Manny Ramirez is tentatively scheduled to return to the playing field Tuesday with the Dodgers’ triple-A affiliate in Albuquerque, according to sources with knowledge of the situation who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter.
According to preliminary plans Ramirez and the Dodgers made Thursday morning, he will be in Albuquerque for a four-game series against Nashville.
US OPEN Combine bad weather and longer delays with lots of beer, and you get what’s going on at Bethpage Black for the US Open: heckling. Lots of heckling. It’s getting rather personal, which isn’t right, but, then again, golfers are way too sensitive to sound. Let them experience what practically every other sport does: lots of noise. Hey, Happy Gilmore was able to handle it, so why not these guys?
BASEBALL What happens when Kobe and his dad sit behind the Dodgers dugout at the Big A? The Dodgers win. The Dodgers won the 3 game freeway series by taking the last game 5-3. The Angels and Dodgers are now even in their season matchups taking 3 games apiece from one another.
I can’t wait til football season…..
A sneaky Yankees fan, determined to avenge the indignity of a David Ortiz [stats] jersey that was embedded in the concrete at the new Yankee Stadium last year, says he’s engaged in his own subversive act.
At last week’s Phish show at Fenway Park [map], while other concert-goers snuck in weed, lifelong Yankees fan Ian Ferris claimed he was carrying a commemorative sack of official Yankees grass seed that he threw on hallowed Red Sox [team stats] turf . . . like some kind of Evil Empire Johnny Grass-seed!
“I’m a lifelong Yankee fan and someone buried an Ortiz jersey in the cement at our stadium in the Bronx, so this was a little retribution,” said Ferris.
Somewhere in the foul territory between first base and the Red Sox dugout, blades of Kentucky Bluegrass from the same stock used to green up Babe Ruth’s new house should be sprouting in, say, a week or so.
Ferris, 30, a New York transplant now managing a restaurant in Burlington, Vt., said it was his boss’ idea.
His friend bought the “Yankee Grass Seed” as a souvenir at a Yanks’ game for $20. The “Authentic New York Yankee Grass Seed” was designed as an inaugural season collectible and contains the same seed that was used in Yankee Stadium.
“It’s all in good fun. It wasn’t meant to be malicious in any way. I just wanted to add fuel to the rivalry fire,” he said.
Just one problem with Ferris’ diabolical plan. The Red Sox already use Kentucky Bluegrass. So much for a new curse.
Finally, Roger Federer wins the French Open, giving him his 14th major title and first French Open, tying Pete Sampras for overall majors won. It took Nadal getting knocked off before the final, though. Federer beat the guy who beat Nadal, but it would have been better had he finally beaten Nadal on the clay in Paris. Oh, and someone ran out on the court and tried to put a hat on Federer; great security.
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Rafael Nadal lost at the French Open. He had never lost there before. Ever. This time, he was beaten in four sets by Robin Soderling,#23…what is it with that number?!
More than two million motorists have had an accident or near-miss while driving and listening to sport on the radio, a study has warned.
Football fans can get as emotional as their on-pitch heroes.
The Football Focus report has been published to coincide with the UEFA Champions League final in Rome.
Put together by academics from the University of Leicester, it warns that listening to live football matches on the radio whilst driving can be a dangerous distraction.
And it estimates that two million drivers have fallen foul of the emotions it can produce.
Tests carried out for the study showed casual listeners drove at a consistent pace throughout matches.
However, the driving style of football fans was found to vary considerably – sometimes erratically – as games progressed.
“It acts as a warning to more than a quarter of motorists, who are likely to listen to part or all of the match while driving, that they could be putting themselves and other road users at risk by doing so,” the report says.
Anaheim Ducks beats Detroit Red Wings in 3 overtimes 4-3.
Duck’s goal keeper Jonas Hiller played in his first NHL Post season, second season in the NHL had a career high 59 saves
The NBA will announce Lebron James as its MVP today, a day before the Cavs begin there second round series against the Atlanta Hawks.
James turns 25 on December 30 and will be the second youngest MVP. The youngest was Wes Unseld, won the award at age 23 with the Baltimore Bullets in 68/69 as a rookie
Tampa-area high school pitcher threw his way into the state record books, pitching a fourth straight no-hitter Monday, reports CBS affiliate WTSP.
Patrick Schuster, a senior at Mitchell high school in New Port Richey, Fla., struck out 17 Pasco batters Monday in the 5-0 victory. He broke a 24-year-old state record held by Ben Webb, who threw three straight no-hitters for Gonzales Tate High School in 1985.
During his streak, Schuster has recorded 60 strikeouts and now has 30 straight hitless innings as the Mustangs wrapped up a regular-season district championship.
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