Records Broken

Olympic Update: (SPOILERS, SPOILERS, SPOILERS!!)
Michael Phelps Gold Medal Count: 8

A technicality gave China's He Kexin the gold medal after she and American Nastia Liukin both scored a 16.75 on the uneven bars. Kexin's execution marks were higher thus giving her the tie breaker.

The US crushed China, 9-0 in softball. This was the Americans 21st consecutive win.

Speaking of Crushing, the US Men's basketball team romped past Germany, 106-57.

Congrats to Stephanie Brown Trafton who won gold in the women's discus throw, Rafael Nadal who captured gold in the men's tennis singles with his 6-3, 7-6 (2), 6-3 defeat of Fernando Gonzalez and to the Williams sisters who brought home the gold in women's tennis doubles.

Defending Olympic champion Liu Xiang reinjured his hamstring just steps into the 110 hurdles preventing him from even getting out of the qualifying round.

Baseball Update:
Manager Joe Maddon had all the right strategy employed during the Rays 7-4 defeat of the Rangers. Maddon, who had benched star centerfielder B.J. Upton on Saturday for not running out a grounder, called for the intentional walk of the Ranger's Josh Hamilton with the bases loaded in the ninth inning bring in the second run of the inning. But Marlon Byrd produced the final out to preserve the win. And B.J. Upton, his return to the lineup came with a homer and 3 RBIs.

With Hurricane Fay looming, the Rays and Angels are in constant communication as to whether they should play their three game series in Tampa as planned or maybe have to move somewhere else.

The Yankees offense produced four homers (a solo shot, two run, three run and grand slam) on their way to a 15-6 rout of the Royals. Adding to their joy, news that Hideki Matsui could be back in the lineup by Tuesday.

Josh Beckett has had better days than the one he had on Sunday. Beckett gave up eight runs in less than three innings on the way to the Red Sox 15-4 loss to the Blue Jays.

Things remain knotted in the central after both the White Sox and Twins produced impressive victories on Sunday. Carlos Quentin continues to dazzle with his 34th homer of the season, as the Sox smashed the A's 13-1. And the Twins out hit the Mariners, 11-8 off the strength of Jason Kubel's four hit performance.

Andre Either homerun in the 12th inning not only won the game for the Dodgers, but it also put them a game ahead of the Diamondbacks in the West, who fell to the super hot Astros, 3-0.

Prior to the start of Sunday's game, the Astros retired Craig Biggio's #7.

The Mets are over their bullpen blowing a well pitched game by Johan Santana, so on Sunday, they let the ace do all the dirty work as he fired a three hit shut out in the Mets 4-0 win over the Pirates.

Speaking of the Mets shaky bullpen, they acquired Luis Ayala from the Nats for a player to be named later around the time they learned that closer Billy Wagner will be out for well more than 15 days.

The Phillies offense had just enough as Cole Hamels went 8 innings allowing just one run in Philadelphia's 2-1 win. This was Hamels first win in seven games.

Tim Lincecum tossed a gem of his own against the Braves, striking out 10 and allowing just 3 hits. Despite the numbers, Lincecum said he had trouble just throwing strikes. The only thing that seemed apparent was that the Braves had trouble scoring runs, while the Giants were just good enough in their 3-1 win.

The Braves got some bad news, Tom Glavine will be making a visit to Dr. James Andrews this week and that only means one thing and it's not good!

While most would call 2008 a disappointing year for the Indians, that doesn't mean they don't have something left in their tank. Something the Angels found out the hard way as they fell to the Tribe, 4-3. The loss gave Cleveland the series victory.

Mexican pitcher Jesus Sauceda threw a perfect game as his team crushed the Italians 12-0. It was the fifth perfect game in Little League World Series history.

Nascar Update:
Kyle Busch finished second, but that was good enough to secure him a spot in the Chase. Meanwhile, Carl Edwards notched his fifth win of the season, taking the checkers at Michigan to close the gap in the bonus points standings. It was also his second win of the weekend after landing in Victory Lane for the Nationwide Series race.

Joe Gibbs Racing could be in some serious trouble after it was discovered that there were "blatant attempts to alter post-race chassis dynamometer tests" following Saturday's Nationwide Series race in Michigan.

Darien Grubb who sat atop the pit box when Jimmie Johnson won the Daytona 500 in 2006 is said to be the leading candidate to take that position for Stewart Haas's #14, which will be driven by Tony Stewart in 2009.

UPS could appear on the hood of David Ragan's car in 2009, if the rumors are true.

News&Notes: Chad Johnson injured his shoulder as the Lions hammered the Bengals, 27-10...Luckily it's just the preseason, because those almost perfect Patriots are looking anything but, falling to the Bucs, 27-10...The Philadelphia 76ers re-signed forward Andre Iguodala to a six year contract worth a reported $80 million.

Check this out: Apparently "The Office" Rainn Wilson is holding castmate Jenna Fischer hostage. Click here to see his blog.

It's been fun blogging with you,
Kate