Baseball: Carlos Zambrano will probably be missing a game or some money after his ejection during the Cubs 5-2 win over the Pirates. Big Z was not a fan of umpire Mark Carlson's call at the plate and let him know it...Speaking of wild pitches, Dice-K tied a franchsie record with four in the Red Sox 4-2 loss to the Twins. Boston's pitching staff combined for six wild pitches on the night...With Boston's loss, the Yankees took full advantage with their 9-2 drilling of the Rangers. The Yanks are now tied for the lead in the AL East...Meanwhile the Cardinals retook the lead in the NL Central after edging the Brew Crew, 3-2...Congrats to Randy Johnson who picked up career win 299. Too bad it came against the Braves who were swept by the Giants after sweeping the Blue Jays over the weekend....The Blue Jays continue to tumble, dropping their ninth straight in a 12-10 loss to the Orioles...Both the Mets and the Indians completed sweeps...Get well wishes go out to Indians owner Larry Dolan who suffered a mild heart attack...Manny Ramirez will head to the minors for a week to 10 days as a part of a rehab assignment following his 50 day suspension...Also it seems Manny still has a lot of fans, because he's sittting in fourth in All-Star balloting...Scott Schoeneweis made his first trip to Chase Field since the death of his wife last week...A grand jury has indicted Andrew Gallo of killing Los Angeles Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart in April...Meanwhile the Angels rolled to a 3-1 victory over the ChiSox...A Florida man admits to selling steriods to members of the Nationals and Capitals. If this is how the Nats play on the juice, I don't even want to think of how God awful they must be off.
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Basketball: The NBA has rescinded Magic Center Dwight Howard's technical foul in game four. A big thing considering he was just one tech from an automatic suspension...The Lakers move to one game away from going to the NBA Finals for the second year in a row. LA blew away Denver with a third period run that extended in the fourth of their 103-94 victory...Following an arrest in North Carolina, prosecutors are asking a judge to finally sentence former Net Jayson Williams.
Football: Disgruntled Jet Thomas Jones showed up for voluntary workouts.
Hockey: It will be a repeat of the 2008 Stanley Cup Finals after the Red Wings eliminated the Blackhawks, 2-1 in OT. The Wings face off against the Pens starting on May 30th...Patrick Roy has turned down an opportunity to coach the Avs...The Canadiens signed forward Mikael Johansson to a one year contract...The Bruins are expecting the 2010 Winter Classic to take place at Fenway.
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Nascar: Nascar has suspended a crew member for Truck Series driver Chad McCumbee for failing a random drug test. Look who is getting all tough and stuff...Robby Gordon was docked 50 points by Nascar for failing inspection after the Coca-Cola 600. It was his best finish in almost four years. And now we know why.
Best of the Rest: Rafael Nadal remains a perfect 30-0 at the French Open...Also advancing are Venus Williams and Jelena Jankovic...Well it's a good thing John Calipari got out when he did because the NCAA is investigating Memphis for violations...Although things in Kentucky aren't quite rosey. Former head coach Billy Gillispie is suing the school for $6 million...Congratulations to Barcelona for beating Manchester United, 2-0, winning the Champions League Final.
Check this out: I am going to try to mix up this little sector of the daily crawl to include not just websites, but also music, books, movies and more. Today's first pick to the revamped Check this Out, Miranda Lambert's beautiful new sinlge "Dead Flowers." It's been on repeat on my iPod for the past week. Click here to hear it.
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