Elimination Night or The Time to Change my Screensave Edition

Baseball: The Yankees drilled the Tigers, 11-0. Phil Hughes pitched six scoreless inning in his season debut...Helped out by Jorge Cantu's five RBIs, the Marlins were able to top the Mets, 7-4...Mets skipper Jerry Manuel said he will give Oliver Perez one more start before banishing him to the bullpen...Or maybe cutting him like they did with Freddy Garcia? Probably not, they'd owe Ollie way too much money...I think Cole Hamels may have emptied out his account at the luck bank last October. One start after getting drilled in the shoulder, Hamels twisted his ankle in the Phillies 7-1 rout of the Nationals...The streak is over for the Red Sox after falling to the Indians, 9-8...Trevor Hoffman notched his first save as a Brewer in their 6-5 victory over the Pirates...Cubs starter Carlos Zambrano almost hit for the cycle as Chicago demolished the D'backs, 11-3...Could Josh Hamilton be heading to the DL?...Florida prep star Patrick Schuster's consecutive no-hitter streak ended at four. Still not too shabby...Not to be outdone, West Virginia State's Bo Darby hit homeruns in five consecutive at bats over two games.

Basketball: The Mavs eliminated the Spurs, 106-93...Dwight Howard powered the Magic to a 91-78 win over the 76ers with his 24 points and 24 boards. But after his flyng elbow, could the big man be out for gave six? And I am not talking about the one that sent his teammate Courtney Lee to the hospital...It came down to another overtime game for the Celtics and Bulls with Boston outlasting Chicago, 106-104...The Blazers aren't quite ready to call it a season yet, after taking down the Rockets, 88-77...D-Wade says he's ready for game 5 despite a stiff back...The NBA is making it clear to the coaches, do not criticize the referees after fining Houston's Rick Adelman, Portland's Nate McMillan and Boston's Doc Rivers $25,000.
(Photo: AP)

Football: The Cardinals have granted RB Edgerrin James his release...And Jets gave the retired Brett Favre his release as well. Why would a retired football player need a release? Please Brett, DO NOT COME BACK!

Hockey: The Hurricanes scored two goals in the closing minutes to stun the Devils, 4-3. With the win Carolina advanced to the second round...Also eliminated were the Rangers who were stung by a third period goal by the Capitals Sergei Fedorov in their 2-1 loss...On the brightside for the rest of hockey, with the win, the Capitals advanced to play the Penguins in the second round. [Insert Ovechkin/Crobsy/Malkin rivalry talk here.]...Speaking of the Pens, things are going so well they have removed the interim tag from coach Dan Bylsma's title...After getting eliminated by the Ducks, Sharks forward Jeremy Roenick is considering retirement...So are his teammates Rob Blake and Claude Lemieux...Congrats to Detroit's Pavel Datsyuk, Philadelphia's Mike Richards and Vancouver's Ryan Kesler on being named finalists for the Selke Trophy (best defensive forward).
(Photo: Reuters)

Nascar: Sad news, longtime Nascar journalist David Poole died of a heart attack on Tuesday. He was just 50 years old...Jimmie Johnson and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. both agree there is a problem with Talladega, they are just differing on how to fix it.

Best of the Rest: With the swine flu getting worse, Mexican officials have announced all Mexican football games this weekend will be played without fans in attendance...Swine flu fears even caused the Arsenal's Gunner Carlos Vela to be quarentined after some of his friends visited from Mexico...Six Olympians including two medalists from the Beijing games have tested positive for doping...Win Willy is out of the Kentucky Derby with a possible ankle crack....Sad news, the oldest former Indianapolis 500 winner Danny Kladis has died. He was 92.

Check this Out: There maybe some good news for Privileged fans. It is looking more and more likely that it will be picked up after the network announced it will air repeats on Fridays during the summer.