Safe! Ok maybe not

Baseball: The A's rallied from a ten run deficit to beat the Twins, 14-13. Or did they? Michael Cuddyer and Ron Gardenhire may have some pretty clear evidence to the contrary...Hideki Matsui went all gonezilla to give the Yankees a 2-1 walk-off victory over the Orioles. It was the Yankees third straight 2-1 win...Not good news for the Bombers, Chien Ming Wang suffered a setback in his rehab...Tommy Hanson struck out 11 on his way to his fifth victory of the season as the Braves shelled the Giants, 9-3...Former Braves pitcher John Smoltz's night did not go quite as well, giving up six in five and two thirds innings as the Rangers doubled up the Red Sox, 6-3...Things got heated on the way to the Pirates 8-5 win over the Brewers, ending a 17 game winless streak against the Crew...Jeff Francoeur notched his first homerun as a Met as New York topped the Nats, 6-2...Omar Minaya says Jerry Manuel's job is safe...Even though it appears the entire team is trying to get a group rate at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. Or maybe Fernando Nieve is just hoping for that...Also getting a vote of confidence is the Royals manager Trey Hillman...The White Sox activated slugger Carlos Quentin from the DL and then sliced the Rays, 4-3...Manny Ramirez took center stage in the Dodgers 7-5 victory over the Reds, but this time he may have actually deserved it after passing Mickey Mantle for 15th place on the all-time homerun list.

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Basketball: Does anyone want Quentin Richardson? The guy was just traded for the third time this month, he needs a little shot of confidence...Steve Nash accepted a two year, $22 million extension from the Suns...In one minute you get charges dropped in an insider trading case and the next minute you're hit with a lawsuit that says you're diverting funds. It appears it's always something with Mark Cuban...The NBA is very serious about their mandatory age limit and they are not afraid to write a strongly worded letter and send it to congress...Shaq has an all new reality show and this time it has nothing to do with overweight kids in south Florida (am I the only person who watched that show?). This time he'll take on athletes like Ben Roethlisberger, Albert Pujols and Michael Phelps in their own sports. This sounds amazing.

Football: Not everything is flowers and Super Bowl rings for Ben Roethlisberger. He is one of eight men named listed as a defendant in a lawsuit alleging sexual assualt which Big Ben is vehemently denying...Former NFL place kicker Tony Zendejas is suing the Los Angeles County Sherrif's Department for harassment stemming from rape charges of which he was later acquitted...Congrats to Jesse Holley who was named the winner of Michael Irvin's reality show "4th and Long." Holley has won the 80th spot on the Cowboys training-camp roster and a standard rookie contract.

Hockey: The Thrashers signed first round pick Evander Kane to a multiyear deal...The Bruins signed defenseman Matt Hunwick to a multiyear contract extension...The Habs locked up goalie Curtis Sanford to a one year deal...Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin wants the KHL to expand into central and western Europe. Kind of like communism?

Best of the Rest: It's set, Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto are squaring off on November 14th...Joie Chitwood announced he will resign as president of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway after the Brickyard 400 on Sunday...Toro Rosso has named Spanish driver Jaime Alguersuari as a replacement for the recently fired Sebastien Bourdais...A new study has found that 42 deaths in Brazil can be linked to soccer. Talk about taking something too seriously!
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