Tuesday, September 29, 2009

how bout those cowgirls


Baseball: The Angels sealed their third straight AL West title after pounding the Rangers, 11-0...During their celebration, the Angels honored fallen teammate Nick Adenhardt...Too bad for the Dodgers, they can't say the same thing after being hammered by the Pirates, 11-1...Don't look now, but the Braves are only two games out after shutting out the Marlins, 4-0...And if the Braves and Rockies end up tied after Sunday, the tie-breaker game would be played in Atlanta...The Bravos are also only four games out of first in the NL East after the Phillies fell to the Astros, 8-2...The Tigers and Twins game was rained out. The game has been rescheduled for Tuesday as a part of a day/night doubleheader...I think David Ortiz is still rounding second. Too bad his solo homerun wasn't enough as the Red Sox fell to the Blue Jays, 11-5 in a rain shortened game...Carlos Zambrano may quit if 2010 is anything like 2009...Speaking of 2010, it's looking like Rich Harden will not be on the Cubs next season...Who said the Mets are broke? The team will reportedly take part in the Aroldis Chapman sweepstakes...Omar Vizquel's off season workout has gone to the bulls, well bullfighting.

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Basketball: Stephen Jackson literally has no regrets...A good sign for the Celtics, Kevin Garnett is practicing again...The Magic have extended the contracts of coach Stan Van Gundy and GM Otis Smith.

College Football: Scary story out of California. USC RB Stafon Johnson is in critical condition after part of a bench press bar slipped from his right hand and landed on his throat. He underwent 7 hours of surgery...Tennessee sophomore Emmanuel Negedu was revived by a defilbrillator after passing out after lifting weights at the team's practice facility. He remains at the UT Medical Center...Urban Meyers is hoping Tim Tebow will be able to play in the Gators game against LSU...New Mexico head coach Mike Locksley was reprimanded for his fight with recievers coach J.B. Gerald...Texas Tech has banned its players from using Twitter. Now if they can stop them from posting incriminating photos on facebook they'd really be in business.


Football: The Cowboys finally got their first win at home, a 21-7 defeat of the Carolina Panthers. Jake Delhomme had two interceptions in the loss, which I think is just a marked improvement...We know Chad Pennington will be out for the rest of the season with a shoulder injury but will he have to call it quits on his career?...Niners runningback Frank Gore will miss three weeks with a right ankle strain...The Bucs have replaced starting QB Byron Leftwich with Josh Johnson...So that little fracas between Raiders coach Tom Cable and assistant coach Randy Hanson was a little more serious than first thought. Turns out Cable broke Hanson's jaw...The NFL and the NFLPA are set to meet on Tuesday.
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Hockey: The Thrashers have cut goalie Manny Legace and forward Dan Fritsche...The Blue Jackets acquired Anton Stralman from the Flames for a third round draft pick in 2010.

Nascar: Casey Mears could really use a sponsor for 2010 if anyone out there was wondering.

Best of the Rest: A Saudi prince has begun the process of purchasing all or part of Liverpool co-owner George Gillett, Jr.'s stake in the Premier League Club...US Tennis star Sam Querrey will miss four-to-six weeks after a freak accident. After practicing for the Thailand Open, Querrey reportedly sat on a glass table and fell through, hurting his arm. Oh, that's embarrassing!

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