(Reuters) – Comcast Corp is prepared to bid if it can force a sale of the financially troubled, regional-sports network that carries the games of the Houston Astros baseball team and the Houston Rockets, the city’s basketball team, court papers
Rangers ace Yu Darvish was chased in the sixth inning, once against unable to hold a lead in a close game, but the Rangers still had their real ace in the bullpen. Joe Nathan (right in photo) did what he
The Reds are lucky that they did not need Johnny Cueto to make his scheduled start Sunday. There was nothing at stake in that game, and the Reds will now need Cueto to start Tuesday’s elimination wild-card game in Pittsburgh.
PITTSBURGH – From the Pirates shirts that outnumbered the Steelers shirts on the streets Saturday, to the signs around offices and PNC branches (see Breitbart Sports photo above), Pittsburgh is ready to host their first playoff game since 1992. During
The Giants and Dodgers started the last game of the night on time Thursday, just 21 hours after a nearby stabbing in a dispute between rival fans left one man dead. Tim Lincecum struck out Yasiel Puig to start the
San Francisco police investigator Scott Warnke did not immediately return texts and calls from Breitbart Sports regarding the investigation of the fatal stabbing of a Dodgers fan after the Giants 6-4 win Wednesday night. The communications department for the Giants
The Reds and Pirates have their rotations set up to have each ace throw against each other Tuesday in the NL Wildcard game, so they will not need to make any adjustments in their rotations as they face this weekend
Manti Te’o will finally take the field Sunday for his NFL debut. The San Diego Chargers blog boltbeat.com expects Te’o to shut up the critics months after ZBers.com noted that, “Almost everyone except Breitbart Sports readers was stunned when Manti
Of the three teams battling for the two AL Wildcard spots, only the Tampa Bay Rays have their ace lined up for a playoff game Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. David Price (Rays, ranked 48th in the Value Add Baseball database)
After three weeks out with an obligue injury, the Cleveland Indians Justin Masterson returned to pitch the ninth inning Wednesday. If Masterson can start in the playoffs next week, he would be a huge upgrade as the only pitcher in
The 4500th pitching start was entered in the database Sunday, as 227 pitchers have now made the five starters necessary needed to make the list. With the final playoff spots up for grabs in the seasons final week, the following
The best pitcher in baseball is now the most valuable, according to Value Add Baseball. Arizona’s Patrick Corbin appears to have run out of gas, getting knocked out early Sunday for the second straight game to drop from a Value
Should a pitcher with an 11-13 record be considered for the Cy Young Award against a pitcher who is 20-3? This weekend summed up the whole season for the top two pitcher’s in the AL according to www.valueaddbasketball.com when the
Only 22 players (see list below) in the history of Major League Baseball have stolen more bases in a game than Billy Hamilton, despite the fact that the only game that Hamilton ever started was Wednesday night. He has already
Six American League teams are within 2 1/2 games of the playoffs, and three of them still get to play a series against the Astros. The following are the side-by-side schedules for each of the contenders, with the Indians having
The Cincinnati Reds pulled within a half-game of the Pittsburgh Pirates for the top wildcard spot Wednesday night, and the teams will likely play seven of the next 12 days with only the last game mattering. That will only change
Fox Sports fired announcer Craig James earlier this month after one day on the job for comments he made during a 2012 Texas Republican Senate primary in which he indicated his support for traditional marriage and his belief that people
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Electronic Arts Inc named its sports and digital games division head Andrew Wilson as chief executive on Tuesday, appointing the 39-year-old with a strong track record in leading game development after a six-month search.
