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NASCAR IMPLEMENTS MID-SEASON RULE CHANGE: Drivers suggested that this break from years and years of tradition may come sooner rather than later after NASCAR's 'town hall meeting' last week - it's coming Sunday. All green flag restarts will now feature lead lap cars lined up double-file, as opposed to single file with cars laps down in the inside lane. This will also end the scenario of cars re-starting in front of the leader on the tail end of the lead lap - those cars now get a 'wave around', while the new rule almost guarantees that cars a lap or more down will be unable to get laps back the 'hard way'. This change comes after a couple of races were marred this year after caution fell during green flag pit stops, resulting in drivers being forced not to pit under caution then race vigorously to stay on the lead lap. The rule marks NASCAR's biggest in-season rule change since adopting the 'Lucky Dog' format in 2003, allowing one driver per caution period to get a lap back. Before that, drivers raced back to the start-finish line when the caution waved, but often slowed down to allow other drivers (especially teammates) to get a lap back. Those drivers were not nearly as charitable in regards to letting a driver such as Jeff Gordon (i.e. someone who could conceivably come back to contend) get laps back.


TODAY'S SOMEONE NEEDS A LIFE REPORT: I just read a story about someone falling 30 feet off a ladder trying to steal electricity - the cops then found a meth lab inside his house - I thought that would retire the award for dumbest man of the day. I may be wrong. Cardinals manager Tony La Russa has sued Twitter, claiming an unauthorized page had a user impersonating him on the social-networking site, and resulted in unnecessary stress. The suit claims that the false account posted tweets, giving the impression that the comments came from the man himself. Some of the false comments were considered 'derogatory and demeaning' and included 'distasteful references' towards deceased players Darryl Kile and Josh Hancock. Do these people know LaRussa has a bit of a legal background??? Definitely the wrong chain to yank.



CLOSING TIME
DEMO EQUIPMENT ARRIVES AT THE CORNER

Crowd gathers outside Detroit's Tiger Stadium, angered at the arrival of two bulldozers, fearful that demolition of what's left of the historic ballpark is imminent and could even begin during the middle of the night when no one is watching. A group has been long trying to raise enough money to preserve a portion of the stadium as a museum while the city says it's tired of continuing to shell out money for needed security and upkeep. The Tigers played their last game at the Corner in 1999. In 2000, scenes for the HBO movie 61* were shot at the stadium, in 2001 an amateur baseball game was played, and a Tigers fantasy camp was held in 2002. During the winter of 2006 a Super Bowl week party was held in a tent on the playing field, at which time the media observed the deteriorating condition of the structure, including weeds and other vegetation growing in the seating areas. The preservation group continues to ask for more time to come up with needed funds, and is asking what the hurry is to tear down the rest of the stadium while numerous other abandoned buildings in the city remain untouched. The city says demolition could start as soon as next Monday.


NFL TEAMS MULLING SELLING SPONSOR SPACE ON PRACTICE JERSEYS: The Green Bay Packers and Houston Texans are among the teams reportedly thinking about testing the waters in regards to a new league rule which would allow teams to wear patches of corporate sponsors during team practices. The Tennessee Titans had worn sponsor patches during practices the past few seasons, the league said that they had not made a ruling one way or another, but has now apparently green-lighted the practice for all teams. The development again raises the idea that sponsors on team uniforms during games in North American sports may not be far off - this year the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury signed a sponsorship deal with Lifelock, whose name will appear in place of the team name on the jerseys, much like you would see in soccer.

ANOTHER COURT BATTLE REGARDING FANTASY SPORTS: In an apparent pre-emptive strike Yahoo sues the NFLPA before the NFLPA could sue them, the latest in a long line of suits involving fantasy sports and the rights of being able to use the players names and statistics and the accounts of the game. CBS Interactive won a case against the NFLPA earlier this year, backing up a previous victory in appeals court by CBC Distribution (CDM/Fanball) over Major League Baseball Advanced Media which for now gives those running fantasy sports operations to run their businesses without restriction.


SWINE FLU SCARE WITH NY METS??? An unidentified member of the Mets television broadcast team hospitalized in Pittsburgh with a 'possible case of swine flu' according to multiple media reports. Two players on the ballclub, outfielder Carlos Beltran and pitcher John Maine, have been dealing with flu-like symptoms in recent teams. The team does not believe those two illnesses are swine-flu related.


MAYFIELD CASE MOVING TO FEDERAL COURT??? Attorneys for NASCAR file motion to move scheduled hearing from a local court to the federal level. NASCAR argus the case should be heard in federal court because the litigants reside in different states and Mayfield is seeking damages exceeding $75,000.


