A rare sight: Leafs score, and win

One day away from Game 1 of the World Series, starting in Yankee Stadium not because the Yankees had the best record this year - which they did - as would be fitting, but because the American League of which the Yanks are part, won the All-Star Game. Explain that to a casual fan and watch the puzzled looks. Expect to hear much of how they were the top two home run hitting clubs this year, how CC Sabathia and Cliff Lee are not only the last two Cy Young Award winners in the American League and did so as Cleveland Indians, but also how Pedro Martinez is facing his old rival. Me, I'd love nothing more than to see the Yankees exorcise some demons of 2004 by pounding on Pedro and hearing chants of "who's your daddy?" and word is, he'll be starting Game 2, in Yankee Stadium. I've got the Yankees in 6, with AJ Burnett winning a pair of games. Who ya got?

Larry Johnson went legend in the last couple days, first laying out his coach Todd Haley for having no experience as a football player and therefore, incapable of coaching a player of his calibre. On Twitter, of course. And then he dismissed the waiting media with a stellar "get your faggot asses out of here". Somewhere, Roger Goodell's BlackBerry is lighting up.

Regular reader and contributor BKennedy says they may as well have Jose Calderon's name plastered on this piece about how the Toronto Raptors coaching staff wants the Raps to shoot more this season. Haven't we heard that philosophy before? It is a wonder that the Enemy of Speed isn't referenced once.

UFC Heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar has pulled out of UFC 106 next month due to illness, rumored to be a bout with swine flu. In other not-so-good UFC news, word is that for Saturday's card in Los Angeles at the Staples Center, they gave away 4,800 tickets to fill the place. Ahh, that legendary L.A. apathy. Rumor is that Mauricio "Shogun" Rua will indeed get a rematch after the judges hosed him on Saturday in his title fight with champion Lyoto Machida.

After making my Nick Adenhart comment to a friend normally fond of such things and him reacting coldly, I asked if his recent engagement was softening him up. He replied that his fiancée was watching Ghost on the weekend and he asked if she was watching
Patrick Swayze's autobiography. Awesome.

Stop the world, the Toronto Maple Leafs finally won a game! 6-3 winners in Anaheim.

I know they're not the worst team by record, but really, it is hard to imagine a team that is worse in the NFL than the Washington Redskins after watching that disaster of a performance last night. If they didn't already have a brutal football team, I'd suggest they'd be a perfect fit for Toronto with their collection of trash.

Have a great Tuesday!