams have been eliminated. “It’s never been like this,” said Mike Cleary, the 44-year executive director of the National Association of Collegiate Directors... More
Oakland Athletics’ Nomar Garciaparra coming along slowly
Nomar Garciaparra won’t come off Oakland’s disabled list when he’s eligible Monday. Garciaparra is on the DL for the second time this season with a strained right calf. Read more Read More →
Live Webcast Pits Paper Against Athletic Group
The football footage is passable, not polished. But a newspaper’s decision to do a live Webcast of a playoff game — and three others — in Wisconsin has led to a federal court case. It may be left to a judge to decide who owns the rights to high school athletics. Read more Read More →
Play it again: Athletics 9, Orioles 1
By ¿ Jeff Zrebiec Jeremy Guthrie managed to get just two outs in his team’s 9-1 loss Friday night, the shortest outing of his career and shortest for an Orioles starter since Victor Zambrano retired just two Toronto Blue Jays on Sept. 26, 2007. There was injury added to insult when Guthrie took... More
