Straight Edge

Baseball: With the Twins off, the Tigers took advantage by completing their sweep of the Indians, 6-5. Justin Verlander had 11 punch outs in the win...Also striking out 11 was King Felix in the Mariners 5-4 win over the Blue Jays. He's certianly making the AL Cy Young Award race interesting...His closest rival, Zach Grienke got himself tossed after yelling from the bench during the third inning of Kansas City's 10-3 loss to the Red Sox...The Braves moved into sole possession of the second place spot in the NL Wild Card race with the Cubs edging the Giants, 3-2...After the Rockies fell to the Padres 5-4, Atlanta is now just 3.5 games out with 10 more games to go....A federal bankruptcy judge has OKed a sale of the Cubs...Somehow when there is a little over a week left in the season, being done for the season doesn't have the same ring. Especially when it's the Cubs Rich Harden since the Cubs aren't really going anywhere but to the linx come October 5th...San Francisco's 2B Freddy Sanchez will need to undergo knee surgery...The Nationals accomplished something they probably aren't super proud of after falling to the Dodgers, 7-6 -- they lost their 100th game of the season. Still well behind the 1962 Mets so that's something to be proud of...A hearty crowd of 3,000 watched the Reds beat the Pirates, 4-1. Were the Penguins playing a preseason game or does it have something to do with the Pirates trading away their entire team this year?...Yankees utilityman Jerry Hairston, Jr. received a cortisone injection in his left wrist.
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Basketball: The Knicks are very close to re-signing guard Nate Robinson and forward David Lee...The Bobcats have signed guard Flip Murray to a one year, $1.99 million contract...Yao Ming will play again -- just not this season...Here's something I learned today, buying a team in a different country is unpatriotic. So like the other eight Russian billionaires buying soccer teams in other countries isn't?

College Football: South Carolina upset #4 Mississippi, 16-10...Notre Dame QB Jimmy Clausen is iffy for Saturday's game against Purdue...Penn State captain Sean Lee is very doubtful for the Nitany Lion's game against Iowa this weekend.
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Football: Donovan McNabb is not likely to start on Sunday...And neither is Giants safety Kenny Phillips' after being placed on IR with a knee injury...Meanwhile Vikings RB Adrian Peterson says his back injury is no big deal...Jets QB Mark Sanchez has some tendinitis in his right knee but is expected to be fine...If you're around Arizona, for the good of charity, try to knock that ball out of Beanie Wells hand...A news conference has been planned to announce the formation of a new arena fotoball league. Gee, I just can't wait!

Hockey: The Coyotes have replaced Wayne Gretzky with Dave Tippett...The Canucks may not have to worry about finding a new coaching after extending Alain Vigneault's contract three years...Also receiving an extension was Avalanche forward Milan Hejduk...The Ducks have traded defenseman Steve McCarthy to Atlanta for future considerations...Not a good night for Pittsburgh. If it's not the paltry 3,000 person attendance at the Pirates game, it's Sidney Crosby leaving the Pens 5-2 loss to the Blue Jackets with a groin injury. Well there's still the Steelers! Or is the Polamalu injury and loss to the Bears still too fresh?...I am not quite ready to buy a Gaborik shirt, but if he continues to score two goals a game and STAY HEALTHY I may not be quite as upset that he took Gomer's spot...So this maybe one of the more interesting career transitions -- Habs defenseman Patrice Brisebois has retired after 18 years in the NHL to pursue a career in Nascar's Canadian series.

Nascar: Ron Hornaday, Jr. is closing in another Truck Series title.

Best of the Rest: Kansas basketball team members have apologized for their involvement in a fight with the Jayhawks football team. Tyshawn Taylor, a guard on the basketball team, injured his finger in the dust up...Skiier Bode Miller is ready for a comeback at Vancouver in 2010.

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