Beckett Pushed Back to Game 3 of ALDS; Lester Gets Opener

With the season for baseball now over, its time for the post-season to kick in. And what better way to start it off with a show down between the Boston Red Sox and the Los Angeles Angels of Anahiem. But things will start off a little shaky at the Anahiem stadium (set to start this Wednesday) with the Red Sox ace player sitting out. osh Beckett's first start in the AL first-round playoff series against the Los Angeles Angels was pushed back to Game 3 after the Boston Red Sox ace injured his side throwing a bullpen session. Jon Lester will pitch the opener for the Boston Red Sox at the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday night, followed by Daisuke Matsuzaka on Friday night, manager Terry Francona said.

Beckett, a postseason star, is slated to start Sunday's game at Fenway Park. A fourth game, if necessary, would be played in Boston next Monday. "He has to be able to go out there and execute his pitches," Francona said, "but I think he's going to be OK." Francona said after Sunday night's regular-season finale that Beckett strained the oblique muscle in his side on the 40th pitch of his normal side session Friday in the rain before the opener of a three-game series with the New York Yankees.

"I don't think it's frustrating," Francona said. "Things happen and you deal with them and if you deal with them well enough, you handle it. If you don't, you go home." In 2007 when the Red Sox won their second World Series in four years, Beckett was 4-0 in the postseason after going 20-7 with a 3.27 ERA during the regular season. In 10 postseason outings during his career, he is 6-2 with a 1.73 ERA.

Im betting that the Red Sox will take it all again this year. But that's just because I'm a little biased.

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Kobe Bryant: All that?

So we all know that Kobe Bryant is MVP. Do you think he really deserves it? Since he joined the Lakers, the Lakers has been smooth sailing on the basketball courts. And of course, America had to have our MVP play in the Olympics. With having the best group of basketball players play against the other countries, that turned out to be a success as well! You would think that Kobe is proud of his 81 points he scored in one game, but really he was actually embarrassed. Who would have thought. People say that he's cocky and he's conceited. And I believe he has every right to be! But he isn't, not full on cocky but he knows how hard he worked to get where he's at today. You think about how Kobe started his NBA career right out of high school, and he has done so much since then.

He is trying to lead the Lakers to a successful season, and ultimately, a good showing in the NBA playoffs. Bryant leads the NBA in scoring, averaging 35.7 points per game. In January, with his 81 point game, he averaged 43.4 points per game. He joined Chamberlain again in the record books as the only other player to average over 40 points per game in a single month. He says winning is the most important thing for the Lakers.

"The concept is not about going out there and putting on a show or going out there and scoring points," he said. "It-s to win games. I-d much rather go out and score 25 points and get 10 assists and see everybody in a rhythm, everybody in a groove." About Chamberlain-s mark Bryant said, "I don-t even think about it. That-s unthinkable. It was done once by Wilt, and I-m not Wilt."


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NFL Curse?

First, it happened to Tom Brady, now there is a great possibility that it can happen to Green Bay Packers corner back Al Harris. Is this some sort of football curse going around or what? Doctors have discovered that he may have a ruptured spleen that was due to a game in which the Packers lost to the Dallas Cowboys. The National Football Post, a Web site that lists Harris' agent as a contributor, reported that the injury could end Harris' season. Harris' agent Jack Bechta said the 33-year-old veteran had some internal bleeding and the initial diagnosis is that he ruptured his spleen, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. "He would most likely miss the season, it would just depend on the severity," Bechta told the newspaper. "But we don't have any definitive information except there was a rupture. Now we have to get him to a specialist as soon as possible." And while nothing is definitive, Bechta said the odds of Harris returning this year aren't good. "Any time you have a ruptured spleen, you're not going to take any chances because it can re-rupture and be worse and then you have to have it removed," Bechta told the Journal Sentinel. "If that's the case, then there's always risk for infection. We're going to take a really conservative approach. "Most doctors will tell a player to forego a season just because of all the downside risk. The conservative answer now from the original [diagnosis], I believe from Dr. [John] Gray, is to shut it down. But nothing is imminent as of yet." Earlier in the day, Packers coach Mike McCarthy said the team's medical staff was "just doing scans" on Harris and was "checking for everything." A team spokesman said no additional information was available. Packers defensive backs coach Kurt Schottenheimer told the Journal Sentinel he didn't know Harris' status, but he did say the loss of Harris would have a major impact on the team. "We just hope for the best for Al," Schottenheimer told the newspaper. "He brings such a spirit to the team, the way he plays. If you give him a job, you know that job is going to be taken care of and you can go to the next challenge. He brings such a winning performance to you all the time. I just hope he'll be all right."

