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St. Louis Cardinal shortstop is the newest MLB player to be a part of TNA wrestling. Eckstein was sitting in attendance during TNA’s last PPV Against All Odds, which was headlined by Christian Cage defeating Jeff Jarrett to claim the prestigious NWA Heavyweight Championship.
A.J. Pierzynski was the first to show up on TNA, at first most fans thought this was solely a guest appearance after the Chicago White Sox World Series victory, but he has recently signed a two year contract. I guess A.J. will have a new career to jump into directly after baseball career ends.
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Mets G.M. Omar Minaya has been blasted by fans and media alike, accusing him of acquiring an all-Latino team this off-season. Some of the trades have been questionable, but for the most part it has been a fantastic off-season for the New York Mets. Most Met fans did not approve of the Mike Cameron for Xavier Nady deal and the Kris Benson for Jorge Julio trade was the one that got most fans’ shorts in a bunch. The signing of Lima to a minor league deal will provide insurance in case one of the pitchers from the rotation goes down. Lima signed a $600,000 deal, plus incentives. Lima is best-known for an all-star season with the Houston Astros, and an outstanding pitching performance in the 2004 Division series for the L.A. Dodgers. He has had much more success while pitching for National League teams throughout his career.
The Los Angeles Clippers acquired Vladimir Radmanovic from the SuperSonics for PF Chris Wilcox. This moves strikes me as a message to Clipper fans that they are serious about contending this season. Radmanovic, a free agent after this season is deadly from three-point range shooting at 38% for his career. This move looks like it will absolve the brain freeze Clippers G.M. Elgin Baylor had during the 2002 draft drafting #8 Wilcox and #12 Melvin Ely in the lottery even though they already had Elton Brand as their starting power forward.
On Seattle’s standpoint, with PF Nick Collison recently breaking into the starting lineup and adding Wilcox to the roster, Seattle is probably ready to trade either Reggie Evans or Danny Fortson to straighten out this log-jam at the forward position.
Cleveland Cavaliers Guard Larry Hughes Still Out with Finger Injury
Posted by Jeff Chan Categories: Athletes, Fantasy, Injuries, NBA,
Sorry to dampen the mood Cavs fans, especially after the impressive wins over the defending NBA champs San Antonio Spurs. Looks like if the Cavs are going to make the post-season this year, it will be without arguably their second best player in Larry Hughes. Hughes was supposed to come back from a broken right middle finger. Hughes cashed in during last summer’s free agent market with a five-year, $60 million contract. This move was to entice mega-star Lebron James to stay in Cleveland instead of testing the waters of free agency himself when the time comes. Look for rumors to swirl around PF Drew Gooden once again, since the Cavs may now look to add another scoring threat or PG.
Downhill skier Lindsey Kildow gave her family and fans quite a scare, but managed to escape with just minor injuries to her hip. She has not ruled out competing in the rest of the Olympic games. Kildow crashed on her left hip at onto the course at about 50 mph during a pratice run. What is interesting is that the Al Michaels/ Oswald the Rabbit trade has already reaped benefits for ABC/ Disney. On ESPN.COM (whose parent company is ABC) there is now a mutual partnership with NBC, linking extended NBC coverage with a slideshow of the Kildow crash.
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Kevin Martin has a couple things working for him, the defenses focusing on Ron Artest and the green light to shoot away in the place of the injured Bonzi Wells. For you NBA fantasy players out there in need of some scoring punch, Martin is your man. In his last 11 games, he has hit the 20 point plus mark six times. He shoots around 50% from the field this year, hits three pointers at least once a game, and grabs a few rebounds for you also.
Michelle Kwan Drops Out of Olympic Games
Posted by Jeff Chan Categories: Athletes, Injuries, Olympics,
After coming up short for a gold medal in the 1998 and 2002 Olympic games, Kwan was determined to maintain her amateur eligibility for the 2006 games in Torino. In the previous two Olympic games she was favored to win the gold medal, but ended up settling for a silver in the 1998 Nagano games and a bronze medal in the 2002 Salt Lake City games.
Kwan mentioned not having any regrets, she has had a great career that included 9 US championships and 5 world championships. Kwan did not participate in this years U.S. Nationals due to a groin injury and the same injury is keeping her from being at 100% for the Olympics. She did not want to participate without being as healthy as possible. She will replaced by Emily Hughes, who was placed 3rd in the U.S. Nationals. This is a change, as the norm sees the top two skaters competing in the Olympics.
The Sporting News magazine ran a little graphic on a Bryant/ Prince comparison on their To Know List, which is the 8 hottest topics of the week. If this was supposed to be a joke, but I found myself to be pretty offended. The comparison was to slight Bryant and his “selfish” play, but even in humorous tone, there is always some underlying truth behind the joke.
They called Bryant’s 81 points “comparatively wussy” to Prince’s 113. “Prince - Expert analysis: Yes! Bryant - Oh, please”. Let me first off say, Prince’s individual accomplishment was criticized by the opponent’s coach, and instructed for his players not to play defense in the second half, in response to Prince and her Murry Bergtraum team running up the score. The Jordan comparison, I don’t find the humor in implying Prince is a closer comparison to Michael Jordan than Kobe Bryant is. Next time they want to recognize individual accomplishments, they should use better taste and actually praising the individual rather than ridiculing them.
Gilbert Arenas will no longer have the distinction of being an All-Star snub. Thanks to NBA commissioner David Stern’s decision, Arenas will be heading to Houston for All-Star weekend. Arenas has been a scoring machine this season, averaging 28.2 PPG. Arenas will make back to back all-star appearances. Having the backing and support of Washington fans probably did not hurt, Arenas is known to give away his jersey to a lucky fan every home game. Arenas is taking Jermaine O’Neal’s spot, who will sit out due to injury.
The fans voted in the starters for the all-star games, and the coaches voted in the reserves. For the Eastern Conference, four Detroit Piston players were named, the only Piston starter not named was Tayshaun Prince. The other Eastern Conference reserves are Vince Carter of the New Jersey Nets, Paul Pierce of the Boston Celtics and Chris Bosh of the Toronto Raptors.
The Western All-stars are Ray Allen from the Seattle Supersonics, San Antonio’s Tony Parker, Los Angeles Clippers forward Elton Brand, Dirk Nowitzki of the Dallas Mavericks, Pau Gasol of the Memphis Grizzlies, Kevin Garnett of the Minnesota Timberwolves, and Shawn Marion of the Phoenix Suns. Marion has been critical of the All-Star selection process and has felt he has been slighted in years past.
Players having great seasons that have been omitted are Michael Redd of the Milwaukee Bucks, Gilbert Arenas of the Washington Wizards for the Eastern Conference. One of which will probably make the team as a replacement due to Jermaine O’Neal’s injury. The Western Conference omissions are Carmelo Anthony of the Denver Nuggets and rookie Chris Paul of the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets.
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