Matsuzaka throws simulated game
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04/26/2010 -
TORONTO (AP) -Daisuke Matsuzaka threw a 69-pitch simulated game before the Red Sox played the Blue Jays, the injured right-hander's final hurdle before returning to Boston's starting rotation.
Manager Terry Francona said Monday, ``The ball came out of his hand pretty nice.''
Matsuzaka was placed on the 15-day disabled list April 4 with a strained neck.
Matsuzaka went 4-6 in 12 starts last season, landing on the disabled list twice with a sore shoulder.
Speaking through a translator, Matsuzaka acknowledged being ``a burden'' on the struggling Red Sox, 8-11 entering play Monday. Matsuzaka is scheduled to make his season debut Saturday at Baltimore, replacing knuckleballer Tim Wakefield in Boston's rotation.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press.
Omaha, NE (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Creighton University hired Greg McDermott as its new men's head basketball coach on Monday. McDermott, who will be officially introduced at a Tuesday morning press conference, takes over for Dana Altma
<< Cardinals place INF Lopez on DL
St. Louis, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The St. Louis Cardinals have placed infielder
Felipe Lopez on the 15-day disabled list with a right elbow strain.
Lopez is batting .273 (12-for-44) with a home run and four RBI in 15 games
this season.
<< No one injured in Hawks' bus accident
Milwaukee, WI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Atlanta Hawks' team bus was involved in
an accident Monday, but no one was injured.
According to a story on the team's website, the bus was hit by a white
Cadillac while leaving the Bradley C
<< Oregon makes Creighton's Altman next basketball coach
Eugene, OR (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The University of Oregon has made Creighton's
Dana Altman its next head basketball coach.
The 51-year-old Altman has compiled a 327-176 record in 16 seasons for the
Bluejays. They went 18-16 last seas
<< Berdych, Ljubicic advance; Ferrero exits Rome
Rome, Italy (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tenth-seeded Tomas Berdych and 11th-seeded
Ivan Ljubicic were a pair of first-round winners, while former world No. 1
Juan Carlos Ferrero came up a loser Monday at the $2.97 million Italian
Masters
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) -Two days of pure rest agreed with Kobe Bryant, who watched intently while the Los Angeles Lakers finished up practice in the midst of a playoff series that's a whole lot less relaxing than the defending champions hoped.It's
Bucks say former player Restani dies at 58 >>
MILWAUKEE (AP) -Former Bucks power forward Kevin Restani died in San Francisco after returning from Milwaukee where he had attended Game 3 between the Bucks and Atlanta Hawks on Saturday night. He was 58.The Bucks didn't say how Restani died on Sund
Cavs' Jamison relishing title shot >>
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) -While breaking down game tape during a serious film session, the Cleveland Cavaliers sometimes will break into laughter.Seeing Antawn Jamison toss in one of his unorthodox shots can be pretty funny.``I hear the giggles,'' Ja
Mavs C Dampier fined $35,000 for criticizing refs >>
DALLAS (AP) -Mavericks center Erick Dampier has been fined $35,000 for publicly criticizing game officials.Dampier's punishment, announced Monday, was for comments he made following a 94-90 loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Friday night.NBA commissio
Obama welcomes Yankees to White House >>
Washington, DC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Members of the 2009 World Series champion
New York Yankees were honored by President Barack Obama on Monday during a
visit to the White House.
Obama addressed the Yankees' rich tradition and the fra
MySportsbook.com refunds all bets on Oakland, Green Bay and Tampa Bay from NFL week one.
(September 14) – Week one of NFL action saw three teams go scoreless for the first time since 1977. Another four were unable to get a touchdown and almost half of the underdogs covered the spread. Those three teams saved bettors at MySportsbook.com from losing out completely, thanks to the company’s unique NFL Shutout Rule -- which ensures that if the team you backed goes scoreless, your wager is refunded.
Sportsbook refunded tens of thousands of dollars to customers who bet on Oakland, Green Bay and Tampa Bay, the three teams that stunk up the field so badly that their fans and backers never had a chance to get up from their couches and cheer. In the spirit of the low scoring start to the season, odds makers at the world’s largest online sportsbook and casino have set odds on how many total shutouts there will be this season.
MySportsbook.com has posted updated sports betting lines for week two of the season. Ben Roethlisberger’s health status is still questionable, so Willie Parker will try to lead Pittsburgh again as they travel to Jacksonville as a one point favorite. After beating up on his little brother last week, Peyton Manning will look to lead the Colts to victory against Houston. Indianapolis is a whopping 13.5 favorite in the match-up.
Seattle, last year’s highest scoring team, showed the power of their defense with their gritty 9-6 win in Motown over the ravenous Lions. They take their act back home to the comforts of Qwest Field where they will face the resurgent Arizona Cardinals. The Seahawks are favored by a touchdown.
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The 2008 Kentucky Derby has announced a $1-million bonus for this weekend’s 134th ‘Run for the Roses’ and MySportsbook.com is doing the same.
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According to MySportsbook.com, the favorites for Saturday’s Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky are: Curlin (+250); Street Sense (+500); Scat Daddy (+700); Circular Quay (+750); and Nobiz Like Shobiz (+800).
Derby organizers announced this week that there will be a $1-million bonus at the 2007 Kentucky Derby odds if the first-place horse wins by more than 6 1/2 lengths – the margin of Barbaro's victory last year. The bonus would be divided Saturday among the winning trainer, jockey, owner and a charity, with each receiving 25 percent. The designated charity is the Barbaro Memorial Fund.
''It's certainly creative, it's certainly fun and it has something for the horsemen, which we always want to embrace,'' Churchill Downs president and chief executive Robert Evans said at a news conference. ''What's really cool is it will force us to remember Barbaro.''
Meanwhile, the Derby favorite – Curlin – is going against the odds this year. It's been 125 years since Apollo won after skipping his 2-year-old season, and not since Regret in 1915 has such a lightly seasoned horse worn the blanket of red roses.
Arkansas Derby winner Curlin – unbeaten in three career races – tries to overcome both those obstacles in Saturday's 133rd Derby.
''We're not running against history,'' trainer Steve Asmussen said Monday. ''We're running against who they load up.''
Six other horses have run in the Derby without benefit of 2-year-old races and with three or fewer starts. The best any of them managed was a sixth-place finish by Showing Up last year.
Asmussen dismissed suggestions that Curlin's lack of racing experience could keep him from the winner's circle.
”He exudes confidence and he's got a great presence about him,'' the trainer said. ''I feel great about the position we're in. He's not worried about anything, why should you be?''
The Kentucky Derby is at 4:04 p.m., ET Saturday.
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