Sports writing samples for August 17/18, 2015

      INTERLEAGUE

  Final            N-Y  Mets                5    Baltimore              3

  Final            Toronto                  8    Philadelphia        5

  Final            Kansas  City          3    Cincinnati            1 IN 13  

  Final            Detroit                10    Chi  Cubs                8

SURVIVING A 2 HOUR 17 MINUTE RAIN DELAY

  Final            Oakland                  5    L.A.  Dodgers        4 IN 10  

      AMERICAN  LEAGUE

  Final            N-Y  Yankees          8    Minnesota              4

A-ROD EXTENDS HIS CAREER RECORD 25 GRAND SLAMS

  Final            Boston                    9    Cleveland              1

  Final            Seattle                  3    Texas                      2

HISAHI IWAKUMA FOLLOWED HIS NO-HITTER LAST WEEK WITH ALLOWING 5 HITS AND TWO RUNS OVER SEVEN INNINGS.

  Final            Houston                  3    Tampa  Bay              2 IN 10 

  Final            L.A.  Angels          5    Chi  White  Sox      3

      NATIONAL  LEAGUE

  Final            Pittsburgh            9    Arizona                  8 IN 15 

  Final            Miami                      9    Milwaukee              6

  Final            San  Francisco      2    St.  Louis              0

  Final            Washington          15    Colorado                6

  Final            San  Diego              9    Atlanta                  0

MELVIN UPTON JUNIOR HIT TWO HOMERS AGAINST HIS FORMER TEAM.

     LESS THAN TWO SEASONS AFTER A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, RED SOX GENERAL MANAGER BEN CHERRINGTON STEPS DOWN AFTER ANOTHER DISAPPOINTING SEASON.

    DAVE DOMBROWSKI IMMEDIATELY TAKES OVER AS PRESIDENT OF BASEBALL OPERATIONS LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AFTER LEAVING THE TIGERS.

     

     PATRIOTS QUARTERBACK TOM BRADY IS EXPECTED BE BACK IN COURT AGAIN TODAY IN NEW YORK.

     THE FOUR-TIME SUPER BOWL CHAMP IS SEEKING A REDUCED SUSPENSION AS PART OF A SETTLEMENT IN THE "DEFLATEGATE SCANDAL."

     BRADY IS STILL ON THE HOOK FOR FOUR GAMES TO START THE SEASON.

     BILLS RUNNING BACK LeSEAN McCOY HURT HIS LEFT HAMSTRING IN PRACTICE ON TUESDAY.

     HE'LL GET AN M-R-I TO SEE HOW BAD THE INJURY IS.

     THE N-F-L SUSPENDS SAN FRANCISCO 49ER WIDE RECEIVER JEROME SIMPSON SIX GAMES FOR VIOLATING THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE POLICY.

     HE SERVED A THREE-GAME SUSPENSION WITH MINNESOTA LAST SEASON.

     THE VIKINGS PUT RIGHT TACKLE PHIL LOADHOLT ON I-R.

     HE GOT INJURED ON THE SECOND PLAY IN SATURDAY'S GAME AGAINST THE BUCCANEERS.

     PHILADELPHIA 76ER CENTER JOEL EMBIID'S RIGHT FOOT PUTS HIM OUT FOR THE SECOND SEASON IN A ROW.

     THE THIRD PICK IN LAST JUNE'S DRAFT HAD SURGERY AGAIN, THIS TIME FOR A BONE GRAFT PROCEDURE.

     HE MISSED LAST SEASON WITH A STRESS FRACTURE IN THAT SAME FOOT.