2012 May at LinesMaker

Stallion Dynaformer Dead at 27

VERSAILLES, Ky. (HORSES/Newsfeed) — Dynaformer, the sire of Ken­tucky Derby win­ner Bar­baro, has died at Three Chim­neys Farm two weeks after hav­ing a heart attack in his stall. The 27-year-old stal­lion was one of the most suc­cess­ful sires in the thor­ough­bred indus­try with 21 crops that have earned more than $ 105 mil­lion, includ­ing 130 stakes win­ners and 18 millionaires. Three Chim­neys Pres­i­dent Case Clay says in a release Sun­day that “Dynaformer impacted the indus­try in a way that few ever have or will” and called him an awe-inspiring horse to be around. Dynaformer’s... 

Utah State, San Jose State Acknowledge MWC Talks

SALT LAKE CITY (CFB/Newsfeed) — Offi­cials at Utah State and San Jose State acknowl­edge they are in dis­cus­sions with the Moun­tain West Con­fer­ence over realign­ment for 2013 yet say no for­mal agree­ment has been reached. Con­fer­ence USA already is set to bring aboard Texas-San Anto­nio just months before the school was to begin its first sea­son in the West­ern Ath­letic Con­fer­ence. The moves could mean the end of the WAC as a foot­ball league. Utah State ath­letic direc­tor Scott Barnes is attend­ing WAC meet­ings in Phoenix but acknowl­edged “things have... 

Spurs Have All the Answers in Win Over Jazz

San Anto­nio (NBA/Moore) — The San Anto­nio Spurs beat the Utah Jazz 106–91 Sun­day in Game 1 of their first round series, behind 28 points and 8 assists from Tony Parker. The Spurs have taken a 1–0 lead in their best-of-seven series. For San Anto­nio, it was a way to wipe clean the mem­o­ries of last year’s embar­rass­ing first-round loss to the Griz­zlies and get a win in the first game on their home floor. They lead through­out the game and while Utah hung in there, the Spurs busted it open in the third, and were able to close the game out when the Jazz had cut the lead to... 

Fister Slated to Make First Rehab Start Wednesday

Detroit (MLB/Silva) — From CBS Sports’ Danny Kno­bler comes word that Tigers right-hander Doug Fis­ter has been cleared to make his first minor league rehab start Wednes­day evening with the Triple-A Toledo Mud Hens. Fis­ter has been on the dis­abled list since the first week of the reg­u­lar sea­son due to a cos­to­chon­dral (rib cage) strain that he suf­fered in the mid­dle of his 2012 debut. He’s been play­ing catch for more than a week and made it through a full bullpen ses­sion Sat­ur­day with­out feel­ing any lin­ger­ing discomfort. Fis­ter could rejoin the Tigers’... 

Bulls GM Forman Backs Thibodeau After Rose Injured

DEERFIELD (NBA/Newsfeed) — Chicago Bulls gen­eral man­ager Gar For­man is back­ing coach Tom Thi­bodeau, say­ing he had no prob­lem with the deci­sion to stick with Der­rick Rose late in the play­off opener against the Philadel­phia 76ers. For­man says Sun­day there is “absolutely no issue there,” even though the result was a season-ending injury. The league’s reign­ing MVP, Rose tore the ante­rior cru­ci­ate lig­a­ment in his left knee with about 1:20 left in Saturday’s 103–91 vic­tory — a huge blow for a team eye­ing its first cham­pi­onship since the Michael... 

RPM’s Hiring of Ford Marks Start of Silly Season

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (NASCAR/Newsfeed) — Nobody thought Mike Ford would be out of work very long when Joe Gibbs Rac­ing dis­missed the crew chief in Decem­ber after a dis­ap­point­ing 2011 sea­son with Denny Ham­lin. Because JGR still owed him for the final year on his con­tract, Ford was in no rush to climb back atop a pit box. And if he had to spend the entire sea­son sit­ting at home, it wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world. But crew chiefs don’t sit idle for very long in NASCAR, and that was proven once again Mon­day when Richard Petty Motor­sports pulled Ford back into... 

Trinniberg Has World-Class Speed, but May Not Last

LOUISVILLE (HORSES/Newsfeed) — Bis­nath Par­boo took in the crowd of reporters ask­ing his son over and over if Trin­niberg could han­dle the mile and a quar­ter run at the Ken­tucky Derby after never going longer than seven fur­longs. When the group dis­persed, the 72-year-old from Trinidad finally spoke up. “The way he’s train­ing now, I’m 100 per­cent cer­tain he’s going to win,” Par­boo said. “He’s doing every­thing right. We couldn’t ask for noth­ing more. Noth­ing more.” The patri­arch of the fam­ily is doing it his way with the Teu­fles­berg colt... 

Drunk Driving Arrest Leads to Nevada Dismissal of James

RENO (CFB/Taylor) — Exit­ing spring prac­tice as one of Nevada’s top backup cor­ner­backs thanks to his per­for­mance on the field, Malik James has now exited the foot­ball pro­gram entirely thanks to an off-field issue. Accord­ing to KRNV-TV in Reno, James was arrested early Sun­day morn­ing and charged with dri­ving under the influ­ence and care­less dri­ving. Later that day, head coach Chris Ault announced that the senior had been dis­missed for vio­lat­ing unspec­i­fied team rules. No details of what led to the police stop that pre­ceded James’ arrest have been released. This... 

Mets Battle Back in Extras to Beat Rockies

DENVER (MLB/DiComo) — Terry Collins had stressed it the night before at Coors Field, lament­ing that leads “are never safe here.” So it was Sun­day after­noon, when the Mets received a stand­out per­for­mance from Johan San­tana and finally sup­ported him with some early offense, only to blow two late leads at Coors. It could have made for an unhappy plane ride to Hous­ton. Instead, Ike Davis cued a party by plat­ing the win­ning run in a 6–5 vic­tory with his ground-ball sin­gle in the 11th. The Mets dressed up after­ward in cow­boy hats and boots and wore brightly-colored... 

Bobcats Part Ways With Silas, Begin Search for New Coach

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (NBA/Newsfeed) — Paul Silas is out as Char­lotte Bob­cats coach Paul Silas after the worst sea­son in NBA history. Team spokesman Josh Rosen con­firmed the deci­sion Mon­day. Silas just com­pleted the final year of his contract. A news con­fer­ence was called for 3:45 p.m. EDT. Char­lotte fin­ished 7–59 for the worst win­ning per­cent­age in league his­tory (.106). The 68-year-old Silas told The Asso­ci­ated Press late in the year he wanted to “see things through” and coach one more season. It’s unclear who’ll replace Silas, who leaves with a 32–88...