Saturday, December 13, 2008 - Heart of Glass

-Yao Ming leads the all-star voting in the West so far, by a commanding number which is no surprise, while Yi Jianlian is ahead of Chris Bosh for East forwards. Oh, the benefits of representing one billion people back home.
-The Yankees have added another arm, albeit a glass arm, inking AJ Burnett to a five-year deal worth $82.5 million. For those keeping score at home, that's a total of $243.5 invested in the two newly acquired arms. The Yanks front office must've missed the memo about the global recession.
-The LA Angels are making a strong push for Mark Texeira. The deal proposed is a lengthy 8 year contract for $20 million per year, and reports say that the Halos have matched the offer, even against their previous notion of a shorter length of contract.
-Love Terrell Owens, but this love triangle between Romo and Witten is just nonsense and clearly, has to stop for the sake of team chemistry. I'm calling a Giants beat down in tomorrow's game...
-Always nice to see Vince Carter struggle against the Raptors.
-Fransisco Rodriguez is telling New York media that next season his fastball will have a bit more velocity to it (something I'm sure everyone will look for), and he's also calling it that the Mets will win the NL East. He also added that "There might be a little more adrenaline because it's the Mets, in New York," Y'think?
-Plaxico Burress attended a charity event for homeless children, clearly a PR stunt to help his hurtin' - pun intended - image.
-In news that nobody cares about, the Kansas City Royals have signed Kyle Farnsworth to their bullpen for $9.25 mill over 2 years.
-Chris Paul, Mo-Pete and the New Orleans Hornets make a visit to the ACC tomorow, coverage is on CBC with an early lunch time tip-off at 12:30 p.m. Don't forget to say a short prayer for Jose's ankles sometime before tip-off, 'kay?
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Sunday, November 16, 2008 - Die Hard

-The 2008 Michigan college football squad made history, by achieving the most losses ever in it's school's 129-year history.
-Lebron James is hoping that the New York Yankees will win the C.C Sabathia sweepstakes this offseason. As a side bar, at this point in time, does anyone in all honestly still believe that Lebron will be staying in Cleveland come '10 when he will be a free-agent?
-The Yankees have sold the rights to Darrell Rasner for $1 Million to a team in Japan, all of this, his doing apparently.
-Kimbo Slice wants to translate his game from the octagon to the ring.
-So the man replacing Barry Mulletrose is Rick Tocchet. I think it's safe to say that this is move is a "gamble" by the front-office, wouldn't you agree? Puns aside, it sure isn't a smart move financially.
-Post-World Series victory celebration - the Philadelphia Phillies organization have increased ticket prices a couple of coins, and their fans can thank them for keeping the state of the economy into consideration when adjusting the prices.
-Proof that sporting legends will never die in spirit - a 1938 Babe Ruth, Brooklyn Dodgers uniform was recently auctioned off for $310,500 at the Louisville Slugger Museum.
-a herd of sixty-three men and three women hi-jacked a bus in Argentina to attend a soccer match on-time, even threatening the drivers with knives to drive faster - and in turn, redefined the definition of "die-hard fan". The bad news, they were all arrested and charged, but the good news? Their team, Chacarita, were victorious 3-2.
-Jeffrey Tambor of Arrested Development fame confirmed that, "we're doing it… it's a go".