I'm glad Papelbon wore pants too, Mr. President

Baseball Update:
Barry Zito is going back to being "quarky." Good, because he was way boring being "normal."

The Chicago White Sox and closer Bobby Jenks agreed on a one year, $550,000 contract.

The Colorado Rockies signed their closer Manny Corpas to a four year, $8 million contract which could balloon to as much as $22 million.

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Chad Billingsley has been scratched from his scheduled Thursday start against the Braves because of tightness.

Mark DeRosa will undergo heart surgery on Thursday. The procedure is expected to fix his heart condition. DeRosa could be back on the field as early as Monday and able to play by March 8th.

The St. Louis Caridnals have cut Scott Spiezio after an arrest warrant was issued against the utility man.

You'll notice a new fashion accessory on all base coaches this year...a helmet.



The Red Sox visited the White House on Wednesday to celebrate their 2007 World Championship. But if they expected to get their asses kissed by the leader of the free world, they got a little bit of a surprise. Instead President Bush greeted them with a few zingers.

The sad news, TBS will no longer be bringing you all the action from the Braves, the good news, they will be bringing you a game every Sunday after announcing their schedule on Wednesday.

Sad news, baseball lost two big stars this week, W.C. "Bill" Heinz, a well known newspaperman has died at the age of 93 and former Cincinnati Reds scout and farm director Sheldon "Chief" Bender has died at the age of 88.

Nascar Update:
Auto Club Speedway (formerly California Speedway) believes that reconfiguring the 2 mile track to make it into a restrictor-plate track is "an idea worth considering seriously." While his track is one of the more boring tracks to watch, I'd think he should really deal with that drainage problem before trying to recreate Talladega and Daytona. I'm pretty sure most drivers would tell you two restrictor-plate tracks are enough.

There are 48 cars on the Cup entry list for Las Vegas. Click here for the names.

Johnny Sauter will fill in for Jon Wood in the #21 Air Force Ford at Las Vegas.

Robby Gordon's appeal date is set for March 5th.

Click here to hope on the Kyle Busch bandwagon. I mean really, we all knew he wasn't that bad of guy right? Well, don't count me in on this crazy ride, give him two or three races, he'll have you shaking your head again.

Score one for CMT Films, their documentary "Dale" is believed to be the highest-selling sports DVD ever. If you haven't seen it, buy yourself a copy because it's amazing!

Popo in my crib News:
It's getting a lot worse for Roger Clemens after the congressional committee that questioned Clemens and McNamee about performance enhancing drugs asked the Deparment of Justice to investigate whether Mr. Clemens committed perjury. Like I said, you don't screw with the government. Watch out Roger, because the popo are on your tail!

News & Notes: Congress piled in the big four's commissioners and players union leaders to have another hearing on performance enhancing drugs. While I've never been a huge David Stern kind of gal, I am officially calling him my new favorite commisioner after he responded to Sen. Joe Barton by saying "The sports leagues have gotten it right in the intervening three years...This is an area where federal legislation is not necessary." Seriously isn't there something else the government could focus on?...Like you didn't see this one coming, the Panthers have cut David Carr. They also signed free agent Muhsin Muhammad. Wow that was a productive day in Carolina...After winning the Super Bowl, you're stock inherently goes up, just ask Coach Tom Coughlin. A year after almost being fired, the Giants have signed him to a four year, $21 million contract...Sad news, the voice of the Steelers from 1970-2004, Myron Cope has died at the age of 79...It's looking like Caron Butler's return to the Wizards is going to take longer than expected after a re-examination found a small labral tear of the left joint in his hip...The Hornets stung the Jazz 120-103...For once the Knicks are on the winning side of a blowout in their 113-89 victory over the Bobcats...LeBron James became the youngest player to reach 10,000 points in the Cavs 92-87 loss to the Celtics...With Rutgers 60-46 win over DePaul coach C. Vivian Stringer became the third woman to amass 800 wins as a head coach...Duke Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski is only one win away from 800 after the Blue Devils knocked off Georgia Tech 71-58...The Ottawa Senators have fired their head coach John Paddock and replaced him with interim coach aka their GM Bryan Murray.

Check this out: Last summer we were totally obsessed with TBS's "My Boys" and we're still dying to know how PJ went to Italy with. Well thanks to Watch with Kristin we've found out the show will be back this summer and that Brendan aka Reid Scott will be make an appearance on the second episode of Fox's new comedy "Unhitched." If you still can't wait until the summer click here to watch full episodes of the show.

It's been fun blogging with you,
Kate