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Farewell bash: Howard embracing moment (Philadelphia Phillies)

Edit Public Technologies 02 Oct 2016
He hit a game-tying home run to right field in the fifth inning ... The Phillies fans in the stands -- if Mets fans did not outnumber them Saturday, they certainly were more boisterous -- stood and cheered, requesting a curtain call from the greatest first baseman in Phillies history ... He is hitting .268 (37-for-138) with six doubles, 14 home runs, 34 RBIs and a .943 OPS in 48 games since July 3....

Bhuvneshwar carves New Zealand open

Edit The Hindu 02 Oct 2016
On his home ground, Shami hit good length and brought the ball in from round the wicket to trap Tom Latham lbw in the second over ... After being hit twice to the ropes, the bowler fought back by scalping Martin Guptill in the third over ... Santner dismissed Bhuvneshwar and Trent Boult had the hard-hitting Mohammed Shami stunningly caught by Henry at fine-leg to check India’s progress half-an-hour before the lunch break....

Neil Lennon says Hibs need 11 men on the pitch

Edit Scotsman 02 Oct 2016
The Hibernian manager believes that succeeding in that first aim will go a long way to fulfilling the second against Dundee United at Easter Road today ... That match against Queen of the South in Dumfries ended all blank, with the 55th-minute dismissal of Lewis Stevenson cited as a contributing factor in the visitors failing to assert themselves....

Leinster Pip Cardiff To Complete Irish Clean Sweep (Irish Rugby Football Union)

Edit Public Technologies 02 Oct 2016
Following a sustained period of pressure, Sexton opened the scoring with a well-struck penalty before pushing a long range effort wide in the 24th minute after a Blues scrum infringement. The hosts lost Sam Warburton and George Earle to injury but levelled matters through the boot of out-half Anscombe and then hit the front with the latter's counter-attacking try on the half hour....

Tennessee stuns Georgia on final-play Hail Mary touchdown to Jauan Jennings

Edit Times Free Press 02 Oct 2016
The Bulldogs were flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct celebrating the score, and Evan Berry returned the ensuing kickoff from the 20-yard line past midfield to set up the ridiculous final play ... Between the two punts Eason hit wide open tight end Isaac Nauta for an easy 50-yard touchdown to extend the lead to 24-14 with four minutes left in the third quarter....

Field Hockey Shuts Out Second Straight PSAC Opponent (Kutztown University Athletics)

Edit Public Technologies 02 Oct 2016
On just the second shot of the afternoon in the 14th minute, gave KU (6-3, 2-1 PSAC) the only score it would need with her team-leading fifth goal of the season. The junior created her own space, dribbling into the Slippery Rock circle and unleashing her shot into the cage with 21.20 remaining ... Less than a minute before Konowal's score, Stewart forced yet another defensive save from the Slippery Rock defense....

'Decent Work' rally demands $15 minimum wage

Edit Toronto Sun 02 Oct 2016
Syeda Yesmin is fed up working 60 hours a week at her three part-time minimum wage jobs just to scrape by for the past 10 years ... She was one of around 150 people from unions and community groups who gathered Saturday afternoon at Allan Gardens to march to Queen’s Park as part of the “Rally for Decent Work.” ... when giving hours....

The (scarred, painted, and gashed) faces of ScareFest

Edit Lexington Herald-Leader 02 Oct 2016
“I don’t feel good about it ... Hamilton and Hensel shared a five-minute photo fest that attracted other shutterbugs. Tammy Turpin, aka Evil Ice Queen, and Sara Ellis, dressed as an unnamed Sith-influenced goth devil, found ScareFest perfect for some mother-daughter bonding. Ellis has long been into costumes, and while her mother often made them for her, yesterday was the first time she’d worn one herself ... Mary Meehan....

Browns' Terrelle Pryor on Redskins' Josh Norman: 'I'm 6-5, 230; not worried about no corner talking about me'

Edit Cleveland 02 Oct 2016
Still, Pryor, who's new to the receiver-cornerback tango, knows he has to keep his cool against the 2015 All-Pro -- who was fined $48,620 this week for hitting a defensiveless Giants receiver, Sterling Shepard, in the helmet after a catch last week ... He was flagged for taunting at the end of the Ravens game when he tried to flip the ball to the ref after a 20-yard catch to the 10 and it hit safety Lardarius Webb in the shoulder pad....

Ghana’s bushmeat butchers: 24 hours at the slaughter slab

Edit The Independent 02 Oct 2016
The antelope looked exactly like a cartoon deer ... It was delivered along with 15 grasscutters (greater cane rats, which look like large guinea pigs and are about a foot long), eight giant rats and two hares ... It’s about ten minutes from the Central Market. The abattoir sits by a road so choked with traffic that, for hours, nothing appears to move ... ....

Kentucky Day Care Allegedly Made Kids Get Hit In The Hands Or Legs If They ...

Edit Inquisitr 02 Oct 2016
A Kentucky day care center will be closely monitored by the state for an indefinite period of time after investigators found that at least two employees made kids line up and get hit with a ruler if they wanted yogurt, calling the “game” “smack for a snack.” ... “The teacher said if you want a yogurt, you have to stand up to get hit on the hand or the leg. Everyone lined up to get a hit....

Soccer wins conference opener (South Dakota State University Athletics)

Edit Public Technologies 02 Oct 2016
The Jackrabbits (6-4-1, 1-0-0 Summit League) won their fourth straight game in shutout fashion, outlasting the Mastodons (3-9, 0-1 Summit League) over a four hour and 37 minute contest, which goes down as the longest game in school history ... before mother nature slowed the SDSU offense with a lightning delay that totaled two hours and 35 minutes....

Wallabies squander chances in 18-10 loss to Springboks in Pretoria

Edit The Guardian 02 Oct 2016
McMahon hurt his ankle in a tackle just before the half-hour mark and tried to play on after having it strapped but didn’t emerge after half-time ... Cheika spoke on match eve of persisting with the “Australian way” despite the noise around hoodoos, altitude and opposition tactics, and that’s exactly what they did - just not for long enough....
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