Jeff Finger gets $14 mill deal from Maple Leafs
Journeyman defenceman Jeff Finger was in the ECHL the last time the Toronto Maple Leafs made the playoffs.
After signing him to a US$14-million, four-year deal on Tuesday, the Maple Leafs team are hoping that Finger can help get them back to the post-season.
Finger spent parts of the p... read more
Natalie Coughlin loses world record… wins it back 2 minutes after
Natalie Coughlin stood on deck watching Hayley McGregory erase her world record in the 100-meter backstroke. Coughlin decided she wanted it back.
Two minutes later, it was hers again.
Coughlin reclaimed the mark by winning her preliminary heat in 59.03 seconds Monday at the U.S. Olympi... read more
Top 50 NFL players list… by Pete Prisco
According to Pete Prisco and CBSsportsline.com, Tom Brady is the top-ranked player in the NFL.
Prisco listed the top NFL players for 2007:
1. Tom Brady, QB, New England Patriots: Can he do any more than he did l... read more
Floyd Landis loses CAS appeal
Floyd Landis lost his final chance to retain his 2006 Tour de France title Monday, the last step of a long, multimillion-dollar process that poked holes in the anti-doping establishment but ultimately left the cyclist as just another convicted cheater.
A three-person panel at the Court of Arb... read more
Ryan Lochte beats Michael Phelps in 400 IM prelims
Ryan Lochte outswam rival Michael Phelps on opening day of the U.S. Olympic trials Sunday, even if it was only the preliminaries of the 400-meter individual medley.
Lochte was the fastest qualifier in 4 minutes, 13.38 seconds — fourth best in the world this year.
“Not bad,̶... read more
Dodgers get no hits but beat the Angels anyway
Jered Weaver and Jose Arredondo combined to no-hit the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday night - and it still wasn’t good enough for the Los Angeles A... read more
Shawn Chacon suspended indefinitely after fight with Astros’ GM
Astros pitcher Shawn Chacon was suspended indefinitely by the team Wednesday for insubordination after reportedly grabbing general manager Ed Wade by the neck and throwing him to the ground.
Chacon, upset after getting de... read more
Arfat Fadel in court for Javon Walker case
A man accused of robbing and beating NFL player Javon Walker alleges Las Vegas police pressured his girlfriend to press charges in a domestic violence case before arresting him in the Walker case.
Arfat Fadel’s complaint was cut off by his newly appointed public defender and a Las Vegas... read more
Shaq’s Rap costs him his deputy’s badges
Shaquille O’Neal will lose his special deputy’s badge in Maricopa County because of language he used in a rap video that mocks former teammate Kobe Bryant.
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said the Phoenix Suns center’s use of a racially derogatory word and other foul lang... read more
Big Brown’s loose shoe still a mystery
The mystery of Big Brown’s stunning failure in the Belmont — when the winner of the Kentucky Derby and Preakness fell so far out of contention after the final turn that jockey Kent Desormeaux eased him to the finish line — took another strange turn over the weekend.
Two phot... read more
