A familiar face

Baseball: With the Winter Meetings in full swing, there were a couple of key signings like the Cardinals locking up Brad Penny to a one year, $7.5 million contract...Ivan Rodriguez is moving to the Nation's capital after signing a two year, $6 million deal with the Nats...The Brewers picked up Gregg Zaun...Adam Everett re-signed with the Tigers...Andy Pettitte will likely return for his 16th season...Carl Pavano, Rafael Soriano and Rafael Betancourt have all accepted arbitration...The Yankees have sent reliever Brian Bruney to the Nationals for a player to be named later...Ryne Sandberg has been named the Manager of the Cubs Triple-A Affiliate in Iowa...Congratulations to Whitey Herzog and Doug Harvey for being named to the Hall of Fame.



Basketball: Allen Iverson had 11 points in his first game back with Philadelphia, but it wasn't enough as the Nuggets eclipsed the 76ers, 93-83...The Jazz downed the Spurs, 104-101...The Knicks got their third straight victory, 93-84...In other Knicks news, they'll reportedly be heading to Italy to play at least one game against Milan next year...In what seems like a yearly occurrence Greg Oden's year has come to a very early close after the big man broke his left kneecap...Nets forward Yi Jianlian needed 50 stitches after catching an elbow during a 3-on-3...Hold your overly expensive hats kids, because VH1 is scheduled to air a new series that focuses on the wives of NBA players.
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College Basketball: Kansas, Texas and Villanova remain 1,2,3 for the second straight week...Michigan State held off the Citadel, 69-56...Duke guard Andre Dawkins has left the team to be with his family following the death of his sister over the weekend.

College Football: The Heisman Trophy finalists were announced. They are Colt McCoy, Mark Ingram, Toby Gerhart, Ndamukong Suh and Tim Tebow...Jimmy Calusen and Golden Tate are jumping to the NFL...In other Notre Dame news, Cincinnati's Brian Kelly is meeting with Irish brass to discuss their current opening.

Football: The Packers topped the Ravens, 27-14 to keep their playoff hopes alive...Also holding onto their's were the Giants who demolished the Cowboys, 31-24...Flozell Adams less than sportmans like push of the Giants Justin Tuck at the end of the first half will probably cost him a few pennies and maybe a game or two...For the rest of Sunday's scores, click here...Hines Ward may not be able to play on Thursday...Chad Ochocinco has been a bad boy according to Daimler Chrysler Financial Services who claim he has defaulted on his car loan...The NFL has nixed an idea that would have seen Bears and Blackhawks stars in a little cross promotion.

Hockey: Marty Broduer tied Terry Sawchuk with his 103rd shutout after the Devils blanked the Sabres, 3-0...The Capitals dominated the Lightning, 3-0 as Alexander Ovechkin scored two goals in his first game back from suspension...The Hurricanes edged the Penguins, 3-2...Despite a new head coach, the Flyers could not come away with a win, falling to the Canadiens, 3-2...Darren McCarty has announced his retirement after 15 seasons in the NHL...Islanders goaltender Rick DiPietro is on the comeback trail...Brian Burke is expected to announce the member of the team US's Olympic roster next week.

Best of the Rest: Danica Patrick will race in the Nationwide Series for 2010 driving a car out of the JR Motorsports stable. Looks like this was right...In Christmas gifts 2010 news, John Daly has lost 115 pounds and plans to pen a book which he hopes will then turn into a movie...Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero honored Spain's Davis Cup-winning team on Monday.

Check this Out: Very sad news, Bryant Gumbel has revealed he has lung cancer. Our well wishes go out to the former Today Show host.