signing on the dotted line

Baseball: Lots of signings to report today...The Indians have decided to take a chance on Carl Pavano, signing him to an incentive lanent one year deal...The Phillies have added Chan Ho Park to their roster...While the Orioles filled a spot in their rotation with Japanese pitcher Koji Uehara...The Reds signed infielder Scott Hairston to a one year, $2 million contract...The Dodgers have reportedly offered Trevor Hoffman a one year deal...The A's and Jason Giambi are close to reuniting...The Mets are getting ready to chat with Scott Boras about two of his clients, Derek Lowe and Oliver Perez...Meanwhile New York City officials are getting rid of their boxes at the New Yankee Stadium and CitiField...The Cubs have officially traded Jason Marquis to the Rockies for reliever Luis Vizcaino.

Basketball: I think the Celtics would like rewind to say the day before Christmas, because their slide continued after losing to the Bobcats, 114-106 in OT...Speaking of bad news, Carmelo Anthony will be out for 3 weeks with a fractured hand...The Hornets put an end to the Lakers 15 game home win streak with their 116-105 victory...

College Basketball: #5 UCONN topped #25 West Virginia, 61-55...While Arkansas upset #7 Texas, 67-61...Clemson remains undefeated after taking out Alabama, 66-59.

College Football: Tulsa tackled Ball State, 45-13 to take the GMAC Bowl...Georgia's QB Matthew Stafford and RB Knowshon Moreno are expected to enter the NFL draft...BC head coach Jeff Jagodzinski will mostly be fired after talking with the Jets...Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff is investigating whether the BCS violates antitrust laws.

Football: The Titans Pro Bowl center Kevin Mawae will most likely not be playing against the Ravens...Congrats to Drew Brees on being named Offensive Player of the Year...2009 is only seven days old and already it can be called the year of DUIs. Chargers WR Vincent Jackson was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of DUI. Watch out Vinny, because the popo are on your tail!



Hockey: Sabres may have won, 4-2, but all anyone is talking about is the Senators Jarkko Ruutu's decent into Hannibal Lecter territory...The Caps continue to roll, edging the Flyers, 2-1 (SO)...Daymond Langkow scored two goals as the Flames scorched the Sharks, 5-2...Niklas Backstrom stopped 28 shots as the Wild blanked the Bruins, 1-0...Speaking of shutouts, the Hawks pummled the Coyotes, 6-0...Brandon Sutter's Hurricanes were able to beat his dad Brent Sutter's Devils, 3-2...And finally, the Penguins were able to hault their five game losing streak with a 3-1 victory over the Thrashers. Evgeni Malkin had three assists in the win...Mats Sundin is expected to make his Canucks debut on Wednesday.
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Best of the Rest: Veteran crew chief Tommy Baldwin is set to debut his new Sprint Cup team at Daytona...Elliott Sadler is fighting hard to keep his GEM ride. If it is true that Sadler found out about GEM's plans to replace him with AJ Allemdinger from a sponsor and not the team itself, then I understand why Ray Evernham got out when he did. That's the definition of a classless move!



Check this out: Season 2 of Damages starts tonight at 10 PM/est on FX. If you're a fan of smart, well acted and written television, than this is a show for you. But I must warn you, Damages is like crack, so be prepared to become addicted!