Chipper Jones lifts Braves in 11th with wild 15 13 win
Chipper Jones hit a two run homer in the 11th as Atlanta defeated Philadelphia 15 13 in a game marked by seven Ruiz RBIs and a late rally from a 6 0 deficit. Brian McCann added a grand slam and Roy Halladay struggled in five innings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Chipper Jones
Atlanta Braves
Carlos Ruiz
Philadelphia Phillies
Braves
Roy Halladay
Dan Uggla
Jones
Brian Sanches
Phillies
Brian McCann
Michael Bourn
Cleveland
Kansas City
Stats LLC
Ruiz
Ryan Howard
Yankees
Laynce Nix
Craig Kimbrel
Shane Victorino
Juan Pierre
Halladay
McCann
Cy Young
Texas
Martin Prado
Eric O'Flaherty
Ty Wigginton
John Mayberry Jr
Tommy Hanson
Eric Hinske
Philadelphia
Chargers Star Junior Seau Found Dead at Home
Oceanside police reported Junior Seau, longtime Chargers linebacker, found shot to death at his residence. A gun was near him and no suicide note was found. Seau, 43, led the Chargers to their 1994 Super Bowl and earned 12 straight Pro Bowls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceanside
Calif
Junior Seau
San Diego Chargers
Frank McCoy
Sean
McCoy
San Diego
Chargers
Luisa Seau
Seau
Gina
The
Union-Tribune San Diego
Doug Miller
Curtis Whitley
Chris Mims
Saints suspend Vilma and three others over bounty scheme
The NFL handed multi game suspensions to Jonathan Vilma and three Saints players for their roles in cash for hits from 2009 to 2011. An thony Hargrove received a half season ban, Will Smith four games, and Scott Fujita three games. The penalties come as the league seeks to close the bounty case ahead of the 2012 season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NFL
New Orleans Saints
Jonathan Vilma
Anthony Hargrove
Green Bay Packers
Saints
Will Smith
Scott Fujita
Cleveland Browns
Wilma
Vilma
Smith
Sean Payton
Mickey Loomis
Joe Vitt
Roger Goodell
New Orleans
Goodell
NFL Players Association
NFLPA
DeMaurice Smith
South Carolina bred Derby entrants prep for Kentucky Derby
Alpha draws post one as Dullahan and Done Talking start from five and seventeen in the 138th Kentucky Derby. All three trained at Elloree Training Center in Elloree, with Dullahan owned by Donegal Racing and trained by Dale Romans. Dullahan, a chestnut colt with a Derby pedigree, has won the Futurity and Blue Grass Stakes on Polytrack at Keeneland, and enters Derby with 8-1 odds. Alpha is 15-1, Done Talking 50-1. jockeys and owners noted as the runs approach in Louisville.S
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken
Mine That Bird
Smith
Dullahan
Elloree
Keeneland
Hansen
Union Rags
Creative Cause
Take Charge Indy
Kent Desormeaux
Alpha
Done Talking
Broken Vow
Hamilton Smith
Skeedattle Stable
Robert White
Lou Rehak
Robert Orndorf
Skeedattle Associates
Fasig-Tipton
Hawthorne
Sheldon Russell
Hamilton
Bodemeister Leads Derby Field as Early Favorite
Bodemeister is the 4-1 early Derby favorite with post six in a full field of 20. Union Rays is second choice at 9-2, trained by Michael Matz, while Liaison drew post 20 and Gemologist post 15. The purse tops 2.2 million with a 6:24 p.m. post time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Bodemeister
Union Rays
Bob Baffert
Sea Hero
Baffert
Liaison
Lucky
Point Given
Churchill Downs
Mike Battaglia
Michael Matz
Barbaro
SAHS tops Sumter in mercy-rule bid to reach Lower State bracket
SAHS built an 8-0 lead before Sumter rallied late, but Leopard pitched out the win as SAHS blanked Sumter 9-0 in four and a half innings. Reardon took the loss for Sumter, allowing eight runs, six earned, over 4 1/3 innings with five hits. Sanderson and Bryant sparked key rallies for SAHS, while Leopard and Holley made standout defensive plays to preserve the shutout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumter
Andrew Reardon
Gamecock
Jacob Watcher
Robert Rezac
T-Breds
Sanderson
Xavier Peralta
SAHS
Bob Polewski
Reardon
Anderson University
Preston Dawson
Taylor McFaddin
RBI
Landon Holley
Peralta
Evan Kearse
Leopard
Will Smith
Polewski
Bryant
Holley
Lexington
Wildcats
TB Reds
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chipper
Mets
Cliff Lee
Lee
Jason Heyward
Randall Delgado
Joe Blanton
Dean Spanos
South Carolina
Carolina
Dane
Cam Huffman
Aiken Standard
Lewisburg, W.va
West Virginia University