Late Start

Baseball: Manny Ramirez has turned down a one year, $25 million offer from the Dodgers...The Mets have re-signed Oliver Perez for three years, $36 million. You do know you just signed Ollie for like $12 million a season right?...The Cubs were busy trading Rich Hill to the Orioles and Michael Wuertz to the A's...The Twins and Mariners continue to talk about a trade involving Jarrod Washburn...The Marlins think they'll have near capacity crowds when their new stadium opens. Maybe they should talk with the Nats...It may not be CitiField after all...Bud Selig makes way more money than I thought...Venezuela defeated the Dominican Republic 3-2 to take the first game of the Caribbean Series.

Basketball: Kobe Bryant had 61 points in the Lakers 126-117 victory over the Knicks...A double blow for the Hornets on Monday, their leader Chris Paul left early with an injury and they blew a 17 point lead in their 97-89 loss to the Trail Brazers...Magic gaurd Jameer Nelson dislocated his shoulder during in Orlando's 105-95 loss to the Mavs...The Seattle Storm have waived veteran guard Sheryl Swoopes to make room under the cap. Man, I remember when she had her own shoes.

College Basketball: #1 UCONN didn't let the recent #1 curse effect them as they rolled past Louisville, 68-51...Wisconsin-Green Bay knocked off #11 Butler, 75-66...Pat Summitt was denied her 1,000th win after Tennessee tumbled to Oklahoma, 80-70...Mississippi coach Adam Kennedy's arrest video has been released. Click here to see it.

Football: The ratings for the Super Bowl were down as compared to 2008, but it still ranked as the second highest in history...Comcast is sorry to those Super Bowl viewers who got a little more than they bargained for...The city of Pittsburgh plans to honor the Steelers with a parade on Tuesday...Ben Roethlisberger was on Letterman on Monday night. Click here for video...Sad news, co-owner of the Titans Nancy Adams has passed away at the age of 84.

Hockey: It might as well have been Marion Hossa night at Joe Louis Arena after Hossa scored two goals and added another in the shoot-out to give the Wings a 4-3 advantage over the Blues...The Ducks edged the Sabres, 3-2...Marek Svatos knocked in the game winner, his second of the game, to give the Avalanche the 4-3 win over the Flames...Capitals captain Chris Clark will have surgery on his right wrist and is likely out for the rest of the season...The NHL has suspended Kings defenseman Denis Gautheir five games for his nasty hit on Canadien Josh Gorges...They also suspended Penguin Tyler Kennedy for one game after he got off the bench to start a fight with Maple Leaf Luke Schenn...The Senators have fired coach Craig Hartsburg...Don't forget, the Rangers are honoring Adam Graves tonight. If you're in the New York area, coverage begins at 6:30 on MSG.

Best of the Rest: AC Milan really wants to keep David Beckham...Michael Phelps sponsors and the IOC are standing behind the swimming star.

Check this out: To all those Reaper fans out there, get excited, according to this, it's coming back two weeks earlier than expected on March 3rd!
(Photo: Reuters)