MiamiHerald.com: Breaking News - Sports http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/index.html MiamiHerald.com: Breaking News - Sports http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2013 MiamiHerald.com Breaking News - Sports 60 Sat, 25 May 2013 15:57:57 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com <![CDATA[Grizzlies coach defends flagrant foul but not flop]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/25/3416394/grizzlies-coach-defends-flagrant.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/25/3416394/grizzlies-coach-defends-flagrant.html Sat, 25 May 2013 13:56 EDT

The Grizzlies want to make sure everyone knows that just because Tony Allen was fined $5,000 for flopping by the NBA, it doesn't mean the key foul he drew in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals wasn't a flagrant.

]]> <![CDATA[Dye agrees to meet with NCAA investigators]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/25/3416364/dye-agrees-to-meet-with-ncaa-investigators.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/25/3416364/dye-agrees-to-meet-with-ncaa-investigators.html Sat, 25 May 2013 13:25 EDT Miami senior Dyron Dye has agreed to meet for a third time with NCAA investigators, who want to know why there are discrepancies between what he told them in 2011 and what he wrote in a recent affidavit to support a former Hurricanes assistant coach.

]]> <![CDATA[Gay soccer player Robbie Rogers joins LA Galaxy]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/25/3416263/gay-soccer-player-robbie-rogers.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/25/3416263/gay-soccer-player-robbie-rogers.html Sat, 25 May 2013 11:10 EDT

Robbie Rogers is joining the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer in another step by openly gay athletes in professional sports.

]]> <![CDATA[Dodgers open homestand with 7-0 loss to Cardinals]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/25/3415900/dodgers-open-homestand-with-7.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/25/3415900/dodgers-open-homestand-with-7.html Sat, 25 May 2013 02:55 EDT

The Dodgers returned home and lost for the fifth time in seven games, with sluggers Matt Kemp and Andre Ethier going hitless in a combined six at-bats.

]]> <![CDATA[Tim Lincecum roughed up by Rockies again]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/25/3415895/tim-lincecum-roughed-up-by-rockies.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/25/3415895/tim-lincecum-roughed-up-by-rockies.html Sat, 25 May 2013 02:10 EDT

Tim Lincecum is having his share of trouble against Colorado's dangerous lineup. When he misses, the Rockies capitalize.

]]> <![CDATA[Berkman, Baker power Texas past Seattle 9-5]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/25/3415785/berkman-baker-power-texas-past.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/25/3415785/berkman-baker-power-texas-past.html Sat, 25 May 2013 01:29 EDT

Jeff Baker hit a two-run homer and Lance Berkman added a three-run shot, both off Seattle starter Joe Saunders, and the Texas Rangers beat the Mariners 9-5 on Friday night.

]]> <![CDATA[Cardinals beat Dodgers 7-0 behind Lance Lynn]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/25/3415777/cardinals-beat-dodgers-7-0-behind.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/25/3415777/cardinals-beat-dodgers-7-0-behind.html Sat, 25 May 2013 01:19 EDT

Lance Lynn pitched two-hit ball over six innings, and David Freese and Allen Craig each homered and drove in three runs, helping the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-0 on Friday night for their third win in a row.

]]> <![CDATA[Burnett a hard-luck loser, Pirates fall to Brewers]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/25/3415771/burnett-a-hard-luck-loser-pirates.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/25/3415771/burnett-a-hard-luck-loser-pirates.html Sat, 25 May 2013 01:09 EDT

The hard luck remains for the Pittsburgh Pirates' A.J. Burnett.

]]> <![CDATA[Rockies beat Giants for fourth straight time]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/25/3415754/rockies-beat-giants-for-fourth.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/25/3415754/rockies-beat-giants-for-fourth.html Sat, 25 May 2013 01:04 EDT

When Michael Cuddyer thinks back to missing the final two months last season, a minimum 15-day stint on the disabled list hardly seemed like a long layoff.

