Share this: Dustin Pedroia hasn’t really gotten much of the spotlight for the Boston Red Sox this season, but it’s not because he hasn’t been performing. On the contrary, the second baseman has been flying under the radar, batting .307 heading into Monday’s game against the Cleveland Indians with 12 home runs, 53 RBIs and 77 runs. And one reason is because Pedroia is fully healthy this season. Pedroia tore the UCL in his thumb on Opening Day in 2013 and got surgery on it after the Red Sox won that year’s World Series. His production went down in 2014 as he recovered, and in 2015, he strained his hamstring and played in just 93 games. But now that he’s not nursing any
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NFL Scouting Combine Live: Glenn Gronkowski Runs 4.70-Second 40-Yard Dash
4:37 p.m.: The NFL posted the running back 3-cone measurements. Here are the top performers: West Virginia RB Wendell Smallwood: 6.83N.C. State RB Shad Thornton: 6.85Louisiana Tech RB Kenneth Dixon: 6.97Auburn RB Peyton Barber: 7.00Texas Tech RB DeAndre Washington: 7.03 3:22 p.m.: The NFL posted its offensive line 3-cone and short shuttle times. Here are the top offensive line 3-cone times: Oregon OL Tyler Johnstone: 7.31UCLA OL Jake Brendel: 7.31Kansas State OL Cody Whitehair: 7.32Oregon State OL Isaac Seumalo: 7.40North Dakota State OL Joe Haeg: ...
Harvick saves best for last;Driver wins Coca-Cola 600 after Earnhardt runs out of fuel entering
CONCORD, N.C. -- With 10 laps remaining in Sunday's Coca-Cola 600, Richard Childress descended from a team pit box and headed to his condominium overlooking Turn 1 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. "I said, 'I don't think we've got much of a chance to win, so I'm going to beat traffic,' " said the owner of Richard Childress Racing. "It's a good thing. I could see some things going on that I wouldn't have seen down here." Childress had a perfect vantage point to watch Kevin Harvick, the driver of his No. 29 Chevrolet, pull off his latest Sprint Cup stunner. Harvick inherited a victory in NASCAR's longest race of the season (and the longest in its history at 603 miles because of