Friday, December 04, 2009

D-E-F-E-N-S-E!

Baseball: The Braves took another step in building up their bullpen by signing almost 40 year old Takashi Saito. Great so now that you've cornered the market in elderly relievers, can you turn to finding a power hitting outfielder now?...Meanwhile the Red Sox signed shortstop Marco Scutaro to a two year deal, with an option for a third...The Mets signed two back-up catchers, Chris Coste (the former 33-year-old Rookie) and Henry Blanco...The Cubs have traded Aaron Miles and Jake Fox to Oakland for RHP Jeff Gray and two minor leaugers Ronny Morla and Matt Spencer...George Steinbrenner is apparently well enough to take part in Yankee team meetings. Good the original is always better than the remakes!

Basketball: Kevin Garnett scored 20 points in the Celtics 90-83 victory over the Spurs...Dwyane Wade remains winless in Denver after the Nuggets dismantled the Heat, 114-96...The Rockets' Aaron Brooks' free throw with 2.1 seconds burried the Warriors, 111-109 in Don Nelson's first game back from pneumonia...Allen Iverson is really glad to be back in Philadelphia...The interview we've all been waiting for, Tim Donaghy is talking with "60 Minutes." And when I say we, I mean all refs who are planning on not getting caught throwing games.


College Basketball: A new Knight is making a ton of noise, Pat Knight coached Texas Tech to a 99-92 overtime win over #12 Washington to push the team to a 8-0 record, the best start for the school since 1929...#2 Texas handled USC, 69-50...South Florida guard Anthony Crater has been suspended after failing his second drug test.
(Photo: AP)

College Football: Oregon is headed to the Rose Bowl for the first time since 1994 after they nipped in-state rival Oregon State, 37-33...Kansas head coach Mark Mangino has decided to step down...After 69 years, Hofstra is cutting it's football program.

Football: In an epic clash of running games, the Jets topped the Bills, 19-13...But all Jets coach Rex Ryan could talk about was Mark Sanchez's head first slide. I feel like I am watching a Mets game and Keith Hernandez is waxing on poetically about the dangers using your head and not your feet...The Cowboys are not happy Eli Manning wrote on the visiting locker room after the Giants win in September. Eli's repsonse "Get over it [Cowgirls]" See and when Doc Gooden did that at Citi Field, they cut it off the wall and put it in a display case. Wow this is the 1986 flashback post huh?...In other Cowboy Stadium news, two workers were injured when they fell from the roof of the stadium. Neither are believed to have incurred life-threatening injuries...Steven Jackson has been fined $5,000 for throwing a ball into the stands.

Hockey: Roberto Luongo is on a roll, stopping 38 shots as the Canucks blanked the Flyers, 3-0...Also remaining hot is the Kid who had three points, including two goals, as the Pens out did the Avs, 4-1. It's nice to see that Sidney isn't just into beating up the Rangers...Matt Moulson's hat trick was all the Islanders needed to knock off the Trashers, 4-1...Alexander Semin lead the Ovechkin-less Capitals past the Panthers, 6-2...The Leafs Jonas Gustavsson will undergo his second heart procedure in less than three months...The Blackhawks have re-signed Duncan Keith, Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane for the very forseeable future. Both Kane and Toews got five year extensions that will net them more than $6 million a season while Keith signed a monster 13 year, $72 deal. Oh to be 20 and making $6 million a year!

Best of the Rest: Kyle Petty will join Charles Barkley and Dennis Eckersley in a new one-hour special on Headline News TV network...Dale Earnhardt, Jr. is very confident that Danica Patrick will be driving stock cars...David Beckham has acknowledged he has been suffering from asthma for several years. Nice to know I am not the only one!...In other soccer news, the World Cup draw will take place today.

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