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Source: Boston Globe (Original Article)

Alex Rodriguez ‘at ease’ with Canadian doctor

New York Yankees’ Alex Rodriguez warms up before a spring training baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Bradenton, Fla., Monday, March 8, 2010.
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TAMPA, Fla.—Alex Rodriguez says he is “at ease, no matter what” with his relationship with a Canadian sports doctor embroiled in a cross-border drug smuggling investigation involving human growth hormone and another drug.Rodriguez told reporters Tuesday at the Yankees spring training complex that he still does not know when he will be interviewed by federal authorities. The slugger said last week he was “aware” of the investigation and plans to cooperate with the government.When asked if he is choosing not to talk or has been told not to speak, Rodriguez laughed and says he “thinks the latter.”Dr. Anthony Galea told The Associated Press on Monday that he helped in Rodriguez’s recovery from a hip injury last year but prescribed only anti-inflammatories.
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Source: Salt Lake Tribune (Original Article)

Real Salt Lake head coach Jason Kreis rights down the 40-yard dash times during the first practice of the season Thursday Feb 11, 2010 at NewPark recreation Center near Park City.
(Steve Griffin / The Salt Lake Tribune) Lehi » On paper, it’s been four months since Real Salt Lake shocked the Major League Soccer world by winning the league title over the Los Angeles Galaxy in Cinderella fashion.
In reality, for the RSL players, those four months have flown by.
“It doesn’t seem that long ago,” Chris Wingert said. “We’re ready and we’re very excited to get back to it.”
Real Salt Lake has been holding training camp since late February. This weekend, and during the next two weeks, they finally get to face some live competition. RSL will travel to Charleston, S.C., for an exhibition against the College of Charleston on Saturday.
The next week, RSL competes in the Carolina Challenge preseason tournament, in which they will start off against DC United on March 13. On March 17, Real Salt Lake will face off against Charleston Battery.
And on March 20, RSL will meet up against Toronto FC. All matches are scheduled to kick off at 3 p.m.
It’s a challenging two weeks, but a fun time as well. It’s a chance for the team to build chemistry on and off the field, a chance for Real Salt Lake coach Jason Kreis to settle on a rotation and a chance for the team to test itself against good teams.
“I’m looking forward to getting out of the cold and getting to some nice weather,” RSL midfielder Kyle Beckerman half-joked. “We want to go down there and learn about ourselves. We want to play well, and we want to Advertisementstay injury-free.”
As Real Salt Lake held a long workout that started late Thursday morning, some things became apparent. RSL is just as athletic as it was a year ago, it has an abundance of players who are capable of scoring and the depth in the defensive backfield, led by the likes of Jamison Olave, has the cheap flight Mildura to Mackay potential to be imposing on other teams.
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Source: Philadelphia Daily News (Original Article)

Well, almost everybody.
Just like last year and the year before and the year before that, many of the draft’s top quarterbacks have again chosen not to throw at the combine this week, opting to wait until their Pro Day or private workout.
Sam Bradford, the draft’s top-rated quarterback out of Oklahoma and a likely top-5 April pick, isn’t throwing. Neither is Notre Dame’s Jimmy Clausen, the draft’s other projected first-round quarterback. Neither is Texas’ Colt McCoy or Florida’s Tim Tebow.
Bradford is recovering from shoulder surgery, but was cleared to throw a while ago. Clausen is begging off because of a foot injury. Tebow’s throwing mechanics are in the shop for repair and he doesn’t want the NFL coaches and scouts to see him until he has them straightened out.
"I think a lot of it is insecurity from the quarterback side," NFL Network draft analyst Mike Mayock said. "Plus the fact that some of the agents push the fact that you want to throw the football at home on your Pro Day to wide receivers that you know. So that when you’re on you’re fifth step in your five-step drop, you know where they’re going to be and won’t be as likely to overthrow or underthrow.
"There’s a comfort level about waking up in your own bed and not in a strange place. I get all of that. But from my perspective, it’s all about the competition. This is indoors, in a dome. It’s never going to get any better as far as the type of conditions you’re throwing under. And scouts don’t really care if the ball hits the ground. They want to see footwork. They want to see the ball come out of your hand. They want to see the velocity you have when you’re standing on the same field next to your competition. You get an apples-to-apples comparison that way.
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Source: Philadelphia Inquirer (Original Article)

DUNEDIN, Fla. - Kyle Drabek learned that he was about to be traded the way so many modern athletes do: Watching ESPN in December with a few buddies at home in Texas, the pitcher saw his name crawl across the bottom of the television screen.
Alongside it were more prominent names like Cliff Lee and Roy Halladay, and it occurred to Drabek that his career might suddenly have veered in a different direction.
"It was a total shock," he said yesterday morning in a nearly empty Toronto Blue Jays locker room five miles from Halladay’s heavily attended news conference at Bright House Field in Clearwater. "That was the first things that I saw of it. My friends all wanted me to call my agent and see if I’d been traded."
Drabek made the call, but his agent had not yet heard from any of the teams mentioned in the reports. The next morning, he did hear from the Phillies, who confirmed to their former top prospect that he was part of a complicated series of deals.
Lee went to Seattle for prospects, Halladay was traded to Philadelphia, and Drabek, outfielder Michael Taylor and catching prospect Travis d’Arnaud left the Phils’ system for Toronto. The Blue Jays immediately flipped Taylor to Oakland for infielder Brett Wallace.
Though Halladay and Lee claimed most of the buzz from that set of trades, the Phils’ decision to sacrifice Drabek was significant for an organization excited about his talent. During the first set of negotiations with Toronto in July, general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. was highly reluctant to part with the 22-year-old righthander. Manager Charlie Manuel once compared Drabek to Tom Seaver and said he hoped his team would not move its top prospect.
But when talks resumed in November, new Toronto GM Alex Anthopoulos held firm on his position that Drabek be a necessary component of any deal. All of those machinations were unknown to cheap flight Adelaide to Alice Springs the pitcher, who spent the off-season long-tossing …continue reading

