Impeachment

Baseball: Albert Pujols really wants the Cardinals to sign Manny Ramirez...The A's have signed Russ Springer to a one year, $3.3 million deal...The Twins and Jason Kubel have agreed to a two year, $7.2 million contract...The Mariners have given Mike Sweeney a minor league contract...The Joe Torre book continues to remain in the news thanks to David Wells...Oh and the Yankees are thinking about adding a confidentiality clause into future contracts...And if you're in the New York area and would like to have Joe Torre sign a copy of his new book, head over to Bookends in Ridgewood, NJ on February 4th...That lame ass extra innings rule will be used in the World Baseball Classic...The Rays 1B Carlos Pena will miss the WBC after undergoing abdominal surgery.

Basketball: The Magic downed the Cavs, 99-88...Manu Ginobili knocked down 18 free throws in route to the Spurs 114-104 victory over the Suns...The All-Star reserves were named and Carmelo Anthony is not on that list...The NBA will not suspend Lakers center Andrew Bynum for a foul committed against Bobcat forward Gerald Wallace that cracked his rib and partially collapsed his lung.

College Basketball: Pat Summit is just one win away from 1,000 victories after #13 Tennessee edged Mississippi, 60-59...#17 UCLA moved back atop the Pac-10 with their 81-66 crushing of Cal...Washington State upset #14 Arizona State, 65-55...Minnesota has put a hault to their 20 game losing streak to Illinois with a 59-36 victory. Wow a high scoring game, huh?...Grambling and Talladega College were missing one small component of their scheduled basketball game, referees!

Football: Good news football fans, the NFLPA does not see a reason to stage a lock-out in 2010...Cowboys TE Martellus Bennett was fined $22,000 for his rap video on YouTube...Fired Chiefs head coach Herm Edwards is moving over to ESPN. I guess this was decided before ESPN put that hiring freeze in place...Well wishes go out to Eagles defensive coordinator Jim Johnson who has had a recurrance of cancer...President Barack Obama is rooting for the Steelers. Aren't Presidents supposed to stay neutral when the team they normally root for isn't in the big game?...The usual Super Bowl Mayoral wager is really lame this year...Finally, as if you could, don't forget the Super Bowl is on NBC on Sunday. It will be followed by a supersized episode of The Office!

Hockey: Marty Turcco made 22 saves as the Stars defeated the Wings, 4-2...The Devils scored their seventh straight win, edging the Bruins, 4-3...Evgeni Nabokov staged his second straight shutout as the Sharks blanked the Coyotes, 2-0...Kyle Okposo had his first two goal game as the Islanders broke a 14 road game losing streak with their 5-4 victory over the Thrashers...Eric Staal's goal with 1:36 remaining was enough to lift the Hurricanes past the Lightning, 3-2.
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Best of the Rest: Congrats to Venus and Serena Williams on winning the Aussie Open Women's Doubles...Rafael Nadal survived a tough battle by Fernando Verdasco to advance to the Aussie Open finals where he'll take on Roger Federer.

Check this out: Looks like the state of Illinois will have a new governor. So long Rod, it will be so boring without you hogging up the spotlight on early morning news shows and The View.