In perhaps one of the last pitchers to compile 300 wins, New York Mets lefthander Tom Glavine pitched 6 1/3 innings, scattering six hits and only allowed two runs in his milestone victory over the Chicago Cubs Sunday.
Glavine becomes just the 23rd pitcher in the history of baseball to win 300 games.
Congratulations to one of the best pitchers in the last 20 years, Tom Glavine!
The long awaited winner has been crowned for ESPN’s moronic contest “Who’s Now?” and the answer isn’t all that surprising: Tiger Woods.
Woods won in convincing fashion, downing Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James in a landslide. Tiger racked up 63.8% of the vote — LeBron just 36.2% — out of 370,270 tallies.
The winner was announced on the Sunday morning program SportsCenter.
This was such a huge achievement that (probably meant more than that first Masters, huh?) Woods released a statement upon hearing of his “victory”:
“As a huge fan of ESPN, this is an honor. They always come up with cool new content. I’d like to thank all the fans who took the time to vote for me.”
Now we can put a fork in one of the dumbest ideas ever hatched by the “The Worldwide Teaser.” And that ridiculous song that accompanies the tournament goes away, too.
Everyone wins!
The morning after Aaron Miles of St. Louis pitches better than his team’s starter…
The Yankees offense continues to stay hot; the Milwaukee Brewers maintain their lead in the NL Central; a tale of two ballclubs: Arizona gained its 12th victory in 14 games, while the Dodgers lost for the 11th time in their last 15 and Jeremy Bonderman continues to have trouble pitching in the first inning, giving up 4 earned runs in the first against the White Sox.
Royals 8, Yankees 16 — Robinson Cano tied a career high with four hits and Bobby Abreu scored four runs for New York, which has won five of its last six to improve to a season-best 10 games over .500. Oh yeah — Alex Rodriguez hit his 500th home run on the first pitch he saw.
Indians, 2, Twins 3 — Michael Cuddyer had one hit and 2 RBIs and the bullpen did a virtually flawless job in the Twins’ 3-2 victory over the Indians.
White Sox 7, Tigers 5 — Jim Thome and A.J. Pierzynski each homered and the White Sox hung on to win their third straight over the Tigers. Thome’s blast to right field marked the 490th homer of his career.
Angels 1, A’s 2 — Travis Buck nailed a two-out, tie-breaking single in the seventh inning to push the A’s past the Angels. LA’s Kelvim Escobar lost his third straight start despite allowing just one earned run and two hits over seven innings. He matched his career high with seven walks and struck out two.
Red Sox 4, M’s 3 — Former Seattle farmhand Jason Varitek’s two-run single in the fourth proved be a catalyst as the Boston Red Sox held on for Japanese import Daisuke Matsuzaka’s 13th victory 4-3.
News and notes while NASCAR driver Robby Gordon still claims victory in Montreal…
Vazquez defeats Marquez for super bantamweight title (The FanHouse) Israel Vazquez pummeled and bloodied Rafael Marquez and won the super bantamweight title after the referee stopped the bout after the completion of the sixth round.
Diaz denies Morales’ bid to become first Mexican with titles in four classes (AP/Y! Sports)
WBC lightweight champion David Diaz denied Erik Morales in his bid to become the first Mexican to win world titles in four weight classes with a thrilling unanimous decision. Morales then retired before the match’s winner was announced.
Bowman denies having contact with Maple Leafs (TSN.ca) Legendary NHL coach Scotty Bowman is denying reports that he is on the verge of becoming president of the Toronto Maple Leafs, saying he has not had any recent contact with anyone from Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment.
Emotional day in Canton as six are enshrined at Pro Football Hall (AP/SI.com) The 2007 Hall of Fame class, headed by Dallas Cowboys receiver Michael Irvin and Buffalo Bills running back Thurman Thomas, share an emotional day upon their enshrinement in Canton.
Wehrli is a defensive player getting his due (Y! Sports) Hall of Fame inductee Roger Wehrli of the football St. Louis Cardinals becomes just the eighth defensive player in seven years to get enshrined in Canton. By contrast, Jason Cole of Yahoo! Sports notes, 23 offensive players have their busts in “The Big Juicer.”
Friends, players salute Prosser at memorial service (AP/USA Today) The 56-year-old Prosser, who coached at Xavier before taking the job at Wake Forest in 2001, died of an apparent heart attack in his Wake Forest office on July 26.
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