Love is in the Air

Baseball: Prized Cuban pitcher Aroldis Chapman arrived in New York on Wednesday to start meetings with several major league clubs...The Braves are not likely to sign Matt Holliday. Even though he's the perfect piece to their puzzle...Tigers third baseman Brandon Inge will undergo surgery on his left knee...Bobby Valentine is having his second interview with the Indians. He's facing off against former Nats manager Manny Acta and Don Mattingly...The Padres are reportedly close to hiring Jed Hoyer - who is currently an assistant general manager with the Red Sox - as their new GM...The Cubs have hired former Rangers hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo...And the Rays picked up former Indians hitting coach Derek Shelton...ESPN analyst Steve Phillips is taking a mandatory leave of absense after his mistress turned all Glen Close.

Basketball: LaMarcus Aldridge has verbally agreed to an extension with the Trail Blazers worth $65 million...Good news, Derek Rose is feeling better.
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College Football: Ohio State QB Terrelle Pryor has talked with LeBron James about his hard times...Sam Bradford is opting for surgery...The SEC has suspended all officials involved in last weekend's Arkansas-Florida game...Nick Saban admits that the kicker was using tape but that he did not know about it.

Football: Reports say Redskins coach Jim Zorn almost left. That's what they want you to do so they don't have to pay the rest of your contract. Make them man-up and fire you!...Dallas' Patrick Crayton let the cat out of the bag, Miles Austin will start in his place...Cedric Benson thinks the Bears tried to blackball him...Injury Round-Up: Bob Sanders may make his season debut for the Colts against the Rams this weekend...Ryan Fitzpatrick may start in place of injured Bills QB Trent Edwards...Cardinals WR Anquan Boldin missed practice and remains a question mark for Sunday's game against the Giants...Despite having fractured bones, Cowboys RB Marion Barber and Linebacker DeMarcus Ware will play this weekend against the Falcons...Richard Seymour thinks the Giants got what they deserved against the Saints. Yeah, so what, they got their asses handed to them but at least it wasn't like playing a scrimmage! Oh and the Raiders are no not making the playoffs.

Hockey: The Islanders are winless no more after #1 pick John Taveras scored the game winning goal in the shootout to upend the Hurricanes, 4-3...Also ending their winless streak were the Canucks, who got their first road victory, beating the Blackhawks, 3-2...Both Jonathan Toews and Brent Seabrook left Wednesday's loss early with upper body injuries. Not a good night for the Hawks...By the way, SI has an article on Captain Serious in this week's issue...The Bruins rallied to edge the Predators, 3-2...The Habs have suspended Sergei Kostitsyn for the second time...While the Capitals sent the benched Michael Nylander to the AHL for some conditioning...Bad news for the Pens, Sergei Gonchar will miss four to six weeks with a broken wrist...Congrats to Mark Messier and Mike Richter on earning the Lester Patrick Award.
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Nascar: With the championship out of sight, Denny Hamlin is just hoping to salvage the final few weeks of the season...Click here for the latest installment of Brian Vickers' Chase Diary.

Best of the Rest: The Olympic flame has begun its march to Vancouver...Tennis authorities are looking into a match involving Caroline Wozniacki that saw bettors put big money on her opponent...Senator Oran Hatch is urging President Obama to investigate the BCS. I'd rather he work with lowering unemployment and getting everyone basic healthcare, but yeah, this should definitely move to the top of the list.

Check this Out: I am in a bit of Glee overload. Last night's episode was awesome and so are these 10 photos from this week's Entertainment Weekly.