Bradley Wiggins has effectively locked down a victory in the Tour de France. With three stages left before the Champs-Elysees finale in Paris, Wiggins needs to just hang on and avoid crashing to become Britain's first champion of bicyling's premier race.
The New York Mets broke a six-game losing streak with a 9-5 win over the Washington Nationals yesterday. David Wright homered twice and had five RBIs and R.A. Dickey won his league-leading 13th game.
Reggie Jackson has rejoined the New York Yankees as special adviser and was in uniform for Thursday night's series opener against the Oakland Athletics after he made critical comments of slugger Alex Rodriguez and other former stars. Jackson, a Hall of Famer nicknamed Mr. October, said last week he made a mistake questioning A-Rod and others. The former Athletics and Yankees star told Sports Illustrated that Rodriguez's statistics were tainted by his admitted use of performance-enhancing drugs.
But Jackson couldn’t push the Yanks over Oakland last night, losing to the A’s 4-3
Elsewhere in the AL
Boston3, Chicago White Sox 1
TampaBay 6, Cleveland 0
Detroit5, L.A. Angels 1
Baltimore4, Minnesota 3
Seattle6, Kansas City 1
In the NL, The New York Mets broke a six-game losing streak with a 9-5 win over the Washington Nationals yesterday. David Wright homered twice and had five RBIs and R.A. Dickey won his league-leading 13th game. Looking around the rest of the National League
Atlanta3, San Francisco 2
Cincinnati7, Arizona 6
ChicagoCubs 4, Miami 2
San Diego1, Houston 0
Jake Sorgen, WAMC News
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