Disgraced Ex-NHL Agent David Frost Turns Up in California

Filed under: NHL Police Blotter

David Frost, the former junior hockey coach and NHL agent who has been banned from several Ontario hockey leagues, has resurfaced at a hockey academy in Southern California.

Frost denied he was teaching children at the Laguna Niguel facility, telling the Los Angeles Times he was writing protocols for hockey training equipment.

Frost, who has been working under the alias Jim McCauley, told the paper he had changed his name for business purposes.

"I'm certainly not running a hockey school," Frost said. "I'm certainly not here on an alias. We're not ducking. I'm completely legal. The company is completely legal. It's above board."

 

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Time for Baseball to Get Radical, Go to 16 Teams in Postseason

Filed under: MLB Playoffs

Baseball attendance is down again. Interest is slipping as the playoffs approach. In the post-Steroids Era, the game needs a boost and a bump, some new kind of juice.

Ersatz pennant races -- like one between the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays in the American League East -- have little drama with nothing to gain but home-field advantage.

With at least a wild-card playoff berth clinched, the Yankees will rest regulars to play backups. The Rays are giving away tickets.

Crisis equals opportunity and baseball should take full advantage to make a change that seems radical but would merely bring the sport into step with its competition.

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Galaxy-Red Bulls Game a Clash of Style and Substance

Filed under: MLS, Los Angeles Galaxy, New York Red Bulls

Until Friday, every "big" MLS regular season game had been about either style or substance.

There was the inaugural between the San Jose Earthquakes/Clash and D.C. United back in 1996, of course, which would have been significant regardless of who played. The opening of any new soccer-specific stadium is a big deal, but again, the competing teams or final score doesn't really matter in those cases.

And waiting breathlessly for the debut of a big name usually disappoints. David Beckham was with the Los Angeles Galaxy for almost a month before he limped onto the RFK Stadium field and played 20 anticlimactic minutes against D.C. in August 2007. More than three years before, a national TV audience tuned in for Freddy Adu's pro debut, only to wait for an hour before United coach Peter Nowak put the 14-year-old on the field.

The first game between the Galaxy and Home Depot Center rival Chivas USA in April 2005 was a dud. Chivas was terrible, and the Galaxy were up 3-0 after half an hour.

 

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Jimmie Johnson Falters in NASCAR Chase Opener

Filed under: Jimmie Johnson, Chase for the Sprint Cup, Hendrick Motorsports, NASCAR

Anyone looking for a chink in four-time defending NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson's armor will seize upon his 25th-place showing in Sunday's opening race in NASCAR's Chase for the Sprint Cup championship.

His finish at the one-mile New Hampshire Motor Speedway equaled his starting position -- which was a career worst at the track. But it hardly tells the whole story of an eventful afternoon of more spills than thrills.

Johnson spun out, traded paint and misdiagnosed a wheel problem in the No. 48 Lowe's Chevrolet before ultimately posting the worst performance of the 12 Chase drivers. It dropped him from second in the standings to seventh, 92 points behind leader Denny Hamlin, who finished runner-up to winner Clint Bowyer.

"We just don't know until the end what type of bonus points you need,'' said Johnson, who started the Chase with 50 bonus points earned for his five regular season wins this year. "The bonus points coming in ... how helpful were those 50 that I had coming in ...

"Only time will tell. But you don't want to get off to this start. If you can hope for something, you want a top 10, and 25th is not what you hope for.''

 

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Galaxy-Red Bulls Game a Clash of Style and Substance

Filed under: MLS, Los Angeles Galaxy, New York Red Bulls

Until Friday, every "big" MLS regular season game had been about either style or substance.

There was the inaugural between the San Jose Earthquakes/Clash and D.C. United back in 1996, of course, which would have been significant regardless of who played. The opening of any new soccer-specific stadium is a big deal, but again, the competing teams or final score doesn't really matter in those cases.

And waiting breathlessly for the debut of a big name usually disappoints. David Beckham was with the Los Angeles Galaxy for almost a month before he limped onto the RFK Stadium field and played 20 anticlimactic minutes against D.C. in August 2007. More than three years before, a national TV audience tuned in for Freddy Adu's pro debut, only to wait for an hour before United coach Peter Nowak put the 14-year-old on the field.

