Suck it Hurricane Fay

Olympics Update: (BE SPOILED IF YOU WANT TO)
The redeam team is now two wins away from gold after blowing out Australia, 116-85.

The US Softball Team escaped Japan, 4-1 to move one win away from bringing home the gold.

Also advancing to the final round the Men's Beach Volleyball team of Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser who beat the Georgia 21-11, 21-13.

Baseball Update:
The Rays and Angels were like the postal service, playing on Tuesday despite Hurricane Fay's landfall in southern Florida. And like the postal service, Willy Aybar delivered in the eighth with a two run single that gave the Rays the 4-2 advantage.

B.J. Upton says he's sorry for all the mental lapses and hopes to keep them to a minimum in the future, like only allowing those lapses to occur off the field. What? This blog is based on off the field lapses. For his sake, I hope he can straighten up, he's very talented, plus there can only be one Jose Reyes.

Speaking of Jose, his team has been rolling along notching their seventh win in eight games with their 7-3 crushing of the Braves. Atlanta did hold there own until the eighth inning, when Will Ohman gave up a bases loaded two run double to Carlos Delgado that started a five run deluge that sunk the Braves. The Mets bullpen did not allow a single run in 2 2/3 innings, good news for a team that will be without Billy Wagner indefinitely.

The Phillies were able to keep pace with New York thanks to Jayson Werth's solo shot that gave Philly a 5-4 win and the Nationals their 11th straight loss. The fans let shortstop Jimmy Rollins have it after Rollins called Phillies Phans frontrunners. It's never a good idea to piss of Philly fans, they aren't even forgiving to Santa Claus.

The Red Sox cruised past the Orioles, 7-2 on a day when Baltimore welcomed its 50 millionth fan with $50,000 and Red Sox Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski underwent triple bypass surgery after experiencing chest pains.

Boston ace Josh Beckett will most likely miss his next start thanks to numbness in his right hand, while Orioles closer George Sherrill was placed on the DL with left shoulder inflammation.

Rich Harden had a well rounded night, striking out 10 Reds batters while collecting his first major league RBI in the Cubs 5-0 shut out. The win, Harden's third as a Cub, was his first at Wrigley.

Ryan Braun sat as the Brewers fell victim to a Geoff Blum three run homer that handed the Astros the 5-2 win. Ben Sheets has now lost four out of his last five starts.

Jason Isringhausen's nightmare season rolls on. The twice demoted closer will miss the remainder of the season with an elbow injury.

Adam Dunn gave the home fans something to cheer about as he launched a rocket into the seats in the Diamondbacks 7-6 victory over the Padres. With the Dodgers 8-3 loss, the D'Backs have a one game lead in the standings with plenty of more baseball to go.

After shutting out the Braves on Monday, the Giants got a rude wake-up call from Marlins ace Ricky Nolasco who pitched a brillant two hit shut out. It was the Fish's first complete game in nearly two years.

Kevin Slowely struck out a career high 12 batters, while the offense exploded in Minnesota's 13-2 shelling of the A's.

Meanwhile Clayton Richards got his first career win in the White Sox 5-0 win over the Mariners. Jim Thome and Nick Swisher connected on solo shots for the ChiSox. Chicago maintains a game lead over the Twins in the AL Central.

The umpires boycotted a conference call with Major League Baseball which was to discuss the implementation of instant replay.

Nascar Update:
Ryan Newman will be racing the #39 not the #4 for Stewart Haas in 2009.

Is Yates chasing after DEI's Paul Menard? I don't know if that would be a lateral move, or an upgrade from DEI.

California, Atlanta and Talladega have swaped dates in 2009, moving the Fontana race into the Chase and moving Atlanta to the Labor Day weekend. Can't they just get rid of the second California race altoghter?

Sam Hornish, Jr. has a new crew chief, Travis Geisler, who replaces Chris Carrier.

Recessions are hard, but who would have guessed it would have Texaco/Havoline. The company has announced it will not be sponsoring the #42 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates entry driven by Juan Pablo Montoya and further more will be leaving Nascar altogether beginning with the 2009 season.

Sources have Subway reaching out to Carl Edwards to be a spokesperson for the chain. I doubt he has a before picture equal to Jared.

Wednesday morning and still no penalties for JGR. I'm betting this one's going to be big.

News&Notes: Peyton Manning made his way to practice on Tuesday for the first time since undergoing knee surgery five weeks ago. Manning says his goal is to start the season opener against the Bears...Cardinals WR Anquan Boldin is asking to be traded...The Falcons have released WR Joe Horn...WNBA star Lauren Jackson will undergo right ankle surgery following the Beijing Games that will keep her out for the rest of the WNBA season...Rafael Nadal and Ana Ivanovic are the #1 seeds in the US Open.

Check this out: The newest cast of the Amazing Race has been revealed and it features a former NFL player and a Dallas Cowboy cheerleader, although they are not on the same team. Click here to see who will be competing.

It's been fun blogging with you,
Kate