keeping it under wraps

Baseball: Zach Greinke strikes again, tossing his fifth complete game and giving the Royals a 6-1 victory over the Tigers...The Mets sent Jose Reyes and Ryan Church to the DL and then rattle the Nats, 6-1...In other injury news, Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun was hit by a pitch on the wrist. X-rays were negative, luckily, but I think that will definitely leave a mark...Kind of like the 8-1 shelling Braun's teammates indured during their loss to the Cards...Carlos Quentin could be heading to the DL as well after undering going tests on his left foot. Seriously am I the only one not injured?...While Quentin was undergoing tests, the ChiSox were taking care of the Angels, 4-2...Carl Pavano won his fifth game in six starts as the Tribe cruised to a 5-1 defeat of the Rays. Did I just write that?...The D'Backs edged the Padres, 6-5 to snap San Diego's 10 game win streak...The Giants blanked the Braves, 4-0. Tim Lincecum got his first victory since May 5th...Good news for Astros pitcher Brandon Backe, he was not indicted by a grand jury for a post-wedding party that went awry.

Basketball: In my self-enduced vacation from blogging, I have to admit I fell a little behind on the NBA playoffs. But here's my best recap: The Magic are sitting one win away from the NBA finals after holding off the Cavs, 116-114 in OT...The NBA has upgraded Nuggets guard Dahntay Jones' foul on Kobe Bryant to a flagrant foul...Can you put a price on free speech? Yes, yes you can. That will be $25,000 Phil Jackson...Pau Gasol wants the ball more...This Dirk Nowitzki thing just gets creepier and creepier. Turns out crazy lady is pregnant.

Football: Tom Brady took the field for the first time since injuring his knee, marrying a supermodel, and then doing it again in Costa Rica, heading up to Vancouver, and whatever else he's done in the past few months. (At some point, I just stopped stalking.)...If Peyton Manning ruled the world, he'd make some major changes with the Colts coaching staff.

Hockey: The Penguins completed a four game sweep of the Hurricanes, 4-1...The Red Wings try to wrap things up tonight against the Hawks...The Oilers have hired Pat Quinn...Bobby Holik is set to retire. But at least I'll always have this...Jim Balsillie's attempt to buy the Coyotes and move them to southern Ontario now has a deadline...Sad news, former NHLer Peter Zezel has died at the age of 44.

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Nascar: Congrats to David Reutimann on winning his first ever Cup race on Monday...For complete results click here...And for updated standings click here...Nascar randomly tested 10 crew members from 10 different teams during the Coca-Cola 600 rain delay. Well that's using your time wisely I guess...What is Rick Hendrick going to do about that 88 car?...Nascar held two town hall meetings. And sadly they did not take questions via text or email!

Best of the Rest: From almost drink milk with your cellmates to drinking milk at the Brickyard, quite a busy five weeks, huh Helio?...Vitor Meira could be out for four months after breaking two vertebrae during the Indy 500...James Blake got bounced from the French Open. This concludes my French Open coverage...Fine Dinara Safina and Andy Murray have advanced...Very sad news, Mike Tyson's four year old daughter has died.

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