The first game between the Galaxy and Home Depot Center rival Chivas USA in April 2005 was a dud. Chivas was terrible, and the Galaxy were up 3-0 after half an hour.

 

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US Ryder Cup Team Builds Chemistry With Ping Pong

Filed under: Ryder Cup

NEWPORT, Wales -- The doors are closed to only the inner circle of Team USA -- players, their wives/significant others, caddies and officials. Twitter messages have been muted. A vow of secrecy taken.

What happens in the team room stays in the team room.

But if you listen closely from outside you might recognize the sounds of "Kumbaya."

"It's a good team so far," Ryder Cup rookie Dustin Johnson said. "Everybody's in good spirits. Everybody is hanging out. So we got a lot of energy in the room. It's coming from everybody."

For this week, the every-man-for-himself PGA Tour mantra has been replaced with a foxhole mentality. The Ryder Cup tees off Friday morning and united everyone must stand.

Bonding 101 begins in private.

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When play begins at Celtic Manor, Phil Mickelson will become the second American player, following Billy Casper (1961-1975), to play in eight consecutive Ryder Cup matches. Jim Furyk will be teeing it up for the seventh time and Tiger Woods, absent two years ago because of injury, will make his sixth appearance.

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Beckham Spokesperson Responds to Prostitute Irma Nici's Allegations

Filed under: MLS, Los Angeles Galaxy

It took only a few hours for David Beckham's camp to respond to a former prostitute's claims that the Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder paid $10,000 for sex, and not surprisingly that response comprised an emphatic denial and a reference to a lawsuit.

The source of the scandal is a cover story from In Touch magazine in which Irma Nici, 26, describes her relationship with Beckham. The magazine describes her as a "high-class call girl," perhaps one of the most hilarious oxymorons to ever make its way into print. Nici claimed she spent five nights with Beckham in 2007 and that during one of them, at a New York City hotel, he forked over all that cash.

 

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Ryder Cup Notebook: Captains Display Different Schools of Thought on Pairings

Filed under: PGA, Ryder Cup, European Tour

NEWPORT, Wales -- U.S. Ryder Cup captain Corey Pavin (pictured, left) is taking the traditional (paranoid) route and treating his pairings for Friday's opening day of competition like a state secret.

In contrast, European captain Colin Montgomerie's approach is far less conventional (Monty being Monty); he's already informed his team of his opening-round plans.

Montgomerie (pictured, right) has promised all 12 of his players will see action on the first day, and was even willing to go ahead and confirm two of his teams: Italy's brother combo of Edoardo and Francesco Molinari will partner, as will the Northern Ireland duo of Graeme McDowell and Rory McDowell.

"I can tell you all the pairings," Monty said. "Doesn't matter who pairs with who -- I can tell you the whole pairings. I won't, but I could. It's the order that counts, who plays where.

"They know who they are playing with, when they are playing, and I think they can prepare onwards for that start."

 

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Rays Fans Snap Up 20,000 Free Tickets

Filed under: Rays, MLB Biz, MLB Fans

Say what you will about the baseball fans of the Tampa Bay region, but they know a good deal when they see one. And deals don't get much better than free.

Eagerly taking the Rays up on their offer of 20,000 free tickets for Wednesday night's regular season home finale, fans began lining up several hours before ticket windows opened at Tropicana Field and all the freebies were doled out in less than 90 minutes.

Distribution to fans -- one per person, first-come, first-served -- began at 4:45 p.m. and the final ticket was handed out at 6:10. No word on how many were left standing in line at that point, but they undoubtedly had the option of purchasing whatever tickets remained.

The ticket giveaway ensures a full house or something close to it for Wednesday's game against the Orioles, which will serve as a post-celebration send-off before the Rays head to Kansas City to close out the regular season with four games there.

 

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Real Salt Lake Bucks Trend, Advances in CONCACAF Champions League

Filed under: MLS, Chivas USA, Columbus Crew, D.C. United, Houston Dynamo, Los Angeles Galaxy, New York Red Bulls, Real Salt Lake, Seattle Sounders FC, Toronto FC

Playing its fifth match in 14 days on Tuesday evening, Real Salt Lake earned passage to the CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals with a 1-1 draw at Toronto FC. The obvious focus will be the defending MLS Cup champs' 3-0-2 during that two-week gauntlet, which included a trip to Panama. But for a real sense of perspective on RSL's accomplishment, you have to rewind back to 2008.

