Olympic Update: (IF YOU DON'T KNOW BY NOW, I'LL REPEAT, SPOILERS AHEAD!!!)
2 American teams picked up gold on Thursday/Friday (it's so confusing). So congrats to the US Woman's team who knocked out Brazil, 1-0 to take the soccer crown and to Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser for grabbing the gold in Men's Beach Volleyball with a 23-21,17-21, 15-4 victory over Brazil.
The US Men's Basketball team, the Women's Basketball team, Men's Water Polo and Men's Volleyball team will take to the court and water in their respective gold medal games. While the Men's baseball team will go against Japan for the Bonze.
The IOC investigated whether Chinese gymnast He Kexin is actually 16. And after looking at documents provided by China, they say she is. Oh yeah, ask China for documents, that's like asking an 18 year old for their actual license when you catch them drinking at a bar.
Surprise, Surprise, Michael Phelps is writing a book. And for the record, if I won 8 gold medals I'd be writing a book, selling my own breakfast foods, marketing a clothing line and whatever else it takes to cash in.
Lyudmila Blonska was striped of her silver medal in heptathlon after she failed a drug test, making her the highest profile athlete to be kicked out of the Olympic games thus far.
Vancouver thinks it can do it better in 2010.
David Beckham has been confirmed as a member of the Closing Ceremonies on Sunday. He'll be handed the Olympic flag to symbolize the move from Beijing to London for the 2012 Olympics.
Baseball Update:
Brandon Webb added another win to his already Major League leading best 18 with the Diamondbacks 4-1 victory over the Padres. The win gave Arizona the sweep and Brandon Webb his 19th win this season.
Not to be outdone by his National League conterpart, Cliff Lee tossed another gem for the Indians givng him his 18th win of the season. Grady Sizemore went 4-for-5 with 7 RBIs in the 10-3 mashing of the Royals. If only Cleveland could have been this good from the start, then maybe it would have been a three team race for the AL Central and not a two team.
The Twins started their series with Angels on the right foot or should I say glove, after Nick Punto tripled off of former Twin Torii Hunter's glove to score Denard Span and give the Twins a 2-1 in 12. With the win the Twins are now tied for the Wild Card with Boston and just a half game behind the idle White Sox in the Central.
Red Sox right-hander Bartolo Colon pitched four no-hit innings in a rehab start for Triple-A Pawtucket.
The Mets brought out the Brooms after sweeping the Braves with a 5-4 win. Carlos Delgado drove in the game winning run with a single that hit off of Omar Infante's glove and scored David Wright. Newly acquired reliever Luis Ayala picked up the save.
Mets outfielder Ryan Church could be back with the team in time for their four game series with the Houston Astros. Does this mean Nick Evans or Daniel Murphy is going to be sent down, becuase I'm not ok with that.
The Nats ended their 12 losing streak in a big way thanks to an Austin Kearns single in the eighth that broke up a 3-3 tie. The Phillies gave up their third eighth inning lead in nine days and now sit 2 1/2 games out of first. Is it just me, or do the Phillies lack that extra spark they had last season?
The luck Gods in the Misty-May and Matt Treanor household shone much brighter on Misty as she and teammate Kerri Walsh picked up a gold medal and Matt's Marlins fell to the Giants, 4-3 after Emmanuel Burriss scored the winning run off of a wild pitch in the bottom of the ninth. I figure they're both ok with that outcome of events.
If only fantasy teams gave bonus points to pitchers that racked up homers and RBIs, than Carlos Zambrano would be even more of a stud. (And Micah Owings could be a worthwhile pick) Instead, the Cubs will just have to savor his homerun -- his fourth of the season-- and the seven innings of one run ball he allowed as the Cubs picked up a 3-2 win over the Reds. The win was his 13th of the season.
Roy Halladay picked up his third straight win against the Yankees as the Blue Jays pounded New York, 14-3. If the poor performance by the Yankees wasn't a big enough sign that there will be a Yanks-less postseason this year, the fact that Carl Pavano will take the mound for the Bombers on Saturday should be.
With Justin Duchscherer on the DL, the A's will feature an all lefty rotation. They also placed Sean Gallagher on the DL with shoulder fatigue and called up Dana Eveland and Dan Meyer from Triple-A Sacramento.
Former big league pitcher Jorge Sosa was supsended 50 games for testing postive for amphetamines. He is currently with the Seattle Mariners organization at Triple-A Tacoma.
With instant replay looming, games may start running even longer than their average 2 hours and 50 minutes. My feeling is, a) this shouldn't come into play until 2009, there is no reason a change as big as this should happen mid-season and b) if it means getting the call right, than I don't care if it takes a few extra minutes to get the call right.
Nascar Update:
Can you hear the thunder emanating from Bristol Motor Speedway as the Cup boys race around this banked short track? With only three races remaining until the Chase, the point’s standings can get shaken up instantly thanks to the beating and banging that often result in multiple accidents throughout the way. And with laps under 15 seconds, it's easy to fall three laps behind with a tire mishap. So who will take the Sharpie 500? You'll have to tune into ESPN at 7 PM on Saturday night to find out.
News&Notes: Now usually I don't talk about golf, because I enjoy playing it but I don't enjoy watching it. But because the Barclays is being played at the hometown country club, I'm breaking my rules and giving you chance to click here for the Record's blog on the tournament...Newly crowned golden double partners Venus and Serena Williams could meet in the quarterfinals of the US Open...Charger Shawne Merriman has ligament damage in his knee...Pacman Jones will make his first start for the Cowboys. Lock-up those strip clubs because someone may want to celebrate...J.T. O'Sullivan made a big case to become the 49ers starting QB.
Check this out: Entertainment Weekly gives 13 days of Olympic studs. Click here to see who made the list. Don't worry, the list has something for everyone!
It's been fun blogging with you,
Kate
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