It was a crazy weekend, click here to check the updated brackets. More on the tournament in the News & Notes section.
Baseball Update:
The Red Sox will be without the services of Sean Casey after he developed a stiff neck after the 18 flight to Japan. Isn't that what those weird blow-up neck pillow things are for?
Meanwhile Josh Beckett threw two scoreless innings in a minor league game.
It's fair to say Miguel Cabrera would not have gotten an 8 year $153.3 million contract in Florida. But now that he's with the Tigers, that fact may have changed after the two sides agreed on a preliminary deal.
The Tigers on the other hand will be without centerfielder Curtis Granderson for at least a month after he was hit by a pitch by Phillie thrower Trave Blackley and broke a finger on his right hand.
Speaking of broken fingers the Blue Jays have to deal with the absence of Scott Rolen after he broke his finger during fielding drills on Sunday.
They also released Reed Johnson.
The Brewers could be one pitcher short this season after Chris Capuano was diagnosised with a torn ligament in his pitching elbow and will probably undergo Tommy John surgery.
The Brew Crew will use Ben Sheets as their Opening Day starter.
The Mets have decided to make Johan Santana their Opening Day starter.
Jeremy Guthrie will be the Orioles Opening Day starter.
After failing to make the Major League roster, longtime Braves catcher Javy Lopez has retired. For more Braves news head over to our Braves Blog.
Four host cities were announced for the opening round of the World Baseball Classic in 2009.
Nascar Update:
With the most of the Cup stars on vacation, Scott Wimmer was able to pick up the win at the Pepsi 300 in Nashville.
News & Notes: Two number 2 seats did not make it passed this weekend after Georgetown lost to Davidson 74-70 and Duke fell to West Virginia 73-67...After getting dropped in the opening round of the Tournament, Lute Olson is returning to work as head coach of Arizona after a year off...Not only did the Dallas Mavericks lose 88-81 to the Spurs but they also lost star Dirk Nowitzki...The Warriors squeaked out a win over the Lakers 115-111...Good news, good news for the Penguins, they killed the Devil 7-1, grabbed teh Atlantic Division lead and they may get Sidney Crosby back on Monday. Although the way they're playing without him, maybe that's just ok news...The Flyers sailed to a 4-1 victory over the Islanders, knocking them out of the playoff picture...Geoff Ogivly is holding onto the lead at Doral putting Tiger Woods streak in jeopardy...Congrats to Kimi Raikkonen on winning the Malaysian Grand Prix.
Check this out: Guess what's coming back tonight? If you said The Hills than you may be as obsessed as we are. Click here to take the pop quiz to see how good your Hills knowledge is then tune into MTV at 10 PM/est to catch all new episodes.
It's been fun blogging with you,
Kate
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