By JOHN LIKANJE Heat Check is a weekly recap of the best basketball writing and analysis the internet has to offer. The Miami Heat restart their season on Saturday against the Denver Nuggets. They sit in fourth place in a top-heavy Eastern Conference with seven of their eight seeding games against playoff teams. The Heat still have the depth and personnel to make a deep … [Read more...] about Heat Check: Battle of LA features shorthanded rosters; Thomas Bryant seeking improvement inside bubble
This Day in Red Wings History: Campbell’s luck caps off furious rally
By JOHN LIKANJE The Red Wings thrived against their upstate rivals, the Buffalo Bison, in 1969. On this date, the Wings won the head-to-head matchup for the 11th time in 18 games, but not without dramatics and a beneficial call. The Red Wings rallied from a 5-0 deficit with four runs in the eighth inning to win, 7-6. Down 6-3, Mike Ferraro, who had accounted for all three … [Read more...] about This Day in Red Wings History: Campbell’s luck caps off furious rally
ICBL Tuesday: Snow Cats keep lead in West; Bailey powers Cardinals to third straight win
SNOW CATS (9-3) 11 DP GREEN (1-9) 2 Patrick Blackall (Rochester Institute of Technology) paced the offense, and the Snow Cats maintained their lead in the ICBL West Division. Trailing 2-0, the Snow Cats tied the game up in the bottom of the second when Lachlan Charles (Cornell University) drove in a run with a sacrifice fly, and Branden Myers (St. Bonaventure University) scored … [Read more...] about ICBL Tuesday: Snow Cats keep lead in West; Bailey powers Cardinals to third straight win
Consaul and Flannery earn Week 3 ICBL honors
By JOHN LIKANJE Braden Consaul (Diamond Pro Green) and Sean Flannery (Monroe Community College) earned Interstate Collegiate Baseball League (ICBL) Pitcher and Player of the Week, respectively, for July 20-26. Consaul hurled seven scoreless innings over two appearances. Flannery compiled six hits in four games over the week. PLAYER OF THE WEEK (7/20-7/26) Rochester East … [Read more...] about Consaul and Flannery earn Week 3 ICBL honors
ICBL Sunday: Taylor leads DP Orange with arm and bat; DeJohn, Nucci pitch Cardinals to sweep
FLYIN' FISH (5-4) 4 DP ORANGE (6-5) 2 Korey Canton (SUNY Fredonia) battled through five innings of one-run ball to lead the Flyin' Fish to their fourth consecutive victory. The 5-foot-11 right-hander limited the damage to three hits and one walk. Canton fanned eight batters as well, including five of the last seven he faced. Tyrone Woods, Jr. (Genesee Community College) closed … [Read more...] about ICBL Sunday: Taylor leads DP Orange with arm and bat; DeJohn, Nucci pitch Cardinals to sweep