]]> <![CDATA[Late turnovers doom Heat in Game 2 loss, 97-93]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/25/3415752/late-turnovers-doom-heat-in-game.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/25/3415752/late-turnovers-doom-heat-in-game.html Sat, 25 May 2013 00:54 EDT LeBron James blamed one person after the Miami Heat let home-court advantage in the Eastern Conference finals slip from their hands.

]]> <![CDATA[Late turnovers doom Heat in Game 2 loss, 97-93]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/25/3415749/late-turnovers-doom-heat-in-game.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/25/3415749/late-turnovers-doom-heat-in-game.html Sat, 25 May 2013 00:49 EDT

LeBron James blamed one person after the Miami Heat let home-court advantage in the Eastern Conference finals slip from their hands.

]]> <![CDATA[D-backs score 5 in the 7th to beat Padres 5-2]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/25/3415733/d-backs-score-5-in-the-7th-to.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/25/3415733/d-backs-score-5-in-the-7th-to.html Sat, 25 May 2013 00:34 EDT

Brandon McCarthy pitched seven effective innings for his second straight win and Paul Goldschmidt hit a two-run double to cap Arizona's five-run seventh inning, lifting the Diamondbacks to a 5-2 victory over the San Diego Padres on Friday night.

]]> <![CDATA[Indians struggle against Lackey 8-1 loss at Boston]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/25/3415740/indians-struggle-against-lackey.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/25/3415740/indians-struggle-against-lackey.html Sat, 25 May 2013 00:34 EDT

Cleveland starter Justin Masterson said he felt something was slightly off as he prepared to face the Boston Red Sox.

]]> <![CDATA[Monty: Controversy `mountain out of a molehill']]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/25/3415720/monty-controversy-mountain-out.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/25/3415720/monty-controversy-mountain-out.html Sat, 25 May 2013 00:14 EDT Colin Montgomerie called the Sergio Garcia "fried chicken" controversy a "mountain out of a molehill."

]]> <![CDATA[Braves-Mets suspended, game to resume Saturday]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/25/3415703/braves-mets-suspended-game-to.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/25/3415703/braves-mets-suspended-game-to.html Sat, 25 May 2013 00:09 EDT

Evan Gattis had a two-run, pinch-hit single in the top of the eighth, then the Mets rallied to tie it in a downpour in the bottom half before the Atlanta Braves and New York were suspended by rain with the score 5-5 Friday night.

]]> <![CDATA[Dario Franchitti in heady company in IndyCar lore]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/25/3416484/dario-franchitti-in-heady-company.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/25/3416484/dario-franchitti-in-heady-company.html Sat, 25 May 2013 15:55 EDT

Dario Franchitti is in very heady company in IndyCar.

]]> <![CDATA[Overton DQ'd at Colonial for using putting aid]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/25/3416466/overton-dqd-at-colonial-for-using.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/25/3416466/overton-dqd-at-colonial-for-using.html Sat, 25 May 2013 15:20 EDT Jeff Overton was disqualified midway through the third round of the Colonial on Saturday for illegally using a putting aid during play.

]]> <![CDATA[France says he'd like fall race stay in Charlotte]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/25/3416446/france-says-hed-like-fall-race.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/25/3416446/france-says-hed-like-fall-race.html Sat, 25 May 2013 15:00 EDT NASCAR chairman Brian France says Charlotte track owner Bruton Smith has not asked NASCAR to move the Bank of America 500.

]]> <![CDATA[Brewers closer Henderson out with hamstring injury]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/25/3416447/brewers-closer-henderson-out-with.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/25/3416447/brewers-closer-henderson-out-with.html Sat, 25 May 2013 15:00 EDT

Brewers manager Ron Roenicke says closer Jim Henderson is expected to be out "a while" with a pulled hamstring.

]]> <![CDATA[France: Tracks shy away from Air Titan due to cost]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/25/3416409/france-tracks-shy-away-from-air.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/25/3416409/france-tracks-shy-away-from-air.html Sat, 25 May 2013 14:00 EDT

NASCAR chairman Brian France says he believes the Air Titan drying system is great for the sport.

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