Monday, December 14, 2009

Incognito

Baseball: Jason Bay is reportedly moving on from the Red Sox...Atlanta has re-signed Matt Diaz and cut Ryan Church and Kelly Johnson...The Nats have reportedly locked up Scott "Tazzy McSusan" Olsen for one year...The Blue Jays signed catcher John Buck to a one year, $2 million contract...Buck was not re-signed by the Royals who gave catcher Jason Kendall a two year, $6 million contract...Kansas City also reached one-year deals with Brian Bannister and Kyle Davies...Kevin Correia is sticking with the Padres...The Rangers have put their trade for Mike Lowell on hold as they evaluate his thumb...The Reds cut outfielder Johnny Gomes...While the Mets have let Tim Redding, Jeremy Reed and Cory Sullivan go...And the Rockies have parted with Garrett Atkins...Chien-Ming Wang is a free agent.

Basketball: LeBron James seemed like he just couldn't miss as he accumulated 44 points in the Cavs 102-89 knock out of the Thunder...Not to be outdone, Rudy Gay put up a career high 41 points as the Grizzles stiffled the Heat, 118-90...Things were going so well for the Nets, they won two games and then they go and get crushed by the Hawks, 130-107...New Jersey is awaiting the results from an MRI on Chris Douglas-Robert's knee...After three years away from the NBA, the Knicks have signed forward Jonathan Bender.


College Basketball: Juan Fernandez drained seven three pointers as Temple upset Villanova, 75-65...Also winning in stunning fashion was Xavier who outlasted Cincinnati 83-79 in double OT...You may want to avoid heckling UNC when Roy Williams is around.
(Photo: AP)

College Football: Congrats to Mark Ingram on winning the Heisman Trophy. He is the first player from Alabama to garner that honor...Kansas announced their hiring of Turner Gill as their new head coach...With Turner leaving, Buffalo named Danny Barrett as their interim head coach as they begin their search.


Football: The Colts clinched home field advantage throughout the playoffs with their 28-16 win over the Broncos. The win also kept them undefeated...Kind of like the Saints who held off the Falcons, 26-23. The win allowed New Orleans to clinch a bye...Broncos WR Brandon Marshall had a record 21 receptions in the loss to the Colts...With Dallas falling to the Chargers, 20-17, the Eagles took advantage with a wild 45-38 victory over the Giants to take sole possession of first place in the NFC East. PS if I have to hear that lame E-A-G-L-E-S chant one more time in the New York area I am going to go postal (and remember that term came from my hometown)...The Patriots doubled up the Panthers, 20-10 but it's Randy Moss' attitude that is making all the noise...For all of Sunday's scores, click here...Good news, Dallas linebacker DeMarcus Ware was "aware and alert with full movement and strength in his extremities" after leaving the field on a stretcher on Sunday. Ware was diagnosised with a sprained neck.
(Photo: AP)

Hockey: The Avalanche edged the Flames, 3-2 to take the Northwest lead...Antti Niemi got his third shutout in seven starts as the Blackhawks blanked the Lightning, 4-0...Alex Kovalev scored his 400th career goal on a night where he picked up a hat trick for the Senators who topped the Canes, 4-2...Are the Coyotes close to being sold?...Can you believe it's only 18 days until the Winter Classic? As such, the Flyers and Bruins got their first look at Fenway.

Best of the Rest: Milka Duno will try her hand at stockcar racing. Good, because the IndyCar career went so well...An appeals court has rejected a claim that International Speedway Corp has violated federal antitrust laws. Yeah, because it's not like the people who run ISC also run Nascar. Wait a second -- ...Felipe Massa could drive a Formula 1 car in the "next few days." Excellent news for a guy who suffered life-threatening injuries in a crash in July...Could Michael Schumacher be headed back to F1?

Check this Out: I may have to take a trip to Vegas soon, especially after Garth Brooks kicked off what could turn into a five year run at the Wynn this weekend. For details, click here.

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