Favre still does not feel comfortable as a Viking (katchop)
Obviously chemistry is maybe the most important factor in winning and losing. There’s some work to do in that area,” Favre said after practice on Thursday. “I’ve been here a little over a week, and that’s the reason there’s work to do. I think the locker room has been fine. I don’t know what it was like before I got here. I wasn’t here.
“I know every guy in that room wants to win, and we’re going to do everything we can do to try to see that that happens.”
The #1 pick of June’s NHL draft, John Tavares says he is focused on getting ready for training camp with the Kansas City Drylanders New York Islanders.
John Tavares of the Drylanders can control the puck with his mind (katchop)
The [Canadian] Olympic camp is hard to ignore with all the coverage this week, and being a Canadian I have an interest in what has been going on there,” Tavares said. “But my first focus is training camp and then we’ll go from there.”
“It’s a dream come true to be part of the National Hockey League,” Tavares said. “I’ve worked hard to get here. But I don’t want to be in awe or anything in that sense. I just want to be ready to make the next step.”
We’re coming down the stretch here to the last month,” Lincecum said. “These are really big games. We’ve got to buckle down.”
The Giants pulled within two games of the Rockies in the wild card and six of the first-place Los Angeles Dodgers, who lost at Cincinnati.
This win certainly provided a boost for San Francisco four days after the Rockies rallied for a 6-4, 14-inning win Monday night on Ryan Spilborghs’(notes) game-ending grand slam after the Giants had scored three in the top half. They lost the final three of their four-game series at Coors Field but led in all of the games
Mike Vick returned to the football field last night, and was accepted quickly by Beagle Eagle fans. Vick was in for 6 plays, 5 as a quarterback and one as a receiver.
Mike Vick stops to sign an autograph for a lucky fan (katchop)
It was awesome. When I was running out onto the field I was listening to see what the reaction was going to be,” Vick said. “I was very pleased. I really didn’t expect that reaction, but I was very thankful.”
So much for all those protesters and anti-Vick factions. Some fans even chanted “We want Vick!” after he left the game. Vick was on the field for six plays — all in the opening 18 minutes — and completed all four of his passes, ran for 1 yard and lined up in the slot for one play.
The Braves are all kinds of goofy over getting ace Tim Hudson back on the mound for the first time in over a year.
Tim Hudson is good, but it's not like the Braves signed Kenny Powers (katchop)
Hudson was the ace of the Atlanta staff before his season-ending elbow ligament-replacement surgery on Aug. 8, 2008. Now, nearly 13 months later and after more than a month of rehab starts in the minors, the right-hander is set to rejoin a rotation that is already one of the strongest in the big leagues.
Hudson was 11-7 with a 3.17 ERA when he blew out his elbow. He could become a free agent after this season.
“I definitely feel ready,” Hudson said. “It’s going to be like any other game.”
August 27, 2009By: Katchop Category: Litter Box, NFL
Mike Vick makes his first appearance in an Eagles uniform tonight in Philadelphia. There are a variety of protests planned both at Lincoln Financial Field and at other locations.
Mike Vick snuggles with a buddy (katchop)
One outspoken critic of Vick, Robin Starr (the CEO of the Richmond Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) won’t be protesting. She’ll be mourning the loss of her dog, who died yesterday after Mrs Starr left him in her car when she went to work.
RICHMOND, Va. – An executive for an anti-animal cruelty group says her 16-year-old blind and deaf dog died after she accidentally left him in her hot car for four hours. Robin Starr, the CEO of the Richmond Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, says she didn’t realize “Louie” was in the car until noon
Surrounding Kaberle with the likes of Mike Komisarek, Garnet Exelby, Francois Beauchemin and Colton Orr provides a much deeper layer of insurance than what existed as recently as two seasons ago. Leafs fans still recall, with indignation, the liberty that Cam Janssen bestowed upon Kaberle in a game between the Leafs and the New Jersey Devils. Janssen viciously slammed the Toronto defenseman into the boards, leaving him with a concussion.
Inexplicably, no player in a blue and white sweater came to Kaberle’s defense.
Rest assured that Burke’s newest additions will prevent a repeat of the incident at the Meadowlands
Despite all of his crying, Dany Heatley is still in Ottawa (katchop)
Don Brennan of the Ottawa Sun isn’t holding back:
The ‘A’ worn by Dany Heatley stands for Asinine.
The reluctant Senator proved he also worthy of an ‘A’ for Arrogant and ‘P’ for Pompous with all the whining he did on a conference call late last week.
Right now, without further delay, his ‘A’ should officially be removed. If not dramatically ripped off with threads flying everywhere during a ceremony at Parliament Hill, at least quietly by the Senators’ Chris Cook in his equipment office at Scotiabank Place.
Jersey City actually, for the Barclay’s Classic at Liberty National Golf Club.
Tiger plans to take over the NY area this week (katchop)
The field includes the top 125 players, including Phil Mickelson (who happens to be a member at the exclusive club) and defending champion Vijay Singh, who won the event held last year at the Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus.
But Woods is the big draw, no doubt about it, and he’ll certainly be up for the challenge of the three-year-old 7,419-yard course, especially after losing on the final day of the PGA Championship nine days ago to Y.E. Yang (who also has committed to play).
