(SportsNetwork.com) – Scott Feldman tries to pitch the Houston Astros to a rare series win over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday when the Lone Star State rivals play the rubber match of a three-game set at Minute Maid Park. Houston snapped a 10-game home losing streak to the Rangers on …
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(SportsNetwork.com) – In the second game of a three-game set following the All-Star break, the Texas Rangers will battle the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre Saturday. Texas will send Colby Lewis out to the mound to try and solve a potentially potent Blue Jays lineup, while the home squad …
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Oakland, CA (SportsNetwork.com) – The Oakland Athletics officially released designated hitter Adam Dunn Thursday in order to clear a spot on the team’s 40-man roster. The move was purely procedural, as Dunn was set to become a free agent at the conclusion of the postseason and had previously stated that …
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Buffalo, NY (SportsNetwork.com) – The Buffalo Sabres re-signed restricted free agent forward Luke Adam to a one-year, two-way contract on Sunday. Adam, selected by the Sabres in the second round (44th overall) of the 2008 draft, appeared in 12 games with the Sabres last year, scoring one goal. The 24-year-old …
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Seattle, WA – Seattle, WA (SportsNetwork.com) – New-look Toronto FC will head to CenturyLink Field on Saturday for a marquee clash with Seattle Sounders FC. Toronto, long-time doormat in MLS, strengthened its squad considerably in the offseason, adding the likes of Michael Bradley, Jermain Defoe, Dwayne De Rosario, Justin Morrow, …
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Santa Clara, CA (SportsNetwork.com) – The San Francisco 49ers pared down their roster to the NFL-mandated limit of 53 players by releasing a host of veteran special-teams players. Among the casualties for the Niners were wide receiver Kassim Osgood and safeties Bubba Ventrone and C.J. Spillman, core special-teamers from a …
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Bucharest, Romania (SportsNetwork.com) – Eighth-seeded Finnish veteran Jarkko Nieminen was a hard-fought opening-round winner Monday at the $590,000 BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy tennis event. The 32-year-old left-handed Nieminen held off Argentine Leonardo Mayer 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7-4) on the red clay at BNR Arenas. Also on Day 1, Czech Jiri …
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ST. LOUIS – Now it starts to get intense for Michael Sam and the rest of the St. Louis Rams rookies. The first openly gay player drafted in the NFL is enthusiastic about the challenge. Twice on Tuesday, he mentioned how much fun he was having. Sam said he hopes …
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PHILADELPHIA – The Philadelphia Eagles’ offensive line will be banged up heading into Sunday’s road game at San Francisco. But the defense will also be without a key player. Inside linebacker Mychal Kendricks will miss his second straight game with a calf injury suffered in the Eagles’ Week 2 win …
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TOLEDO, Ohio – Maty Mauk threw for 325 yards and five touchdowns, and No. 24 Missouri gave coach Gary Pinkel a win against his former program, Toledo, 49-24 on Saturday. Mauk also ran for a touchdown, and the Tigers (2-0) never trailed in what was expected to be a tricky …
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