Monday, March 23, 2009

The Return Issue

Baseball: The magical run of Team USA in the World Baseball Classic came to a screeching hault on Sunday after falling to Japan 9-4...Japan will take on South Korea, who defeated Venzuela, 10-2 on Saturday, in the WBC final...Trevor Hoffman's hopes of being ready by Opening Day have gotten very dim...And so has Joe Mauer's...And B.J. Upton's. Gee my fantasy team is already taking a beating and the season hasn't started!...Pudge Rodriguez tallied a single in his spring training debut with the Houston Astros. Pudge signed a one year, $1.5 million deal last week...The White Sox and pitcher Gavin Floyd agreed to a four year, $15.5 million deal...Andruw Jones may remain with the Rangers as a reserve.

Basketball: The streak continued for the Cavs after they rolled over the Nets, 96-88...The Rockets took the southeast lead after edging the Spurs, 87-85.

College Basketball: After the opening weekend of the NCAA tournament, you're brackets look something like this...Defending Champs Tennessee has been ousted by Ball State, 71-55...Click here for the updated lady's brackets.

Football: Oakland Raiders tackle Cornell Green was arrested on a domestic violence charge on Sunday. Watch out Cornell, because the popo are on your tail!

Hockey: The Rangers missed an opportunity to capitalize on the Penguins 3-1 loss to the Flyers on Sunday and move up in the standings. Instead they were beaten by the Senators, 2-1...Boston clinched the northeast division, downing the Devils, 4-1...The Ducks decimated the Coyotes, 6-2...Minnesota blanked the Oilers, 3-0.

Nascar: Congratulations to Kyle Busch for winning at Bristol. His teammate Denny Hamlin came in second...For complete results click here...And click here for updated standings. Note from here on out, the top 35 will be determined by this year's points standings...Citing lack of sponsorship, Yates Racing has closed the number 28 team.

Best of the Rest: Congrats to Retief Goosen who picked up his first tour win since August 2005...Congrats also go out to Rafael Nadal who defeated Andy Murray in straight sets to take the Indian Wells title.

Check this out: I don't think it surprises anyone that the Twilight DVD sold 3 million copies on its first day. And if it did surprise you, you must not know the buying power of tweens and teens.

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