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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Saturday, November 22, 2008 - Vinsanity

-Ridiculous game with Vince Carter back in town. I'll give the man his props, an all-world performance for the slug, the major highlights being the big three to send it into overtime and the game winning reverse dunk. The next time the Raptors host the Nets is on Dec. 15 at the ACC.
-Nothing says "Major League" like a starting goalie of a title game making roughly only $13,000 a year. Who is this player that I speak of? The Red Bulls' Danny Cepero of the MLS.
-Chad Ocho Cinco's agent said that his client's fate rests in Mike Brown's hands, and that they are going to take a low-key approach. You heard it right, low-key for Ocho.
-After the "fake Shaq" twittering incident, the real Shaq is actually twittering...for reals, I think.
-A 14-year old teenager in Hong Kong has broken Sergio Garcia's record of being the youngest golfer to make the cut at the European Tour.
-Big day for trades by the New York Knicks. They shipped Zach Randolph and Mardy Collins to the Clip Show for Tim Thomas (again?) and Cuttino Mobley. And a few hours later, Jamal Crawford was traded to the Warriors for Al Harrington. Both moves cleared a tonne of cap space for a certain free-agent in '10. Everyone's favourite Knicks fan, Spike Lee stated that he was not impressed by the trade...
-Annika Sorrenstam will end her legacy with a random drug-test...what are the chances?
-The Toronto Star is reporting that Brian Burke could be at the Leafs helm as early as this Sunday.
-Pole Dancing - the next Olympic sport you say?
-Sarah Palin was offered $2 million to star in a porno, and her hubby was offered $1,000,000 and a snowmobile to be the co-star. Although the snowmobile was tempting, they graciously declined.