Trades a Flurry

Baseball: Congrats to Geovany Soto and Evan Longoria on being named the NL and AL Rookies of the Year...A flurry of trades were made on Monday, including a blockbuster that will send Rockies outfielder Matt Holliday to the Oakland A's reportedly for Huston Street and two others, although names have not been released. The deal is expected to be finalized on Wednesday...Sources are also reporting the Scott "McTaser" Olsen and Josh Willingham have been traded by the Marlins to the Washington Nationals...The Padres have taken their $4 million offer to closer Trevor Hoffman off the table. Can you say rebuilding, San Deigo?...Meanwhile the Phillies have signed Scott Eyre to a one year, $2 million and the Royals have signed Brandon Duckworth to a one year deal...Speaking of the Phils, they'll host the Braves for MLB season opener on April 5, 2009...And finally, sad news, former Brooklyn Dodger Preacher Roe has passed away at the age of 92.

Basketball: Paul Pierce had 21, as the Celtics rallied past the Raptors, 94-87...The Blazers picked up their first road win after beating Orlando, 106-99...Dwayne Wade had 33 as the Heat edged the Nets, 99-94. Miami has opened up 3-0 at home for the first time since 1999-2000...As expected, the Nuggets have waived Antonio McDyess after recieving him in a trade with Detroit last week.

College Basketball: Duke notched their first victory of the season destroying Presbyterian, 80-49...Tennessee's freshman point guard Daniel West has been ruled academically ineligible to play...Bob Knight will return to ESPN to do broadcasts.

College Football: Here's a lesson for all you kids out there, your facebook pages can be read by ANYBODY! If that cheerleader in New England didn't help you learn that, then let Texas backup center Buck Burnette be your guide. Bucky was kicked of the team after a racial slur was found on his facebook page...There is absolutely no justification for this, two people were killed over a LSU-Alabama fued. It's just sports people!



Football: Poor management of the final seconds allowed the Cardinals to nip the 49ers, 29-24...The Jets have signed DB Ty Law to a one year deal and will start him on Thursday...Clinton Portis is 50-50 for the Redskins game against the Cowboys on Sunday...A jury has ordered the NFL Union to pay $28.1 million to retired players...You knew this was coming, Ashley N. Stewart has sued Chiefs running back Larry Johnson after he allegedly spit in her face...Tyrone Romaro Hartsfield has plead not guilty to charges of attempted murder and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in connection with the September 2nd shooting of the Jaguars Richard Collier. Watch out Tyrone, because the popo are on your tail!
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Hockey: Congrats to Glenn Anderson, Ray Scapinello, Ed Chynoweth and Igor Larionov on being inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame...Olie Kolzig didn't have the finish he was hoping for in his return to Washington as the Caps handled the Lightning, 4-2...The Rangers battled back from a 2-0 defecit to tie the Oilers early in the third period, but lost in a shoot-out, 3-2...Still realing from the loss of Marty Brodeur, the Devils placed defenseman Paul Martin on IR with upper back soreness.

Nascar: Nascar is puzzled as to why ABC switched the conclusion of Sunday's race over to ESPN2 for viewers in the Eastern and Central time zones. Simple facts kids, apparently "America's Funniest Home Videos" brings in better ratings. (Even so this was still a stupid decision!)

Best of the Rest: Congrats to Peter Eastgate, who at just 22, became the youngest winner of the World Series of Poker.

Check this out: Last night's "How I Met Your Mother" was another great episode, although I'm a little disappointed with this latest guest stunt. For such a quality 30 minute sitcom (which are few and far between these days), there's no reason to add the terrible twosome. If you missed last nights or want to relive all the laughs, click here. Oh and please watch "Privileged" on the CW tonight at 9 PM/est!