Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Now & Then

Baseball: Andy Pettitte signed a one year, $5.5 million contract with the Yankees. So why didn't he sign that $10 million guaranteed one a couple of months ago?..The Royals locked up Zack Greinke for four years and $38 million...Craig Council signed a one year, $1 million deal with the Brewers...The Cubs may go after Jake Peavy again...Brett Pedroia, older brother of Dustin Pedroia is having some minor legal issues...Meanwhile Joba Chamberlain's DUI case has been delayed, again...I believe David Justice, Dwight Gooden, well the man's been in jail a couple of times so his word does not go very far with me.

Basketball: The Knicks staged a fourth quarter comeback in their 104-98 defeat of the Rockets...The Nets on the other hand came up short in their 94-85 loss to the Thunder...Chris Paul's triple double helped lead the Hornets past the 76ers, 101-86.

College Basketball: Duke is number 1. Who called that yesterday? Fine maybe everyone did call that, but only one person put that on this blog!...Mark Gottfried is retiring after 11 years at Alabama...Former Indiana basketball coach Kelvin Sampson is appealing his discipline by the NCAA.

College Football: The Mountain West Conference is petitioning for an automatic bid into the BCS.



Football: T.O. is getting his own reality show. I hope it's like Flavor of T.O...Carolina Panthers are revoking PSLs for fans who did not purchase playoff tickets...Tickets to the NFLs game in London are selling fast.
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Hockey: 11 games are on the roster including the Bruins going up against the Capitals as the NHL returns from the All-Star break...The League is looking into a fighting ban, but judging from the players' reaction, it's not going to happen...Sidney Crosby is skating again, but is still questionable for Wednesday's game against the Rangers.

Best of the Rest: Andy Roddick advanced to the semis thanks to Novak Djokovic's minor heat stroke. Click here to see the lasted from the Aussie Open...Jimmie Johnson underwent surgery. Lesson to be learned, kitchen knives are not our friends...David Beckham's flirtation with the US maybe over if Milan gets to hold onto him.

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