GENOA, Italy -- Maxi Lopez scored on his Sampdoria return to give the team a 1-0 victory at bitter rival Genoa in the derby della lanterna on Monday. Lopez is in his second loan spell at Sampdoria and he took less than 24 minutes to mark his debut with a goal. The Argentine played a one-two with Eder before lifting the ball over Genoa goalkeeper Mattia Perin. "Its a new fantastic debut,"por wanglei - Open (talk) box
Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane appear to have made their initial ask to the Chicago Blackhawks on a contract extension and are hoping to join the NHLs highest paid players. According to TSN Hockey Insider Bob McKenzie, its believed that Kane and Toews have both asked for salaries of about $12 million per year. McKenzie notes that both players will likely end up with a lower salary than their inipor wanglei - Open (talk) box
MIAMI -- First baseman-outfielder Garrett Jones and the Miami Marlins finalized a two-year, $7.75 million contract. Jones, a left-handed hitter, batted .233 with 15 homers and 51 RBIs with Pittsburgh this year. He lost his starting job late in the season and batted only twice in the playoffs. Jones became a free agent when he wasnt offered a contract by the Pirates by the Dec. 2 deadline. The deapor wanglei - Open (talk) box
HOUSTON - Texans receiver Andre Johnson is active against the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday after sitting out last week following a concussion.Houston tight end Garrett Graham is inactive with an ankle injury. It will be the third straight game Graham has missed; rookie C.J. Fiedorowicz will start in his place.The Texans did not announce who will start at quarterback between Case Keenum and Thad Lewpor wanglei - Open (talk) box
The Montreal Alouettes announced the re-signing of three players on Tuesday. Import linebacker Kyries Hebert and non-import long snapper Martin Bédard were both inked to three-year deals, while non-import kicker Sean Whyte has been retained for two more seasons. Herbert finished the 2013 season with nine sacks, third best on the Alouettes and was named CFL Defensive Player of the Month for July.por wanglei - Open (talk) box
TORONTO - The National Hockey League has reached a 12-year, $5.2 billion agreement with Rogers Communications for the leagues broadcast and multimedia rights. As part of the deal, Rogers says the CBC will continue to broadcast its iconic Hockey Night in Canada broadcast and that the TVA network in Quebec has all of the Canadian French-language multimedia rights. The league says the deal gives Rogpor wanglei - Open (talk) box
MIAMI - As the Washington Nationals prepared to take the field with a three-run lead in the ninth, they braced themselves for another comeback bid by the feisty Miami Marlins. This time the Nationals held on — barely. Drew Storen allowed two runs before securing the final out for his first save since August 2013, and Washington averted a series sweep by snapping Miamis six-game winning streak witpor wanglei - Open (talk) box
TORONTO - Back in the summer months, when Randy Carlyle and his coaching staff were playing around with the organizational depth chart, envisioning line combinations and such, they had almost no expectation that Trevor Smith would contribute to the level he has in recent weeks. "Wed all have said What are you crazy?" said Carlyle, following a 3-2 overtime win against Dallas, one that snpor wanglei - Open (talk) box
BOSTON -- A day of treatment after getting hit by a pitch may have put Conor Gillaspie back on track. He hit a tie-breaking, two-run homer for his third hit of the game and the Chicago White Sox beat the struggling Boston Red Sox 8-3 on Tuesday night. "Sometimes you can benefit by getting hurt and getting a day off and recharging," Chicago manager Robin Ventura said. "Hes swingingpor wanglei - Open (talk) box
Shanghai, China (SportsNetwork.com) - Graeme McDowell opened up with a first- round, 5-under 67 on Thursday and he holds a 2-shot lead at the WGC - HSBC Champions. McDowells last victory on the European Tour came at the Alstom Open de France earlier this year, while his latest PGA Tour win was at the 2013 RBC Heritage. U.S. Open champion Martin Kaymer, Rickie Fowler, Brandt Snedeker, Chris Kirk,por wanglei - Open (talk) box