That fall, CONCACAF expanded its club tournament and added a 16-team group stage. Four MLS clubs qualified for that first campaign, followed by five in 2009-10 as Toronto earned Canada's lone berth. Five entered again this term, equaling 14 MLS entries overall.

 

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Serena Williams: The Living Soap Opera

Filed under: WTA, WTA Rankings, Tennis Injuries

A million dollars in bonuses.

Serena Williams has lost it because of her foot injury. Throw in the $1.7 million she could have won in the U.S. Open and other prize money from tournaments she has missed and it adds up to more than $3 million.

All of it is gone from a woman who raged on a Twitter binge a few months ago over being asked to pay a couple hundred bucks for tickets for her friends to watch the men's tennis tournament in Los Angeles.

Think how angry Williams must be at that German restaurant where she says she hurt her foot on broken glass that was "all over the floor.''

But one question: why hasn't she sued the restaurant for the millions in lost income?

Not one bad word about the place.

Why? Rumors swirl and the buzz builds about Williams' mysterious injury. It would be so easy to clarify, but she doesn't do it.

The Daily Mail, a London newspaper, asked if what she really had was a nose-job? It showed before and after pictures. Some people wonder whether she boycotted the U.S. Open, rather than miss it from injury, out of anger over her treatment after threatening a line judge at the tournament last year.

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It's Jimmie Johnson's Sprint Cup Championship to Lose

Filed under: Jimmie Johnson, Chase for the Sprint Cup, NASCAR

First, they said bright-eyed Californian Jimmie Johnson wouldn't be able to pull off back-to-back NASCAR Sprint Cup championships.

A year later, prognosticators confidently declared three in a row was out the question for the former off-road racer.

Last year, a fourth title was considered simply too much to ask, too tough to accomplish.

Maybe this year, after Johnson holds his fifth straight Sprint Cup trophy over head following the season finale in Homestead, Fla., he will have undoubtedly proven himself one of the sport's greatest.

Then, the question won't be "can he" but how long will he continue this great streak.

It's no longer just what he does on track or how well prepared his No. 48 Lowe's Chevrolet team is. His edge is in managing a championship run in ways that no one in NASCAR history has ever laid claim to -- not Richard Petty, nor Dale Earnhardt nor Jeff Gordon.

As good as his competition may be, Johnson is still better.

 

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Iowa State Will Stick With Austen Arnaud at Quarterback -- Maybe

Filed under: Iowa State, Texas Tech, Big 12, Injuries

Iowa State coach Paul Rhoads declined to reveal his starting quarterback early Monday.

But later in the day, Rhoads told local reporters in Ames he anticipates senior Austen Arnaud will start Saturday against Texas Tech.

There had been some uncertainty when sophomore Jerome Tiller came in for an injured Arnaud last Saturday and helped lead the Cyclones to a 27-0 win - the program's first shutout since 2004 - against Northern Iowa. Arnaud was pulled after he re-aggravated an injury to his non-throwing shoulder during the opening series.

 

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Chris Rainey Accepts Plea in Stalking Case, Status at Florida Unclear

Filed under: Florida

Chris Rainey reached a plea agreement with prosecutors that will allow the University of Florida receiver to avoid jail time for his arrest on aggravated stalking earlier this month.

Under the deal, Rainey will have to avoid any more legal trouble for six months, perform 10 hours of community service and undergo anger management classes, The Gainesville Sun reported on Monday.

Florida coach Urban Meyer, who had kicked Rainey off the team after the arrest, said earlier Monday that Rainey would not play against the University of Alabama on Saturday.

"Chris Rainey is still not a part of this team," Meyer said. "He's definitely out this week."

 

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Tiger Woods' Golf Course Back on Track

by Milton Kent

Filed under: Golf Odds and Ends, Sports Business and Media

An Asheville, N.C., golf course, designed by Tiger Woods is back in construction mode after developers agreed to reduce the potential impact the course would have had on the local environment.

Construction on The Cliffs at High Carolina, a mountain course scheduled to open in the fall of 2012, has picked up again now that developers have dropped by nearly half the effect the course would have had on adjacent trout streams.

