Vote For Shane Victorino

Baseball: The Phillies shelled the Reds, 22-1. Well that was embarrassing!...All-Star left fielder Raul Ibanez went hitless in his first rehab start...The Phils are reportedly looking at Pedro Martinez and Paul Byrd...And in other Phillies news, vote for Shane Victorino!...Nomar Garciaparra had two hits in his first game back at Fenway since getting traded. The A's went on to a 6-0 victory...Jair Jurrjens gave up four runs early and the Braves were never able to overcome it, falling to the Cubs, 4-2...The Cubs have been sold to the Ricketts family for $900 million. The purchase also includes Wrigley Field and 25% of their cable network...Mike Jacobs' solo homerun was the difference in the Royals 4-3 win over the Tigers...Kansas City acquired Ryan Freel from the Cubs for a player to be named later...And the Tigers young phenom Rick Porcello will miss his next start...Jarrod Washburn one hit Baltimore, as the Mariners blanked the O's, 5-0...Jason Marquis won his 11th game this season as the Rockies topped the Nats, 1-0...The Giants put Randy Johnson on the DL with a shoulder injury...And then held off the Fish, 5-4...On a day when Josh Hamilton returned to the line up, the Rangers could not contain the Angels, losing 9-4 and falling out of first in the AL West...A quartet of first baseman will take the field for the National League in the Homerun Derby. They are the Cardinals' Albert Pujols, the Phillies' Ryan Howard, the Padres' Adrian Gonzalez and the Brewers' Prince Fielder...One first baseman not participating is Mark Teixeira who refuses to be embarassed at the Derby again. Too bad, I was hoping for a repeat performance of 2005.
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Basketball: The Cavs are hoping that LeBron James will stay true to his word and stick with Cleveland...Dwyane Wade isn't quite as sure he'll stay with the Heat. In fact, if Miami doesn't become a real contender (none of that playoff crap) he's leaving...That three year deal to keep Jason Kidd a Mav is worth $25 million...Mike Bibby is heading to the Hawks...The Pistons are hoping to seal the deal with Avery Johnson.

Football: New league the UFL is considering signing Michael Vick. Oh yeah, because you're in the position to impose moral standards when going up against the NFL. If that's the case then your games should be shown on JCTV and you should change the name to the CFL (Christian Football League).

Hockey: Alex Kovalev has signed a two year deal worth $10 million with the Senators...The Leafs locked up defenseman Francois Beauchemin...In other Maple Leafs news, the NHL is investigating a tampering claim...The Blackhawks are trying to make up for a clerical error that caused its restricted free agents to not be notified in time. So far they have signed Troy Brouwer, Corey Crawford, Ben Eager, Colin Fraser and Aaron Johnson. They also gave defenseman Cam Barker a three year deal, but have failed to sign forward Kris Versteeg.

Nascar: Nascar wants the court to reinstate Jeremy Mayfield's ban...Meanwhile the Chicagoland entry list has been released and Mayfield's name is noticably absent. I don't know why, but I still cannot get enough of this story. I thought by now it would be in Favre/Clemens territory but nope!

Best of the Rest: As if it wasn't bad enough that his wife was diagnosised with breast cancer, it has been revealed the Phil Mickelson's mother is also fighting the disease. Well wishes go out to the entire Mickelson clan...The Men's Final at Wimbledon was the second highest rated since 2000...The other Wimbledon winner Serena Williams gave David Letterman a lesson in grunting. (click here for video)...Sad news, suspended French tennis player Mathieu Montcourt has died. He was just 24 years old...The Tour de France is well underway with Mark Cavendish taking the third stage...Lance Armstrong was fined the equivalent of $92 for forgetting to sign his name. Even I could pay that fine...Toyota will not host the 2010 Japan GP...The Confederate Flag is forcing the ACC to move its tournaments out of South Carolina.

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