Sports news 29 May 2008

Stanley Cup notebook
Boston Globe
PITTSBURGH - A sure sign of a team in trouble is when a coach in the middle of a playoff series keeps talking about the officiating.

Bleacher Report

No doubt, he got game
Boston Herald
By Tony Massarotti In the end, in the latest minutes of this rags-to-riches Celtics [team stats] turnaround, the ball found Ray Allen nestled in a crowded corner.

SLAM! Sports

Cubs wait all night, then walk off
MLB.com
By Carrie Muskat / MLB.com CHICAGO — Pinch-hitter Mike Fontenot doubled and scored on Alfonso Soriano’s walk-off single with one out in the 10th inning to power the Cubs to a 2-1 come-from-behind victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers and complete a …

KEPR 19

Tough-luck Tim Wakefield does his part in Red Sox loss to Mariners
Boston Herald
By Michael Silverman SEATTLE - Tim Wakefield [stats] pitched the second-best game of his still young season last night. On most nights, with this Red Sox [team stats] offense behind him, that would be more than enough to get a win.

Columbus Dispatch

Making a case for Garcia in Open
San Francisco Chronicle
(05-28) 19:35 PDT — Fast forward two weeks to the US Open at Torrey Pines in San Diego. Let’s pretend Tiger Woods’ surgically repaired left knee aches too badly for him to walk 7643 yards on four consecutive days.

CNN-IBN

Sharapova a long way from Grand Slam form
FOXSports.com
by Matt Cronin, Special to FOXSports.com You can look at Maria Sharapova’s chances at her first French Open title in four different ways.

New York Daily News

Price wows Pedro in Class A game
MLB.com
By Alden Gonzalez / MLB.com PORT ST. LUCIE - In a game in which Class A players were supposed to be in awe of a three-time Cy Young Award winner taking the mound, Pedro Martinez was marveling at his opponent.

The Money Times

Durham, Giants pound D-Backs
Sports Network
Phoenix, AZ (Sports Network) - Ray Durham homered and drove in four runs as the San Francisco Giants pounded the Arizona Diamondbacks 11-3 in the middle installment of a three-game series.

Washington Post

MLB: Detroit 6, LA Angels 2
United Press International
ANAHEIM, Calif., May 29 (UPI) — Marcus Thames hit a pair of two-run homers Wednesday, allowing Detroit to avoid a series sweep with a 6-2 win over the Los Angeles Angels.