HELSINKI - Mikael Kingsbury beat Canadian teammate Alex Bilodeau in a dual moguls event Sunday to close in on the freestyle World Cup title. Bradley Wilson of the United States was third. Kingsbury leads the overall standings with 810 points, ahead of Bilodeau with 779 and Ptarick Deneen of the United States with 414 ahead of the World Cup finals. Hannah Kearney won the womens event, with Canadaspor wanglei - Open (talk) box
DETROIT -- The Detroit Tigers have released opening day shortstop Alex Gonzalez and purchased the contract of infielder Danny Worth from Triple-A Toledo. Detroit has struggled to fill the hole at shortstop after letting Jhonny Peralta leave via free agency and losing Jose Iglesias to injury. The Tigers traded for both Gonzalez and Andrew Romine in late March. The 37-year-old Gonzalez started thepor wanglei - Open (talk) box
Lewis Hamilton has laughed off Felipe Massas claim he needs to focus on his driving - pointing to the duos contrasting days at the Canadian GP as evidence that he is on top of his game. The drivers have held a long-running, fiery rivalry in the sport and Massa appeared to stoke the flames again with his comments prior to this weekends racing.He is preparing for his second life after Formula 1 andpor wanglei - Open (talk) box
LAKE FOREST, Ill. - The Chicago Bears have agreed to a two-year contract with veteran defensive tackle Jeremiah Ratliff. The Bears announced the move Wednesday night. They also terminated punter Adam Podleshs contract. A four-time Pro Bowl pick, Ratliff started four of the five games he played in after signing with Chicago in November. He spent the first six weeks with Dallas on the physically unpor wanglei - Open (talk) box
CHONBURI, Thailand -- Sergio Garcia finished with back-to-back birdies to shoot a second straight 7-under 65 Saturday and seize a four-shot lead after the third round of the Thailand Golf Championship. Garcia had eight birdies overall to go with a lone bogey on the fourth to move to an 18-under total of 198 at the Asian Tour event. "I was able to hit some really nice shots and then was ablepor wanglei - Open (talk) box
NEW YORK, N.Y. - NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and chief assistant Troy Vincent were told by 11 former players Tuesday that the league must act immediately when someone is accused of domestic violence.At a 3 1/2-hour meeting to discuss ways to improve the leagues personal conduct policy, the former players also said teams must be held accountable when players misbehave.One question asked aroundpor wanglei - Open (talk) box
Houston, TX (SportsNetwork.com) - Philadelphia Eagles linebacker DeMeco Ryans left Sundays game early in the fourth quarter with an apparent right ankle injury. Ryans stepped in front of a Ryan Fitzpatrick pass deep in Eagles territory, but fumbled the ball after falling with no one around him. He was on the turf for several minutes before being loaded onto a cart and taken off the field. Ryans wpor wanglei - Open (talk) box
Los Angeles, CA (SportsNetwork.com) - The Los Angeles Dodgers acquired outfielder Chris Heisey from the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday for right-handed pitcher Matt Magill. Heisey, 29, has spent all five of his major league seasons with the Reds, batting .247 with 50 home runs, 147 RBI and a .299 on-base percentage. He hit .222 in 119 games this past season with eight homers, 22 RBI and a .265 on-baspor wanglei - Open (talk) box
New York, NY - Los Angeles Kings forward Tanner Pearson has been chosen as the NHLs top rookie for the month of October. Pearson, the 30th overall pick in the 2012 draft, led all rookies with seven goals and nine points over the 11 games in the seasons first month. The 22-year-old native of Ontario beat out Washington Capitals forward Andre Burakovsky, Nashville Predators center Filip Forsberg anpor wanglei - Open (talk) box
The Winnipeg Jets conclude the home portion of their regular season schedule tonight with a 7:00pm ct start against the Boston Bruins at MTS Centre. The (35-35-10) Jets have 80 points and are also playing .500 hockey on home ice this season with a 17-17-6 record. Michael Hutchinson will start his second straight game in goal. He made 16-of-17 saves Monday in his NHL debut losing 1-0 to Minnesotapor wanglei - Open (talk) box
