The offensive-anemic San Diego Padres will get a chance to gain some much-needed ground in the NL West when they square off in Game 2 of a three-game series against the struggling Philadelphia Phillies who are sitting surprisingly in last place in the NL East after winning the division for the past five seasons.
Trailing 3-1 in the series, the Denver Nuggets bounced back with two straight wins to tie their first round playoff series with the Los Angeles Lakers, setting up a pivotal Game 7 on Saturday night at the Staples Center.
Both Philadelphia and Boston closed out their opening series Thursday night in two hard fought wins.
The NASCAR Sprint Cup series heads to its second-straight iconic stock car track this Saturday night for the running of the Bojangles’ Southern 500 at Darlington Speedway in front of a prime time audience.
The Memphis Grizzlies won game five by roaring out of the gate and dominating the first quarter. After that they played the Clippers pretty evenly which doesn’t exactly lead one to believe that this team is going to extend the series to another game.
The Los Angeles Angels are easily the most disappointing team for me this year. This team was supposed to challenge Texas for American League supremacy but they have needed a hot streak lately just to up their record within breathing distance of .500 and third place Seattle.
The New York Yankees fresh off a tough three-game at home division series with Tampa Bay, will open another three-game weekend set on Friday when they host the Seattle Mariners who are trying desperately to turn their season around since finishing a miserable 10-and-12 in April.
Remember when the Minnesota Twins were one of the best organizations in Major League Baseball? It appears those days are long gone.
The Indians beat the Red Sox last night and Boston has now lost 3 straight and tonight they look to snap their longest home losing streak in 18 years.
Denver was supposed to be finished by now, but they marched into Staples Center on Tuesday night and stunned the Lakers 102-99.
The Bulls won Game 5 to extend this series by playing great defense and they will have to do so again tonight in the City of Brotherly Love in order to force a Game 7 in the Windy City.
The Atlanta Hawks staved off elimination earlier this week, but Boston returns home to try to finish off this series on Thursday night.
This weekend’s MLB schedule is filled with a number of interesting matchups featuring some surprising front runners along with a few favorites that continue to try and make-up ground from a slow start.
The Red Sox are reeling, as they are in the basement of the AL East, have lost 2 straight, and have lost 8 of their last 10 games.
The Rays and Yankees finish off a three-game series with their top pitchers on the mound in this one. David Price is the Ace of the Rays staff, while C.C. Sabathia is the main man for the Yankees.
The PGA TOUR moves to Florida for the biggest event since the Masters this week when the world’s best minus Bubba Watson chase their share of the $9.5 million in the PLAYERS Championship.