A true inspiration, Eric Bruntlett did not let genetic mutations get in the way of his dream to become a Major League ballplayer (katchop)
It’s hard to know how to react to it,” Bruntlett said. “I was almost laughing. That doesn’t happen. What do you do there? Game is over. High fives.”
It was just the 14th unassisted triple play in the regular season in baseball history. It was just the second unassisted triple play to end a game. Tigers first baseman John Neun turned the other against the Indians on May 31, 1927.
LeBron James gave fellow NBA All-Star Chris Paul a tour of his hometown — on two wheels.
The U.S. Olympic teammates and close friends rode through the city’s streets Saturday as James hosted his annual “King for Kids” charity bike-a-thon. James and Paul pushed the pace in the lead group of bicyclists, pedaling past James’ former high school, St. Vincent-St. Mary, and the city’s zoo on the 8-mile route.
James, of course, was the first to cross the finish line.
Jerry Jones built a gazillion dollar stadium with a scoreboard that hangs too low.
Don't touch the TV! (katchop)
They are good kicks that were hitting it [in warm-ups],” Trapasso said. “It’s not going to happen every time, but it’s there, and it has to be addressed. A guy like [Mike] Scifres out in San Diego is going to hit it every time. He has a huge leg. I don’t know how much further up it could go, but it’s in the way.”
It's big, but this series likely won't have the luster (or the Sharpie) of the 2004 ALCS (katchop)
You can’t look at the standings,” Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter said. “If you start looking at standings and what lead you may have, then I think that’s when you lose the intensity level and you lose focus. We’ve got a lot of games left against all the teams that are behind us, so we need to keep winning games.”
Smell the glove (nbc sports)
I think when I look at our lineup, the six, seven, and eighth guys haven’t hit there for the greater part of their career,’’ said No. 7 hitter Mike Lowell of himself, No. 6 Ortiz, and No. 8 Drew. “It gives us more than one option of guys that can do the job in the middle of the lineup now.
“We still have to do our job. Just because we’re hitting lower in the lineup, I don’t think that’s reason to be complacent.’’
Plaxico pleaded guilty today to one count of attempted criminal possession of a weapon. He is going to jail for two years, but could get out 4 months early if he behaves.
Not exactly the kind of camp Plaxico is used to reporting to (katchop)
The ex-wide receiver pleaded guilty to one count of attempted criminal possession of a weapon, a lesser charge than he initially faced. Under a plea agreement, he agreed to a two-year prison sentence and two years of supervised release.
Burress was indicted earlier this month on two counts of criminal possession of a weapon and one count of reckless endangerment. He faced a minimum sentence of 3 1/2 years if convicted at a trial.
Burress’ attorney said he hoped to resume his NFL career when he gets out of prison.
There are some people unhappy about Brett Favre going to Minnesota. Sage Rosenfels is certainly disappointed and Fran Tarkenton is going insane over #4 in purple.
Fran, Brett and Sage (katchop)
We have responsibilities we’re just not athletes that are in it all for ourself, football, is it not a team game? Isn’t it all about team … and here comes Brett Favre riding in on his white horse, doesn’t go to training camp, doesn’t come to offseason workouts and he’s gonna come on his white horse and bond with all these players.” – Fran Tarkenton
Venus and Serena Williams are on the verge of becoming part-owners of the Miami Dolphins.
Venus will need to show more restraint with the Dolphins (katchop)
The Dolphins already have a number of celebrity stakeholders, with musicians Jimmy Buffet and Gloria and Emilio Estefan becoming minority partners this year, and Serena believes it represents a good opportunity to expand the Williams brand.
“There have been preliminary talks and hopefully it will work out,” she said.
“That would be a great opportunity for both of us. We’ll see what happens – you never know.
“Venus and I are always trying to expand our brand. If the opportunity presents itself, we would love to see where it can take us.”
Nate Robinson of the NY Knicks was arrested yesterday for driving without a license… for the 5th time…. and he gave a live play by play on Twitter while it happened.
Slam Dunk Champ Nate Robinson Tweets while being arrested (katchop)
Robinson — whose license was suspended in June for the fifth time — was driving a vehicle that also was carrying newly drafted New Jersey Nets player Terrence Williams when cops stopped him in The Bronx in the late afternoon.
Robinson, 25, soon announced via a Twitter posting that, “Cops pulled me over cuz my windows were 2 dark (but my windows were down) lol how funny is that.”
How would Chris Chelios look playing in the KHL? (katchop)
Chelios said he had offers from SKA St. Petersburg, the club owned by K.H.L. president Alexander Medvedev and coached by Buffalonian Barry Smith, and a second team in the Russian league.
“I’m going to play somewhere at the beginning of the year, whether it’s the minors or Europe,” Chelios said. “I have to play. I have every intention of playing somewhere at the beginning of the year; hopefully, it’s in the N.H.L. But if not, we’ll see what happens.”
Earlier in the week David Brown at Yahoo’s Big League Stew took a close look at the sudden increase of Major League players getting popped in the noggin.
The recently concussed David Wright tries out a new helmet while taking some BP at Citi Field (katchop)
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