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| Baseball standings Friday, Jun 28, 2013 11:26 PM PDT June 29 (Infostrada Sports) - Standings from the MLB on Friday AMERICAN LEAGUEEASTERN DIVISION W L PCT GB 1. Boston 49 33 .598 - 2. Baltimore 45 36 .556 3 1/2 3. NY Yankees 42 37 .532 5 1/2 4. Tampa Bay 41 39 .513 7 5. Toronto 39 40 .494 8 1/2 CENTRAL DIVISION W L PCT GB 1. Detroit 43 35 .551 - 2. Cleveland 42 38 .525 2 3. Kansas City 37 40 .481 5 1/2 4. Minnesota 35 41 .461 7 5. Chicago White Sox 32 45 .416 10 1/2 WESTERN DIVISION W L PCT GB 1. Texas 47 33 .588 - 2. Oakland 47 34 .580 0 1/2 3. LA Angels 37 43 .463 10 4. Seattle 35 45 .438 12 5. Houston 30 50 . ... Full Story | Top |
| Baseball results Friday, Jun 28, 2013 11:22 PM PDT June 29 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the MLB games on Friday (home team in CAPS) Cleveland 19 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 10 BALTIMORE 4 NY Yankees 3 PITTSBURGH 10 Milwaukee 3 BOSTON 7 Toronto 5 Washington 6 NY METS 4 San Diego 9 MIAMI 2 Detroit 6 TAMPA BAY 3 ATLANTA 3 Arizona 0 TEXAS 4 Cincinnati 0 Cleveland 9 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 8 Kansas City 9 MINNESOTA 3 LA Angels 4 HOUSTON 2 COLORADO 4 San Francisco 1 OAKLAND 6 St. Louis 1 SEATTLE 5 Chicago Cubs 4 (10 innings) Philadelphia 16 LA DODGERS 1 Full Story | Top |
| Reuters Sports Schedule at 0600 GMT on Saturday, June 29 Friday, Jun 28, 2013 10:59 PM PDT Reuters sports schedule at 0600 GMT on Saturday - - - - TENNIS Wimbledon (to July 7) Serena faces Date-Krumm, Djokovic takes on Chardy LONDON - Top seeds Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic are in third round action on Saturday with the American defending champion facing 42-year-old Japanese Kimiko Date-Krumm and fellow world number one Novak Djokovic playing Frenchman Jeremy Chardy. ... Full Story | Top |
| Franklin clinches fourth title at nationals Friday, Jun 28, 2013 08:14 PM PDT  (Reuters) - Olympic champion Missy Franklin clinched her fourth title when she swam the fastest time of the year to win the women's 100 meters backstroke at the U.S. National Championships on Friday. The Indiana meeting is doubling as trials for the world championships in Barcelona from July 28-August 4. Franklin, who came from behind at the turn to beat Elizabeth Pelton in 58.67 seconds, had already qualified in the 100 and 200 freestyle, the 200 backstroke and earned a place in both the 4x100 and 4x200 freestyle relay squads. ... Full Story | Top |
| Serena faces Date with destiny on the line Friday, Jun 28, 2013 08:11 PM PDT  By Toby Davis LONDON (Reuters) - Kimiko Date-Krumm originally retired two years before Serena Williams, her third round opponent at Wimbledon, set foot on the All England Club's lush lawns for the first time. Williams, bidding for a sixth Wimbledon title, is considered a veteran of the sport herself at 31, but she is no match in age for the 42-year-old Japanese, who is the oldest female player to reach this stage of the tournament in the professional era. ... Full Story | Top |
| Swimming-Franklin clinches fourth title at nationals Friday, Jun 28, 2013 08:10 PM PDT June 28 (Reuters) - Olympic champion Missy Franklin clinched her fourth title when she swam the fastest time of the year to win the women's 100 metres backstroke at the U.S. National Championships on Friday. The Indiana meeting is doubling as trials for the world championships in Barcelona from July 28-Aug. 4. Franklin, who came from behind at the turn to beat Elizabeth Pelton in 58.67 seconds, had already qualified in the 100 and 200 freestyle, the 200 backstroke and earned a place in both the 4x100 and 4x200 freestyle relay squads. ... Full Story | Top |
| Tennis-Serena faces Date with destiny on the line Friday, Jun 28, 2013 07:59 PM PDT By Toby Davis LONDON, June 28 (Reuters) - Kimiko Date-Krumm originally retired two years before Serena Williams, her third round opponent at Wimbledon, set foot on the All England Club's lush lawns for the first time. Williams, bidding for a sixth Wimbledon title, is considered a veteran of the sport herself at 31, but she is no match in age for the 42-year-old Japanese, who is the oldest female player to reach this stage of the tournament in the professional era. ... Full Story | Top |
| Logan Marshall-Green, Wyatt Russell to play Boston Bruins in 'Turk' Friday, Jun 28, 2013 05:34 PM PDT By Jeff Sneider LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "Prometheus" star Logan Marshall-Green and hockey-loving actor Wyatt Russell are finalizing deals to play former Boston Bruins Derek Sanderson and Bobby Orr in Doug Atchison's indie movie "Turk," which counts Ed Burns among its producing team. Atchison ("Akeelah and the Bee") is writing and directing the film, which Shep Harmon is producing via his Tenth Green Productions banner along with Burns and Aaron Lubin of Marlboro Road Gang. Chris Pappas wrote an earlier draft of the script. ... Full Story | Top |
