Trust Falls

Baseball: With the recent signing of Mark DeRosa it is quickly becoming clear that the San Francisco Giants are becoming a haven for some of my favorite non-Braves players (See: Aaron Rowand not Barry Zito)...Is Juan Uribe heading back to the Bay Area?...Speaking of the Giants, their former reliever Bobby Howry has signed with the D'Backs...Justin Duchscherer is getting $5.5 million from the A's for one year...The Nats continue their offseason splurge picking up Matt Capps...The Mets have a brand new member, Kelvim Escobar...The Angels gave Fernando Rodney a two year deal...In fun law suit news, Chan Ho Park is suing his former battery mate Chad Kreuter after Chad allegedly failed to pay back a $460,000 loan.

Basketball: The Suns lit up the Lakers, 118-103...Phil Jackson is hoping Ron Artest will return to the team on Tuesday after Artest was injured in a freak Christmas day accident at his home...Oh no, the Celtics have lost two games!...Call me when their skid hits 10, like the Nets who fell to the Thunder, 105-89. Kevin Durant had 40 points in the win...After Nate Robinson was fined $25,000 for asking the Knicks for a trade, I wonder what will happen to Tracy McGrady. Probably nothing considering the Rockets are just are eager to get rid of T-Mac as Tracy is to get out of Houston...Vinny Del Negro is not being fired -- or at least that's what Vinny is saying.
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College Basketball: It took 40 years, but Northwestern is back in the AP Top 25...New Jersey native Dexter Strickland helped UNC roll past Rutgers, 81-67.

College Football: It's been a wild few days for some of the top college coaches. First Urban Meyers announced he was stepping down from his position with Florida for health reasons only to say he'd instead be taking some time off...Then Texas Tech head coach Mike Leach was suspended indefinitely while the school investigates a complaint from receiver Adam James and his family...Ohio State QB Terrelle Pryor has a partially torn knee ligament...Georgia hammered Texas A&M, 44-20 in the Independence Bowl.

Football: This was one game that Brett Favre's usual late game heroics could not save as the Bears overtook the Vikings, 36-30 in OT...Let's just say I don't want the Giants involved in my going away party...The Colts have come under some scrutiny after they removed their starters in the second half of the 29-15 loss to the Jets...For the rest of the scores from week 16 click here...The Eagles have lost center Jamaal Jackson after the big man tore a knee ligament...Eric Magini's future may not have been decided, but the coaching staff and GM Marty Hurney of the Panthers will have jobs in 2010...Jim Zorn knows what's coming, but seriously, can't the Redskins conduct interviews more secretly?

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Hockey: With his two goals, Zach Parise ended a 12 game goal-less streak. And even better for Parise, the Devils nipped the Thrashers, 3-2...Pascal Leclaire may have scored the Canadiens 20,000th goal, but it was not enough as Montreal fell to the Senators, 4-2...The Wild topped the Kings, 4-3...Even worse for LA, they placed Justin Williams on IR with a broken right leg...In other injury news, the Rangers will be without Vinny Prospal for at least 10 days after he underwent arthroscopic knee surgery. Great, just when things were starting to click for the Blueshirts...The Capitals traded Chris Clark and Milan Jurcina to Columbus for Jason Chimera...Meanwhile the Blue Jackets ended a nine game slide, upending the Red Wings, 1-0 in OT.

Best of the Rest: Sad news, a crew member for Richard Childress Racing Donald "DJ" Richardson has died from complications from the H1N1 virus...The Nevada boxing commission is ordering Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, Jr. to take urine tests before their proposed fight on March 13th...Congrats to Roger Federer and Serena Williams on being named the ITF's World Champions of 2009...I've been following this story for quite some time so I figured I should note that French tennis player Richard Gasquet has been cleared of all cocaine charges. Let it be known that I'd like Richard to handle any legal dispute I may get into from here on out.

Check this Out: TV Guide reviews the best movies of 2009 here.