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D-Miles gets nailed for drugs

Darius Miles has been suspended by the Boston Celtics for drug violations a month after he signed with the team. Miles will not be eligible to play with the team during the first ten games of the season. To me, the punishment seems just right. I am just glad that the Feds did not get involved in this whole mess. A league like the NBA can certainly come up with its own regulations regarding illicit drugs, but things get funky when the government gets involved in these kinds of matters. Private organizatons, leagues, and companies are much more able to cook up their own policies rather than a politically motivated and distant government. Private groups like the Boston Celtics have more incentives to make sure that their images are always good especially in an environment like the NBA where publicity means a lot, if not everything. D-Miles should start cleaning up his act when he gets back intop the league. Sports is something that's supposed to instill an ethic of discipline in people. Miles's actions taints that image.

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Sports world loses a doctor

Sports doctor Tony Daly, 74, passed away Friday after a long struggle against prostate cancer. Daly's career was marked by significant accomplishments. He was the Los Angeles Clippers' team doctor and "director of sports medicine at the Diagnostic and Interventional Sports Care and Orthopedics center in Marina del Rey" when he died. The most significant accomplishment in his arsenal, however, was his service to the 1980 US Hockey Team, which won a gold medal with the former Soviet Union. Daly's friend Peter Ueberroth said that Daly should be given credit for getting several players on the team ready for the game.

Daly's long and successful career was marked by versatility. He did not limit himself to one or two sports. Among of his other gigs include stints as "a member of the International Olympic Committee's medical staff at the Sarajevo Winter Games in 1984" and doctor for two Team USA Olympic basketball teams. Daly even worked with high-profile boxers such as Oscar Dela Hoya and Floyd Mayweather Jr. He held other posts, but the previous examples show how multifaceted he was as a sports doctor. Close colleagues consider his death a loss to sports.

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Free Agents class of 2009

In the summer of 2008, a couple of free agents got some big bucks big time. For example, Elton Brand left the Clippers to the tyne of $80 million from Philly. I find this article really amusing and interesting just because this is behind the scenes of the basketball courts. They also predict five teams will have significant money to spend in 2009. One I really found interesting was Kobe Bryant, from Lakers. With the Lakers being so close to winning the champions, it was very disappointing to see them lose their title to their opponents. haha Before reading this article, I wouldn't think that Kobe would want to be leaving the Lakers and now I know that it's true! And that Kobe's going to hang around for the ride!

Once again, the main culprit was the dreaded NBA salary cap. Only a few teams -- the Sixers, Clippers, Warriors and Grizzlies -- really had the money to pick up a free agent from another team. One of those teams, Memphis, decided not to spend its money (although they did make a play for Josh Smith) and is going into the season nearly $10 million under the cap.

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Kobe will tough it out

Kobe's battered pinkie finger won't get the medical help it needs right now, the Lakers' star player decided, and said that he will join the team as it begins training on September 27. The injury has been lingering since February this year, but Bryant has decided to postpone treatment because he deemed the recovery period required after surgery to be too long. Kobe said that he is looking forward to a great season with the Lakers. And he has reason to be excited. LA Times reported that according to MGM/Mirage Race and Sports Book in Las Vegas, the Lakers are a favorite to win the NBA title, especially now that center Andrew Bynum is ready to play again for the team after an injury last season.

Will it really be the year for the Lakers? I like to think it is. They are more solid at this point than they were before the previous season started. However, I do think that Kobe should be a little less Quixotic and take the necessary precautions before the season starts. If I were him, I would have that surgery now so he would not have to miss out too much. He might not be able to participate significantly in training camp or even in the beginning of the season, but at least he would be healthier for the season.

