Baseball: So I was a bit premature in calling the Indians sweep of the Rays yesterday, but hey, I may have been a day off, but the results were still the same...In the battle of the Randys at Wrigley, Wolf nipped Wells in the Dodgers 2-1 victory over the Cubs...Carlos Zambrano received a six game suspension for his little tantrum on Wednesday...Jason Varitek homered twice in a wild 3-1 win for the Red Sox. Both managers, Terry Francona and Ron Gardenhire as well as both catchers Mike Redmond and Varitek were tossed during the game...Also belting two was the Orioles Luke Scott who helped lead Baltimore past the Tigers, 5-1...The Braves continued their slide, falling to the Diamondbacks, 5-2. That makes in four in a row. Well at least they aren't the Blue Jays...Meanwhile Tom Glavine tossed five shut-out innings in a start for AAA-Gwinnett. Glavine is attempting to come back from shoulder surgery...Speaking of comebacks, the Yankees will get Jorge Posada back on Friday, while the Mets are going to have to continue to wait on Carlos Delgado...Same goes for the Phillies after RHP Brett Myers underwent an MRI. The news was not so good...Chicago White Sox SS Alexi Ramirez is being sued for $20 million for allegedly violating a contract he signed with local Dominican talent scouts before signing with the White Sox.
Basketball: LeBron James took control, forcing a game six between the Cavs and Magic with Cleveland's 112-102 victory...Meanwhile, the Nuggets think the Lakers purchased a win. $50,000 is hardly enough payoff money in my mind. I think the millions of dollars the leauge would make if the Lakers advanced to the NBA Finals is more around the correct payoff mark...Mark Cuban sued the SEC for access to documents pertaining to his insider trading case.
Football: The NFL Players Union has asked a court to hold off suspensions levied against five players while a case over the use of a banned substance is appealed...The Chargers have decided against a $1 billion new stadium. Yeah because the $1.5 billion mecca in New York turned out to be such a great choice!...While were on the subject of overpriced stadiums, the Cowboys have opened their $1.15 billion stadium in Texas...In the grand tradition of NFL coaches kids, Bill Belichick's son Brian was arrested in Foxboro, MA for underaged drinking. Well at least it didn't involve drugs. Watch out Brian, because the popo are on your tail!...Finally, in probably none of our business news, Gisele Bundchen is not pregnant with Tom Brady's kid...yet!
Hockey: The Wings are hoping defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom will be back for game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals on Saturday...Meanwhile, Marion Hossa is hoping not to end up on the losing side of the Finals for the second straight year...The Flyers forward Simon Gagne will have surgery to remove a bone spur in his right hip...Score one for hockey, the Winter Classic was named the sporting event of the year by SportsBusiness Journal and SportsBusiness Daily...Tom Hicks is willing to sell a controlling interest in the Texas Rangers but not in the Dallas Stars.
Nascar: The Cup Series rolls into one of my favorite tracks this weekend, Dover. The Monster Mile as it is affectionately called, delivers high speeds a major pile-ups that could derail any contenders march to the Chase. Tune into Fox's final race of the season at 1:30 PM/est on Sunday.
Best of the Rest: Ana Ivanovic dominated another opponent at the French Open. Could she be idling for a repeat?...Not so fast Billy Gillispie, Kentucky is filing a counter suit to your $6 million suit!...Talk about senseless and stupid, a Manchester United fan killed four people when he plowed his buss into a crowd celebrating Barcelona's victory...There was some good news for the Mickelson family, wife Amy's breast cancer was discovered in the early stages and they are very optimistic about her treatment...Congratulations to Kavya Shivashankar on willing the nation's spelling bee.
Check this Out: If you’re as big a fan of baseball like I am and tend to read a lot baseball books, you know that sometimes good reads are very hard to find. And while not new by any stretch of the imagination (it was originally printed around 1964) I suggest getting your hands on a copy of “Veeck as in Wreck” written by the incomparable Bill Veeck (owner of the Indians in 1948 when they won the World Series and White Sox in 1959 when they won the pennant). It’s a great look at the operator’s side of baseball and is filled with tons of funny stories like the time he had a midget (his description) bat when he was owner of the St. Louis Browns. The book also details the expansion meetings which brought us the Los Angeles Angels and New York Mets among others.
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