Baseball: Division Series ratings were down 26% this year. Is it because everyone's glued to CNBC? Or should I blame it on the election? Where are your priorities people? ...The Cubs have exercised Rich Harden's 2009 $7 million option. Guess that MRI went ok...Curt Schilling could have been pitching for the Red Sox this post season if they would have listened to his doctor...The Yankees scrapped a plan to have a second more lavish sendoff to Yankee Stadium, but decided that the closing ceremonies should be a baseball game, which happened like two weeks ago...Japan wants its homegrown talent to stay at home.
Basketball: Good news, bad news Wizard fans. Antawn Jamison suffered only a bruised knee and should be ready for the season opener. Brendan Haywood, however will not after he has surgery on a torn ligament in his right wrist...The Knicks lose. Again. In Mike D'Antoni's preseason debut. Old habits die hard...Speaking of losing, the Thunder dropped their first ever preseason game to the T'Wolves, 88-82...The Cavs have released the NBA's first ever legally deaf player Lance Allred. They also got rid of Michael Dickerson.
College Football: Auburn fired their offensive coordinator Tony Franklin...USC QB Mark Sanchez returned to practice on Wednesday.
Football: Carson Palmer has been limited in practice but the Bengals are hopeful he can play against the Jets on Sunday...The Lions QB John Kitna missed practice on Wednesday, putting his 36 consecutive starts in jeopardy...The Lions did get some good news, they're getting $8.5 million back from Charles Rogers...Tom Brady finally got that knee surgery...With this whole economic crisis, maybe it wasn't a good call to start rolling out those PSLs, Jets and Giants. Afterall, the NFL is not recession proof.
Hockey: Blackhawks left winger Ben Eager was suspended three games without pay for swinging at stick at Sean Avery...Which fun catch phrase will she pull out when Sarah Palin drops the puck at the Flyers game?...SI has a list of rookies to watch this season, click here for the gallery.
Nascar: Denny Hamlin has been cleared to race this weekend, but forgive him for not racing on Friday, he just slammed into the wall at a high rate of speed and had to spend the night in the hospital...Gillett Evernham has released Patrick Carpentier from his driving duties. Mike Wallace will take over the #10 for this weekend's Bank of America 500 before handing the reigns over to A.J. Allmendinger for the final 5 races...Bryan Clauson will make his Sprint Cup debut for Chip Ganassi Raicng in the #40 this weekend.
Check this out: I know we still have a week or two until 30 Rock premieres but EW has this awesome photo gallery here. It only makes me more upset that I have not figured out a way to finagle myself onto that set!
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