Lakers Brokeback Night

Nascar Update:
Just because this is his final race with Hendrick Motorsports doesn't mean Kyle Busch is opposed to going out with a bang.

Casey Mears, who will be taking over Busch's Hendrick ride in 2008, will get started with his new crew chief Alan Gustafson a little early. The two will pair up for this weekends Busch Series race at Homestead.

When Jeff Burton starts Saturday's Busch Series race in the #29 Chevy for RCR, he'll clinch the owners Busch Series Championship. Carl Edwards has already clinched the drivers championship.

Mark Martin says he's "proud" to race in the final Busch Series race ever. In 2008, Nascar's second tier series will be renamed the Nationwide Series.

Even though he has just recently bought into the Nascar family, George Gillett, Jr. says he knows exactly how to grow Nascar's popularity.

Football Update:
Ricky Williams was reinstated by the League after being suspended by the league for 18 months. Williams has been holed up in a Massachusetts facilty for the past five and a half months. It still remains seen if Williams will return with the desperate Dolphins who are currently 0-9.

QB Round Up: The Dolphins will bring in rookie John Beck to start this weekend...Kyle Boller will take over for Ravens' starter Steve McNair...Oaklands' quarterback reulette wheel has stopped on Daunte Culpepper for this weekend...Even though Joey's bringing in the wins, the Falcons have stated the spot is Byron Leftwich's when he becomes healthy.

The Giants are beat up. Antonio Pierce, Plaxico Burress and Derrick Ward all missed Wednesday's team workout with injuries.

The Washington Redskins will be without receiver Brandon Lloyd for six weeks after breaking his collar bone on Wednesday. Lloyd injured himself on the final play of practice when he made a catch in the end zone which drove his shoulder hard into the groud. Brandon obviously is confused by the differnce of playing in practice and in a game.

Curtis Martin an owner? It may be a reality next year.

Popo in my crib News:
The popo are on the look out for a person who sent the University of Nebraska defensive coordinator Kevin Cosgrove two threatening voicemail messages. Nebraska has one of the worst defenses statistically in college football. Watch out threatening voicemailer, because the popo are on your tail!

News & Notes: Congratulations to Bob Melvin and Eric Wedge on picking up the NL and AL manager of the year award...Arod seems to be crawling back to the Yankees after opening up conversations with the team. The Yankees demand...leave Scott Boras out! It's not looking good for the $300 million contract...In other Yankees news, left fielder Hideki Matsui underwent knee surgery on Wednesday...Catcher Yorvit Torreabla is being actively pursued by the New York Mets. They have reportedly offered him a two year deal in the neighborhood of $10 million while the Rockies are willing to give him a 2 year, $7 million deal...The Red Sox and Oakland A's will open the 2008 season in Japan. But Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka who played for the Seibu Lions from 1999-2006 may miss the festivities to be with his wife who is scheduled to give birth on March 25th..."Take Me Out to the Ballgame" is turning 100 in style...Jeff Cogen has moved from being the president of the Texas Rangers to being the president of the Dallas Stars...The Sonics picked up their first win, a 104-95 victory over the Heat. Is Pat Riley going to play now?...After being fined more than $180,000 for missing the Knicks game against the Suns, Stephon Marbury rejoined the team just in time for them to lose to the Clippers 84-81...The NBA's image clean-up is now effecting post game remarks and I'm not going to take it. Phil Jackson reference to his LA Lakers performance as a "Brokeback Mountain game" was considered poor taste by the League...UNC let their game against Davidson become more interesting than they were hoping with their 72-68 win...Scott Gomez helped the New York Rangers defeat his former team the New Jersey Devils 4-2. In winning, the Rangers kept Devils goal tender Martin Brodeur stuck on career win 499.

Check this out: An Austalian retailer is telling its Santas to change their "Ho, ho, hos" to "Ha, ha, has." Click here to read the story.

It's been fun blogging with you,
Kate