| Golf-Korean Park moves two ahead at U.S. Women's Open Friday, Jun 28, 2013 05:30 PM PDT * Park fires a 68 to take control at Sebonack * Leads by two in pursuit of third major this year (Adds quotes, detail) June 28 (Reuters) - South Korea's Park Inbee moved a step closer to her third major victory this year when she seized a two-shot lead in the weather-interrupted second round of the U.S. Women's Open in Southampton, New York on Friday. Shortly before play was suspended for the day as thick fog enveloped the challenging Sebonack Country Club layout, the in-form Park rolled in a 12-foot birdie putt on the 18th green to complete a four-under-par 68. ... Full Story | Top |
| Korean Park moves two ahead at U.S. Women's Open Friday, Jun 28, 2013 04:43 PM PDT  (Reuters) - South Korea's Park Inbee moved a step closer to her third major victory this year when she seized a two-shot lead in the weather-interrupted second round of the U.S. Women's Open in Southampton, New York on Friday. Shortly before play was suspended for the day as fog enveloped the challenging Sebonack Country Club layout, the in-form Park rolled in a birdie putt on the 18th green to complete a four-under-par 68. ... Full Story | Top |
| Spieth, Castro share lead at weather-hit Congressional Friday, Jun 28, 2013 04:19 PM PDT  (Reuters) - American teenager Jordan Spieth surged into an early tie for the second-round lead at the weather-interrupted AT&T National before play was suspended for the day at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland on Friday. The 19-year-old Spieth, playing on a sponsor's exemption this week, fired a five-under-par 66 in relatively calm conditions on a challenging layout to finish at seven-under 135, alongside overnight leader Roberto Castro, who carded a 69. ... Full Story | Top |
| Golf-Spieth, Castro share lead at weather-hit Congressional Friday, Jun 28, 2013 04:13 PM PDT June 28 (Reuters) - American teenager Jordan Spieth surged into an early tie for the second-round lead at the weather-interrupted AT&T National before play was suspended for the day at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland on Friday. The 19-year-old Spieth, playing on a sponsor's exemption this week, fired a five-under-par 66 in relatively calm conditions on a challenging layout to finish at seven-under 135, alongside overnight leader Roberto Castro, who carded a 69. ... Full Story | Top |
| Top pick Bennett heralds rise of Canadian basketball Friday, Jun 28, 2013 03:58 PM PDT  By Larry Fine (Reuters) - Canada is famed as a hotbed of hockey, but basketball dominated headlines in the Great White North after Anthony Bennett became the first Canadian to be taken first overall in the NBA Draft. With more Canadian talent on the way, Bennett's selection by the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday could serve as a red-letter moment in a golden era for Canadian basketball. Even Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, an avid hockey fan, took to Twitter, writing "Congrats to @AnthonyBennett for being the first Cdn ever drafted #1 overall in the NBA draft. ... Full Story | Top |
| NBA-Top pick Bennett heralds rise of Canadian basketball Friday, Jun 28, 2013 03:54 PM PDT By Larry Fine June 28 (Reuters) - Canada is famed as a hotbed of hockey, but basketball dominated headlines in the Great White North after Anthony Bennett became the first Canadian to be taken first overall in the NBA Draft. With more Canadian talent on the way, Bennett's selection by the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday could serve as a red-letter moment in a golden era for Canadian basketball. Even Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, an avid hockey fan, took to Twitter, writing "Congrats to @AnthonyBennett for being the first Cdn ever drafted #1 overall in the NBA draft. ... Full Story | Top |
| BET kicks off live music festival with Beyonce ahead of awards Friday, Jun 28, 2013 03:36 PM PDT  By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Singer Beyonce will kick off the first BET three-day music festival on Friday, ahead of the BET awards this weekend, as the network hopes to attract more fans to music and comedy by black artists. The annual BET awards, now in its 13th year, celebrate black musicians, actors and athletes across a variety of categories spanning music, film and sport. It is televised on the cable TV network BET, Black Entertainment Television, part of Viacom Inc. ... Full Story | Top |
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