For the second time in three months, two of boxing’s brightest young stars will headline a card at the Wamu Theatre in Madison Square Garden. Juan Manuel Lopez and Yurikois Gamboa look to take one last step toward a possible collision course between the two if they are victorious. [...]

The major conferences in the NCAA have entered into rivalries/partnerships within the last decade. The Big Ten and ACC, the Big 12 and the PAC 10 and the Big East and SEC have scheduled interesting matchups. The last of the three groupings scheduled a doubleheader at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday evening.
The opening contest featured [...]

Derek Jeter will have to wait another day or two in his quest to tie and overtake Lou Gehrig as the all-time New York Yankees hit leader, He failed to record a hit in both games of a day-night Labor Day doubleheader at Yankee Stadium Monday as his team swept the twin bill taking the [...]

FLUSHING MEADOWS, NY – It was a tough night for Melanie Oudin, as she lost the nightcap of her doubleheader. The 17 year-old teamed with Japan’s Ayumi Morita and lost a straight set loss to the Spanish doubles team of Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual, 2-6, 1-6.
But you can forgive the Georgia native [...]

Bridgeport, CT – The Bridgeport Bluefish’s latest week of Atlantic League baseball was easily summarized in yesterday’s doubleheader split with the Somerset Patriots (27-15).  Game one featured a fantastic complete game one-hitter by Kyle Jackson in Bridgeport’s (17-25) 3-0 victory.  Yet, game two brought the other side of the coin to the Bridgeport Bluefish, a [...]

Lazzari’s “Cheap Win of the Week”: Goes to Phillies pitcher Joe Blanton–who pitched the minimum five innings vs. the Reds recently–throwing 97 pitches while giving up five runs. However, he benefits from a strong Philadelphia offense–including four home runs–during a 12-5 Phillies victory………TRIVIA QUESTION: The 1987 Cleveland Indians–who finished dead last in the AL East–did [...]

 
CENTRAL ISLIP, NY — When the Ducks collectively drove to the ballpark Sunday morning, the playoff picture looked murky. Six losses in the past seven games, including a three-game losing streak, cut the Flock’s lead in the Liberty Division standings to just a half-game entering a doubleheader against York.
But Randy Leek helped the Ducks take [...]