CANADIAN HURLER HAS U-DUB ON VERGE OF CHAMPIONSHIP: No football/basketball double this year for Florida, but the Gators have made quite a run at a possible football/softball double. And if you are a Washington Huskies fan this should easily make up for 0-12 and the Jake Locker celebration penalty no matter how the rest of this plays out. Canadian international Danielle Lawrie pitches a two-hit shutout as Washington moves to within a game of bringing a national championship back to Montlake with an 8-0 win in the best-of-three series. The win improves third-seeded Washington's record to 50-12 on the season while the loss was only the fourth of the entire season for the top-ranked Gators, who have won 63 times.


FLORIDA STATE 37, OHIO STATE 6: No, the Buckeyes did not have a bad year in football and then got routed in the Champs Sports Bowl by that score - this was actually the final outcome in a NCAA baseball tournament regional contest. The Seminoles only hit three home runs, but rapped out 38 hits and 66 total bases in the rout. And you thought the Big Ten was bad in football - Wisconsin made a wise move some years back getting out of the baseball business and eventually going with women's softball instead.


BRANDON MARSHALL DODGES ONE BULLET: Already fairly deep in the NFL's disciplinary program, Broncos receiver is told by the NFL that no action will be taken regarding his March 1 arrest after arguing with his fiance, both he and the woman were charged, but the case was dropped the next day. Marshall also faces another court date in the A-T-L this month involving a case between him and a former girlfriend. That trial is expected to be delayed, which would allow Marshall to play the entire 2009 season provided he can get through these last few weeks before training camp without getting into any further legal messes - you may remember that Marshall was originally given a suspension for the first three games of the 2008 suspension, that was eventually reduced to one game, if he lands in Goodell's office again it's a certainty that he would not be let off light again.


LEFTY MAKING PLANS FOR U.S. OPEN??? In what could develop as one of the more memorable events in sports this year, a person speaking on the condition of anonymity says Phil Mickelson is planning on playing in the St. Jude Classic in Memphis next week then indeed participate in the U.S. Open at Bethpage Black on Father's Day weekend. Mickelson would be an easy sentimental favorite at the U.S. Open and brought about a raucous following in one of his four runner-up finishes the last time the Open was at Bethpage Black in 2002. The most recent reports that have come out regarding Amy Mickelson's prognosis have been encouraging. This past weekend the Colonial tournament, where Phil was the defending champion, sponsored a pink-out with many of the participants and spectators donning pink during Saturday's third round and the players sporting pink ribbons for the Sunday final round. Meanwhile, you just have to love the iconic warning sign at Bethpage Black as if one would be venturing onto a double black-diamond ski-hill, a novice duffer might just break his leg merely heading towards the tee box.


NBA PLAYOFFS BIG HIT ON TV: Even without the expected LeBron/Kobe final the Association has to be happy with this. ESPN's rating for the conference finals up 32 percent from last year, while TNT's numbers for the Cavs/Magic series were up 30 percent from the network's coverage of the 2008 conference final they televised. For the entire playoffs TNT's final numbers for it's 43 games were up 19 percent while ESPN's ratings are up 12 percent.


OVEREXPOSURE - USADA NOT AMUSED WITH DANICA: Sports Illustrated runs a story where Danica Patrick is asked if she would use PED's if it hypothetically resulted in winning the Indianapolis 500 - with Danica's reply quoted to be along the lines of that it's not cheating if you don't get caught - adding that if she found something she could get away with that it that it would fall into the gray area - noting that in motorsports 'we work in the gray areas a lot'. That has apparently gotten the attention of the United States Anti-Doping Agency in a hurry - with the USADA's CEO saying 'In one interview, (Danica) undercut what millions of parents try their best to teach their kids everyday in this country, that winners never cheat and cheaters never win'. Later reached by USA Today, Danica admitted that her comments were a 'bad joke' and by following what has been going on in MLB she realizes PED use as a 'real problem'.



SHRUB - TRIMMED AGAIN!!!

A slew of cars are currently honking outside KACSPORTS headquarters - which means either a wedding just let out or they are celebrating the latest misfoutune to befell Kyle Busch. For a third straight week the #18 dominates Nationwide Series event - only to get screwed at the end to the sheer joy of - just about everyone. And as bad (or actually good) as the recent weeks have been, this one is even sweeter as it's teammate Joey Logano who takes him out on a green/white checkered restart, with the #18 getting a flat tire by the time he got out of the marbles. And the final kick in the pants - Brad Keselowski scores the eventual win, car owner - Dale Earnhardt Jr - well at least Junior still sucks as a Cup driver. Logano has already proclaimed the incident as '100 percent my fault' adding that he has to 'go find Kyle' to apologize. I wouldn't advise that - in fact Joey could use 'protection' tonight.


