The English Premier League hilites the morning sporting action today, and there isn't much in the way of marquee matchups, until you hit tomorrow's battle between the top two as Manchester United visit Chelsea. For the wagering set, Arsenal and Tottenham should be easy money today.Good luck figuring out the Toronto Raptors. One Friday night they get throttled by the Memphis Grizzlies, the next they go out on the road and crush the New Orleans Hornets 107-90. Once this Jekyll and Hyde squad figures out how to consistently play defence, they might be onto something. Of course, that'll mean less of Jose Calderon on the floor for starters. After all, he is to defence what crack is to celibacy.
In the NCAA today, the big ones to watch out for are (#11) Penn State taking on (#16) Ohio State at 3:30 today, and kicking off at the same time are (#9) LSU visiting (#3) Alabama. Geaux Tigers!
What was a bigger lock - Manny Ramirez activating his $20 million player option with the LA Dodgers, or the Philadelphia Phillies exercising their $9 million option with Cliff Lee?
Joel Sherman from the New York Post figures that the Yankees are very likely to be quiet on the free agent market this off-season - so no Matt Holliday (good), Jason Bay (good) or John Lackey (am torn) - though he hints they could dive into trade talks for a Roy Halladay or Felix Hernandez if and when those come up.
Strikeforce are bringing their meal ticket - Fedor Emelianenko - to prime time television tonight when he faces the undefeated Brett Rogers on CBS. Rogers has won his last 10 by knock out and it'll be interesting to see if he can challenge the seemingly invincible Emelianenko.
Of course, if a rival MMA organization is going to get some spotlight, you have to expect Dana White and UFC to do something to remind everyone who the best in the business are, so of course, the UFC is airing some great recent fights on Spike TV free of charge. If you haven't seen the Randy Couture vs. 'Minotauro' Nogueira fight from UFC 102, tonight is your chance to catch it for free. This one is fight-of-the-year territory so check it out. Also shown tonight are previous fights from Kenny Florian vs. BJ Penn, Anderson Silva's demolition of Forrest Griffin, and Rich Franklin taking on Vitor Balfort.
In other MMA news, there are rumors that Dan Henderson has left the UFC and signed with Strikeforce, a move UFC boss Dana White said would only expedite the demise of Strikeforce because of what they're paying Fedor Emelianenko and now Hendo. White said the move is "1000%" done.
6 NHL games last night, only two had more than five goals scored.
For all those that said he wouldn't, because he couldn't get it done in the post-season, safe to say Alex Rodriguez has put the "not clutch" thing to bed. Virtually every hit the Yankees needed through their entire run was delivered by #13 and he's no doubt the playoff MVP if they gave out such a thing. His 68 at bats with 6 homers and 18 RBI would project to 49 HR and 145 RBI over a 550 at bat regular season.
Only 95 days til pitchers and catchers report.
Have a great Saturday!
3 comments:
"After all, he is to defence what crack is to celibacy."
To be fair he looked a "little" better last night but that had me howling TB. Well done.
Oh and I grudgingly admiit A-Rod and the Yanks were awesome this post-season. But I think I'd give the WS or Playoffs MVP to Rivera. That guy is the glue that gives them the confidence they have.
How dare you say the Raptors aren't consistent defensively? They're the second worst defensive team in the NBA (116.8 points against per 100 possessions). They are, unfortunately, very consistent.
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