May 21, 2013

Rugby Recap – Aviva Premiership: Sale Sharks 21-20 London Wasps

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Sale Sharks (12) 21 Tries: Brady, Braid Con: Macleod Pens: Macleod 3 London Wasps (7) 20 Tries: Wade 2 Cons: Bell 2 Pens: Bell 2 (PhatzRadio / BBC Sport) — Nick Macleod kicked a late penalty to give Sale a narrow win over Wasps in a topsy-turvy final-day encounter. Tom Brady and Dan Braid crossed [...]

Soccer Recap: Juventus teases fans, scores 2 late ones to beat Torino / Serie A, La Liga, and EPL / Sunday’s Scores

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(PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Juventus needed two late goals to beat Torino 2-0 in the Derby della Mole on Sunday as the defending champion inched closer to its 29th title. Arturo Vidal scored three minutes from time to give Juventus the victory, shortly after Torino had been denied what looked a clear penalty. Torino [...]

Rugby Recap: Pro12: Ulster 27-19 Leinster

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Ulster (13) 27 Tries: Penalty try, Willams, Trimble Cons: Pienaar 3 Pens: Jackson, Pienaar Leinster (9) 19 Try: McFadden Pens: Madigan 4 Con: Madigan (PhatzRadio / BBC Sports) — Ulster earned a deserved victory over Leinster at Ravenhill to maintain their 100% record in this season’s Pro12. A penalty try before the interval and a [...]

Rugby Heineken Cup: Munster 15-9 Saracens

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MUNSTER (9) 15 Pens: O’Gara 5 SARACENS (3) 9 Pens: Farrell 3 (PhatzRadio / BBC Sports) — Ronan O’Gara kicked all Munster’s points as they kept their Heineken Cup hopes alive by beating Saracens in a bruising Pool 1 clash at Thomond Park. O’Gara won his kicking battle with Owen Farrell as the England star [...]

Rugby Recap: London Irish 28-31 Harlequins

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London Irish (16) 28 Tries: Armitage Cons: Humphreys Pens: Humphreys 7 Harlequins (16) 31 Tries: Care, Williams, Casson Cons: Botica 2 Pens: Botica 4 A controversial last-minute Tom Casson try ensured Harlequins regained top spot in the Premiership with a hard-fought victory over London Irish. Guy Armitage’s debut Premiership try, after Ben Botica’s kick was [...]

CFL Friday Night: Alouettes run over Bombers in Winnipeg

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Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ quarterback Alex Brink (7) is sacked Montreal Alouettes’ John Bowman in the early going on Friday. Brink was unable to get anything going in the Winnipeg loss. (John Woods/Canadian Press) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Montreal Alouettes kicker Sean Whyte wasn’t hiding his excitement about the result. After nailing all four of [...]

Boxing Roth: How (you) could see fight so one-sided is beyond me

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By Julie Jacobson, AP (PhatzRadio / USA Today) — The Nevada judges who worked Saturday night’s WBO welterweight title fight between Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas have been under fire since Bradley was awarded the victory in one of the most shocking decisions in recent memory. Jerry Roth, [...]

Skiing Recap: Valjas wins first-ever World Cup ski medal

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Len Valjas of Canada, shown here competing last August in New Zealand, made his first career World Cup podium appearance Wednesday by winning a silver medal on the 1.2-kilometre course. (Hannah Johnston/Getty Images) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Canadian cross-country skier Len Valjas had a modest goal of using this week’s World Cup sprint race [...]

Skiing: American Mancuso wins super-G, Vonn doesn’t finish

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Julia Mancuso, of the United States, celebrates after winning an alpine ski women’s World Cup super-G, in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany on Sunday. (Giovanni Auletta/Associated Press) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Julia Mancuso won a super-G on Sunday for her first World Cup victory of the season Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, while fellow American Lindsey Vonn skied off the [...]

Mainz rallies over Stuttgart to end 9-game skid

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Anthony Ujah of Mainz scores his team’s third goal against Stuttgart on Thursday. (Alex Grimm/Bongarts/Getty Images) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Anthony Ujah scored twice as Mainz came from a goal down to beat Stuttgart 3-1 on Friday and end its nine-game winless run in the Bundesliga. Stuttgart striker Cacau scored in the 50th minute, [...]