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First Sunday of the 2008 NFL season; Brady Down

In Foxboro, Massachusetts, Tom Brady limped off the Gillette Stadium turf with an injured left knee. Brady's next date won't be with Gisele, but presumably with the working end of a surgeon's scalpel. The Jets and the New England Patriots are both 1-0, but the Jets have a Hall of Fame-to-be quarterback who can still stand upright. Sure, Favre said it will take his banana-bruised body at least three more days "until I feel good again." But that beats the medical possibilities facing Brady and the Patriots. As the "Favre Era -- Jets Version" began here in front of a sellout crowd (sort of; there were empty seats), the "Brady Era -- 2008 Version" ended midway through the first quarter of his game against Kansas City. At the exact moment Brady's knee buckled, Favre and the Jets became the team to beat in a division previously leased by the Patriots. "I just found out," Favre said. "I heard about that. Man, that's terrible. Terrible. I guess it's [an] ACL or something. They've always overcome injuries and things like that, but that's pretty difficult [with] Tom Brady." I don't know who told Favre that Brady had hurt his anterior cruciate ligament, but here's guessing it wasn't Patriots coach Bill Belichick (the team hasn't confirmed a diagnosis; Brady will have an MRI on Monday). You could sever your arm and Belichick would describe the injury as "an abrasion." The guy is the prince of darkness when it comes to specifics on anything, especially injuries. This is a quarterback-driven league, and the best healthy quarterback in the AFC East is now Favre. He didn't put up PlayStation numbers, but he did enough to help beat the Miami Dolphins 20-14. And he did it pretty much without a place-kicker (Mike Nugent strained his thigh during a first-quarter kickoff), without knowing about 25 percent of the Jets' playbook, and without having much of a feel for any of his wide receivers.

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He's back

The LA Lakers was obviously a formidable team last season compared to the previous post Shaq and Kobe duo years. But still, they failed to capture the elusive and coveted NBA championship title. Well, I have high hopes that next year will be another good year. For one, Andrew Bynum is finally coming out of the injured list and back in his Lakers jersey. In an article in the LA Times, the young center said, "'Everything's ready to go. I'm 100%.'"

Of course, there is now ay of telling whether Bynum is really ready until he steps back onto the court and it will be interesting to see how he would fit with Pau Gasol in the mix. If maybe Odom would be willing to come off the bench from time to time that should be sweet for LA. The Lakers' bench is deep enough as it is, but they would be better served by having a tall versatile player like Odom in it. Bynum, on the other hand, can do what he has done in the past and provide the ample support Kobe needs to take the team on his back.

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Sharing is Caring

The world-wide known American Gold medalists, Michael Phelps won eight gold medals in the Olympic games. The last time someone almost reached that area was in the 1972 Olympics in Munich. In 1972 Mark Spitz won 7 gold medals in the Olympics. Michael Phelps has always been a inspiration to swim athletes though out America. And now since he won 8 gold medals he inspired many more swimmers out there world-wide.

The Swimwear manufacturer Speedo gave Michael a one million dollar check for at least tying the record with the 1972 Olympic 7 gold medalist Spitz. With the $1 million dollar bonus Phelps received he is going to start a foundation.
The first initiative by the Michael Phelps Foundation will be an eight-city tour across the United States during which Phelps will discuss his Olympic experiences with children. Sharing is caring; don't you agree?

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Too Young to Compete in the Olympics?

When you start off young in gymnastics, you can easily do more tricks. Psychologically, children worry less when attempting to do stunts. For the Olympics, there were at least two Chinese Competitors from the Gymnastic's team to be allegedly under age. He Kexin is one of the competitors who are accused of falsly inputing the wrong age to enter the Beijing games. The Olympic eligibility to enter the games is the age of 16. He's age is 16. Another competitor from China is Jiang Yuyuan (picture above) , she will supposedly turn 17 this November. But reporters might have reason to believe that both He and Jiang might actually be as young as 14 years old. Could the Chinese had gone too far?

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