Friday, January 23, 2009

anything you can do...

Baseball: Prince Fielder and the Brewers have agreed on a two year. $18 million contract...The Dodgers may just land Randy Wolf...Cardinals third baseman Troy Glaus underwent surgery on his right shoulder and is expectd to miss three months...With him out of the lineup, St. Louis could become interested in Craig Counsell...The Reds are keeping their Triple-A team in Louisville through at least 2012...The Yankees brass are moving across the street on Friday...The Cubs have a new owner. Say hello to the Ricketts Family, Chicago...Sad news, the oldest living baseball player Bill Werber has passed away at the age of 100.

Basketball: The NBA All-Star team starters have been announced and it looks like Dwight Howard was the top vote getter. Click here to see who else made the team...Speaking of the Magic, they were no match for the Celtics who rolled past, 90-80...Are Tracy McGrady and Ron Artest close to returning to the Rockets?...Memphis Grizzlies have fired head coach Marc Iavaroni...Alonzo Mourning has announced his retirement.

College Basketball: West Virginia was just full of surprises, like their 75-58 upset of #12 Georgetown...#13 UCLA edged Washington State, 61-59...You'd think after winning 100-0 you'd be very happy, but not so for The Covenant School.

College Football: A handful of lawmakers with apparently oodles of time on their hands decided to protest Florida's BCS title. I hope this was during some sort of lunch break and during working hours.



Football: Irony abounds as news broke that Giants receiver Taye Biddle is recovering from gunshot wounds to his hand and leg. Biddle was promoted from the practice squad after Plaxico Burress was suspended by the team following his gun incident...Michael Irving is working on a reality show that would give the winner a spot in the Dallas Cowboys training camp. I am pretty sure this won't even come close to the awesomeness that is Making the Team: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders.
(Photo: AP)

Hockey: While the NHL is officially on their All-Star break, there is one high profile player that will not be taking the ice on Sunday. That's right, Sidney Crosby has finally succumb to his knee injury and withdrawn from the game...Speaking of the All-Star game, Montreal Canadien Alex Kovalev and San Jose Shark Joe Thorton were named captains of their respective teams...The Senators have placed goalie Martin Gerber on waivers.

Best of the Rest: Ana Ivanovic was upset in the third round of the Aussie Open. Click here to see other scores fromt he day....During these tough ecomonic times, Nascar will work with teams facing financial hardship...They will not however, budge from that 4 car limit...Get your cameras ready girls, Michael Phelps is back to training in the pool.

Check this out: So yesterday I gave you the nominations for the greatest award show, the Razzies. Today I give you the Oscar nominations. Boring I know, but I figured some of you out there wanted to know who was going up for the big gold statue. Click here to see got a nod.

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