TONIGHTS NBA PLAYOFF FACTOID: Of the 190 teams who have faced 3-1 deficits, eight have come back to win the series. 8-182 computes to about a five percent hit rate. Of course since this is the #1 seed on LeBron James we are talking about here, I would have to up that to at least 15 percent probability for this particular matchup. If Cleveland can win Game 5 at home I up their chances to about one in three, and if they can force Game 7 with a win in Orlando??? Then the Cavs are obviously in the catbird's seat. And for all of you saying that if not for LeBron this would had been a four-game sweep, remember three of the four games in this epic have gone down to the wire. This could very easily be 2-2 or even 3-1 Cleveland right now.


NBA OFFICIAL VIOLET PALMER TAKES COLLEGE JOB: 12-year NBA official to become the coordinator of women's basketball officiating for the West Coast Conference, but will also continue to officiate in the NBA. Palmer and Dee Kantner made history in 1997 becoming the first two female officials in NBA history. Kantner was let go in 2002, while Palmer's career has continued. Palmer worked first-round games in the NBA this season, it is said that newly-hired officials have to work several years on the job before getting consideration for post-season assignments. Officials can also be let go for not making sufficient enough progress in their development, at least in their bosses eyes, which was the NBA's official statement when Kantner was cut loose.


LOTS OF FUN BEFORE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL: 'Drunk with victory', Barcelona supporters celebrated after their 2-nil victory over Manchester United in Rome. Barcelona scored the first goal ten minutes into the match and then doubled their lead in the 70th minute (like talking like a football commentator) while the goalkeeper completed his clean sheet (a shutout for those of you in Yorba Linda). The lead-up to the match saw several incidents including two people being stabbed, one being an American who was said to be somehow mistaken for a Manchester United fan. Police scoured potential trouble spots amongst of 30,000 English and 20,000 Spanish fans who descended into town for the game. A small sampling of the blotter reveals three Barcelona fans busted after a search of their car turned up clubs and a javelin. Meanwhile two Manchester United supporters were arrested for being drunk and beating up on people despite an alcohol ban in the area. A police statement read that those two would 'watch the match from a TV inside the Regina Coeli prison'. In hi-def of course.


CLINT HURDLE ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK??? That World Series appearance - that was in 2007, it only seems like it was ten years ago. With the Rockies on an off-day, many team members are speculating that manager Clint Hurdle may be called into the human resources office today, possibly spelling the end of his seven-year tenure as manager, mostly unremarkable - except for that September and October of '07. The team is sitting at 18-28, and perhaps more importantly, home attendance has plummeted...


HENDRICK'S SEEN ENOUGH - CREW CHIEF WHACKED: Tony Eury Jr., who has worked with Dale Earnhardt Jr. since his Cup Series debut in 2000, has been removed as crew chief, the final straw apparently being when Junior did even worse than usual Monday at Charlotte, running with the decrepits en route to a Kyle Petty-like 40th place run which was not due to accident or mechanical failure. Word is Eury will move into a research and development position within the Hendrick organization.


EVERY ROSE HAS IT'S THORN: Looks like John Calipari picked a good time to jump ship at Memphis - as reports surface about a possible ineligible player being used during the 2007-08 season, and that player possibly being current Chicago Bull Derrick Rose. The published report says the NCAA is investigating an unknown person pinch-hitting on a SAT test for the player in question. Rose's current agent incidentally is former Bulls guard B.J. Armstrong. Pending an NCAA reveiw, Memphis could be stripped of it's final 38-2 record for the 2007-08 season, which ended in an overtime loss to Kansas in the NCAA Championship game.

AND WHERE WOULD THIS LEAVE UK??? Kentucky also finds itself in the storm, potentially for not checking Calipari's background good enough before making the long-anticipated hire. The school officially says they were aware of the impending probe. Meanwhile former coach Billy Gillespie, last seen literally being run out of Lexington, is suing the University claiming that he was fired without cause. Like to side with Bill, but going to the NIT at a school where perennial championship contention is expected is very much cause in the eyes of the university. And as far as the Calipari/Kentucky marriage is concerned, wouldn't be the first time UK has sold it's soul. Besides Calipari just landed the nation's #1 recruiting class - led by landing a prized recruit named John Wall (right), he's fresh off pleading guilty to a breaking and entering charge, he is slated to serve 75 hours of community service. Somehow the forgettable movie Blue Chips is coming to mind...


RED WING OF DEATH: Overtime goal ends Blackhawks season in Detroit. Now Detroit gets rematch with the Penguins in the Finals - one storyline will be Detroit winger Marian Hossa, who spurned the Burgh in favor of Detroit for what he considered a more legit chance of winning the Cup - Holy cheese and crackers...






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