Source: Rotoworld.com (Original Article)

Michael Jordan is doing everything he can to buy controlling interest in the Bobcats, as NBA commissioner David Stern recently said he expects the team to be solid within 60 days.
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Source: Charlotte Observer

Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune (blog) (Original Article)

"Every man has his breaking point"
- Red, speaking of Andy Dufresne, in the Shawshank Redemption
On January 24th, I thought I’d reached mine…
When I was about 5 or 6 years old, I got my first football jersey.  It was a Pittsburgh Steelers, Mean Joe Greene replica.  I believe they beat the Rams that year in the Super Bowl.  It was my first football memory.  The combination of the Super Bowl victory and the sweet-looking jersey made me an instant Steelers fan.  Sometime, somehow, in the next year, I switched allegiances.  I don’t recall how.  Maybe it was the Kramer-to-Rashad Hail Mary.  Maybe I thought being a Steelers fan was too easy.  After all, they had won all the Super Bowls I had ever witnessed… 
Just to clarify, I am not an advocate of violence against children (except for the ones on ‘Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader’.  I’ve only seen about 5 minutes of that show - enough to find that, apparently, I am not) .  That written, for most of the last 2 weeks, I wanted to go back in time and slap my 6 year-old self upside the head.  Too easy?  Really?  To quote Mr. Hand, what are you 6 year-old Paul, on dope??  So many times, we, as Vikings fans, have been teased, only to be tortured by Darrin Nelson’s drop, Gary Anderson’s miss, taking a freakin’ knee, Nate Poole’s catch, and Spurgeon Wynn.  And despite the multitude of cruel near misses, I’ve always come back for more.  Maybe it was the naivete of relative youth, but within a few days of all those losses, I was over them.  I quickly got back to believing that next year would be OUR year…  
It’s been over 2 weeks now since 12-men-in-the-huddle, the interception, and the OT screw job.  I cheap flights Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Gold Coast am just now starting to come to terms with …continue reading

Source: USA Today (Original Article)

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Being passed over for an All-Star Game berth probably won’t motivate New York Knicks forward/center David Lee any more than the incentive that has made him a rising star.

“I’ve been given the opportunity to be one of the captains in the league and on this team and I’m just trying to make the right decisions and play for the right reasons,” Lee says.

After breaking out last season by averaging 16 points, Lee is averaging a career-best 19.7 points (second among centers) with 11.5 rebounds (third). He has emerged as the leader of a team that at times looks like a playoff qualifier — and at times falls woefully short of that goal.

The Knicks went 6-9 in January, including a 50-point home loss to the Dallas Mavericks. They are 19-29 overall — compared with 21-27 at this point last season — and are 4½ games out of a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.

Lee, 26, acknowledged the Knicks’ losing record might be why he won’t be at the All-Star Game in Dallas on Feb. 14 unless named as an injury replacement.

“It just would’ve been something to be a part of, but I’m just using it as motivation to get better and better and earn respect,” said Lee, who has scored in double figures in all but three games and ranks sixth in the league in double-doubles with 28.

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An unrestricted free agent after this season, Lee was the subject of trade talk before re-signing in September for one year. He turned down a tryout with the U.S. national team last summer and could be invited again heading toward this summer’s world championships in Turkey.

First, Lee would like to get the Knicks into cheap domstic flights from Longreach to Melbourne (Tullamarine) the playoffs, but it will be tough. …continue reading

Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune (blog) (Original Article)

The Chicago Bears announced Monday they have hired Mike Martz as their offensive coordinator, meaning Kevin Rogers almost certainly will remain the Vikings quarterbacks coach.
Rogers had been a finalist for the Bears job and by all accounts impressed Chicago executives and quarterback Jay Cutler in his interview last Thursday. Martz, the former coach of the St. Louis Rams and offensive coordinator for the Rams, 49ers and Lions, interviewed on Friday and went to Nashville, Tenn. on Saturday, to meet with Cutler.
Rogers’ name also had been linked to offensive coordinator openings at the collegiate level with Syracuse and Virginia but both of those jobs are now filled. Syracuse coach Doug Marrone is going to double as the team’s offensive coordinator. Virginia, meanwhile, hired former Seattle Seahawks assistant Bill Lazor to run its offense.
Rogers has been with the Vikings as cheap domstic flights from Mount Isa to Brisbane their quarterbacks coach since Brad Childress took over in 2006. 

Source: Globe and Mail (Original Article)

TORONTO —
The Associated Press
Published on Friday, Jan. 29, 2010 11:24PM EST
Last updated on Friday, Jan. 29, 2010 11:25PM EST

Blue Jays pitcher Dustin McGowan threw off a mound at Toronto’s spring training complex in Dunedin, Fla., as he attempts to come back from shoulder and knee surgery.

The 27-year-old right-hander hasn’t pitched in a game since July 8, 2008, when he left a start against Baltimore with shoulder pain. He had operations to repair a frayed labrum on July 31, 2008, and cartilage in his right knee last July 9.

“Dustin threw off a mound today and looked very good,” Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos said in an e-mail to the Canadian Press on Friday. “He experienced no pain, which is a very encouraging sign. This is a positive step in his recovery.”

McGowan was 12-10 with a 4.08 ERA in 2007, when he came within three outs of a no-hitter against Colorado, and 6-7 with a 4.37 ERA in 19 starts the following season. He agreed last month to a one-year contract that guarantees him $500,000,

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