The Sr. Director of Communications and PR for ESPN told Breitbart Sports Tuesday morning that Mike Tirico’s omission of the word “Redskins” was simply a flub, and not a political statement. “I talked to Mike last night, and he told
Canelo Alvarez can at least tell his children he joined Oscar De La Hoya as the only fighters to ever cause a single judge to think Floyd Mayweather did not beat him – and in both cases the one judge
MOBILE – Tony Lee wrote about America’s shared tradition of football, and the University of South Alabama (patriotically referred to as USA) and Old Dominion University have started up football programs. The case for more schools to join the four
MOBILE – After a career of offenses that dazzled huge crowds in both NFL and SEC Stadiums, Bobby Petrino (left in Breitbart Sports photo) started the slow road back to character rehabilitation Saturday by taking Western Kentucky on the field
A legislator and co-chair of a state Athlete Agents Commission told Breitbart Sports Thursday night that he will propose that the NCAA take a one-year moratorium on sanctions to work with universities to stop rogue agents. “The NCAA could have
Breitbart Sports has quoted former USC great and 49ers Super Bowl linebacker Riki Ellison on everything from if USC has even better tailgating than SEC schools, NFL injuries, and Dennis Rodman’s North Korean trips. Now he says that Pete Carroll,
The new Olympic (IOC) President is Chairman of Ghorfa, the Arab-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry, which was set up in the 1970s by Arab countries to boycott trade with Israel and even issued certificates indicating that no parts of products
When Cam Newton was at Auburn, the defense basically consisted of giving up a lot of yards and points until Nick Fairley injured the opposing quarterback. He then formed the interior defensive line of the Lions with Ndamukong Suh, who
On Monday, September 16, football fans will get their first glimpse at the images in a book that covers past attempts to end football in America over the course of a history of the game and how its place in
The open house for a new Library of Congress book on the history of football dating back to the American Indians in Jamestown will occur one week before a Court of Appeals considers a decision by Judge Richard Caputo, a
The San Francisco at Seattle game this week pits the two teams tied for the second best Week 1 Rating behind only the Broncos. Anquan Boldin’s 13 catches for 208 yards were almost 100 yards more than the Seahawks allowed TOTAL
The Saints wasted no time getting to the top of the NFC South Week 1 Ratings in Sean Payton’s return, beating the Dolphins while the Panthers and Bucs let games slip away late. Cam Newton’s 125 yard passing, albeit against
Reggie Bush (21 carries for 90 yards, 4 catches 104 yards) could be the final piece for the Lions, whose Week 1 rating was virtually even with both the Bears and Packers. The odd team out in the Week 1
The Dallas Cowboys shot to first in the NFC East with an impressive win over the Giants, capped by Brandon Carr’s 49-yard interception return for the sixth turnover of the game. With the scoring-happy NFL, turnovers become even more important
The Denver Broncos Week 1 Rating is 10 points better than anyone else in the NFL, confirming them as the early Super Bowl favorites behind Peyton Manning’s seven touchdowns against the defending champion Ravens heading into the next Manning bowl
The good news for the Cincinnati Bengals is that even a good Bears defense could not cover AJ Green, and with the once-mighty conference going 0-4 in Week 1, the Bengals were clearly the best team. They battled tough in
The Dolphins rated just higher than the Patriots in Week 1, as their defensive line manhandled the Browns (Cameron Wake 2 1/2 sacks), helping to force three interceptions (two by Dmitri Patterson) to give them a great shot to disrupt
The Tennessee Titans pulled off the big upset of the day, with a defense that improved from last in the league to one that allowed only 195 yards while forcing two fumbles and registering five sacks of Ben Roethlisberger. The
After giving up a touchdown on a bad call by replacement referees last September out west (see photo below), the Packers lost another touchdown out west Sunday to real referees (photo above). They may not get as much sympathy this time
While most are focused on football this weekend, the race for the baseball playoff spots heated up. Teams losing Friday and Saturday included the Rangers (to let the A’s move into first in the AL West), the Rays (to leave
The NFL has dominated sports ratings for years. Baseball disappears for most on Sunday’s once the NFL kicks off. While college basketball dominates March, most hardly know the season has started in November and December when the NFL is still
AUBURN – The Big Ten dominated Saturday, and the SEC joined the old Big East (American Athletic Conference) as the big losers of the day. The Big Ten not only went 4-0 against other BCS teams, but won three of