NEW YORK -- Vancouver Canucks forward Zack Kassian has been suspended for three games for a hit on Brenden Dillon of the Dallas Stars. Kassian received a major penalty for boarding and a game misconduct for the hit in the first period of Thursdays game in Dallas. Dillon was attempting to dump the puck into the Canucks zone before going to the Stars bench when Kassian approached him from behind anpor wanglei - Open (talk) box
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- The New York Jets open quarterback competition might already be case closed. At least, thats what Michael Vick thinks. As far as hes concerned, its very clearly Geno Smiths job to lose. "Im wishing the best for Geno," Vick said Thursday during the teams first open media session this off-season. "Im going to help him each and every day. Im going to help him getpor wanglei - Open (talk) box
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. - Martin Kaymer reached the top of golf and wondered how he got there. He won his first major at the 2010 PGA Championship. He reached No. 1 in the world six months later. And then he realized his game would not be good enough to stay there. Kaymer wasnt much different from Tiger Woods, who overhauled his swing not long after a record-setting performance in the 1997 Masterpor wanglei - Open (talk) box
MILWAUKEE -- Aramis Ramirez crushed a 1-2 fastball into the left-field stands, the breakthrough that the Milwaukee Brewers needed against a tough left-hander. Once again, the third baseman delivered in a big spot. Ramirez kept up his torrid hitting with a two-run homer to help back Wily Peraltas solid start, and the Brewers extended their winning streak to seven with a 4-2 victory over the Pittsbpor wanglei - Open (talk) box
DENVER – Fear consumed the Maple Leafs bench as they stood nervously by with Daniel Winnik lying motionless on the Pepsi Center ice. One of the most scary things that Ive been a part of and watched live, said Dion Phaneuf afterward. Though requiring a fine performance in goal and one unlikely hero, Toronto managed to rally in their fallen teammates absence. They scored a single point during a wilpor wanglei - Open (talk) box
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Salvador Perez has gone from cold to hot in three games. Perez homered and drove in four runs and the Kansas City Royals rallied for a 10-7 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday night. Perezs two-run double off Sergio Santos in the Royals six-run eighth put the Royals ahead. Perezs four RBIs matched his career high. The Royals had scored only four runs in the eighth inpor wanglei - Open (talk) box
TAMPA, Fla. - The Washington Capitals put together a nice little run away from home.Braden Holtby made 33 saves, Alex Ovechkin scored twice to break out of a four-game drought, and the Capitals beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-3 on Tuesday night to complete a perfect three-game road trip.We needed to play simple, stay focused all the time, and it was a great result for us, Ovechkin said.Washingtonpor wanglei - Open (talk) box
FRANKFURT, Germany -- Bayern Munich set a Bundesliga record and opened up a four-point lead by beating Augsburg 3-0 on Saturday as Borussia Dortmund lost 2-1 in Wolfsburg. Goals from Jerome Boateng, Franck Ribery and Thomas Mueller extended Bayerns unbeaten run to a record 37 matches. "This record is incredible," Bayern coach Pep Guardiola said. Elsewhere, Son Heung-min scored a hat tripor wanglei - Open (talk) box
Phil Clarke looks back on a thrilling weekend of Super League action and picks his five favourite tries. First up are two tries from Thursdays semi-final at the Halliwell Jones Stadium where Warrington defeated St Helens.Jonny Lomax finished off a superb team move which was sparked by a fantastic break and pass by Jordan Turner, but the Wolves had the final say as Tom Lineham crossed in the cornepor wanglei - Open (talk) box
STILLWATER, Okla. -- Oklahoma State appeared to have its second Big 12 Conference championship and BCS bowl game berth in three seasons within its grasp, thanks to a late rally. Instead, the No. 6 Cowboys (10-2, 7-2 Big 12) were left in a state of last-second shock after rival Oklahoma answered with a rally of its own in the closing minutes of a 33-24 win on Saturday. Desmond Roland, who finishedpor wanglei - Open (talk) box