A coalition of environmental groups had challenged permits issued by the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, charging that the course would negatively impact trout streams without mitigation. Course developers slowed down the construction to address the issues, and cut the number of linear feet of impact from 3,132 to 1,665 by making the course shorter and by lengthening the walk between tees and greens.

The Cliffs will be Woods' first American course, and, in a statement issued Thursday, he proclaimed himself pleased with the changes.

 

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Tony Stewart Feels the Love After Crushing New Hampshire Finish

Filed under: Tony Stewart, Chase for the Sprint Cup, FanHouse Exclusive, NASCAR

Editor's Note: FanHouse is teaming up with two-time NASCAR champion Tony Stewart for weekly, in-depth spotlight stories as he competes in the 10-week Chase for the Sprint Cup. Stewart, driver of the No. 14 Office Depot/Old Spice Chevrolet, is contending to become the first owner-driver to win NASCAR's most coveted title since the late Alan Kulwicki in 1992.

As the sympathetic text messages, emails and cell phone calls rolled in Sunday evening, Tony Stewart showered, grabbed a Coca-Cola and the TV remote and simply lay on the bed in his motor coach inside New Hampshire International Raceway, flipping through the channels and contemplating one of the most heartbreaking days of his racing career.

As his mind raced, the two-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champ kept going back to one image -- and it wasn't the moment he realized his race-leading No. 14 Office Depot/Old Spice Chevrolet was out of gas with a little more than a lap to go in the Chase for the Sprint Cup playoff opener earlier that afternoon.

Instead, Stewart's thoughts kept returning to the pleasantly surprising reception he received from the fans that day as his car silently and solemnly coasted around the track before getting a push into the garage.

"Maybe I was reading it wrong, but I felt like the crowd was applauding that we ran good and were appreciative of what we had done that day,'' said Stewart, who led three times for 100 laps and had a 1.3-second lead on the field when his car ran out of gas just before taking the white flag.

"There are times when you're the unpopular guy and they're cheering because you had bad luck. But I honestly didn't feel like that was the case Sunday and it was the one good feeling I had coming home this week. ''

 

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For Tiger Woods, One Is Lonely Number at Ryder Cup

Filed under: Ryder Cup

NEWPORT, Wales -- The world's most famous golfer looks alone. Tiger Woods may have been surrounded by Ryder Cup teammates when the U.S. charter flight arrived for this week's competition against Europe, but they were accompanied by wives or girlfriends.

Tiger stood behind only his dark sunglasses.

Nothing in golf rivals the Ryder Cup as a social affair. Competition often seems to be scheduled around a week of banquets and public appearances, all attended by lovely couples in their fashion best.

Even on the golf course, the Ryder Cup is a chance to stand by your man. The event is the only tournament in golf where wives or girlfriends (but never both) are allowed inside the ropes. And the American women make a habit of drawing attention of their own by turning out in matching outfits -- conduct that earns snickers from their European counterparts who would never do uniforms.

It only serves to make Woods appear more of a single figure.

 

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Notre Dame Will Be Back ... Eventually

Filed under: Notre Dame

The history of a college football program doesn't matter anymore. Sure, it's great to have tradition, and the size of a fan base matters when it comes to facilities, quality of groupies, stadium seating capacity, television contracts, cool apparel and other sundry details that don't have much to do with winning games. But in today's era of college football, history is history. If you have the right coach, you win. And if you have the wrong coach, you lose. Nothing else matters.

Notre Dame has been slow to grasp this reality. It has been too focused on Touchdown Jesus, the ambiance and aura of college football, winning one for the Gipper instead of winning every single one for a coach. Notre Dame's been too content to rely on Notre Dame and not aggressive enough to realize it needs a coach with a profile every bit as big as its school.
The result? Notre Dame hasn't won a BCS level bowl since, wait for it, 1992.

In the meantime, Notre Dame has traded the Four Horsemen for the Four Horsemen of the Coaching Apocalypse: Bob Davie, George O'Leary, Tyrone Willingham, and Charlie Weis. O'Leary, who never coached a game at the school, was the most successful of the four.

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Braylon Edwards' Punishment Didn't Come Close to Fitting Crime

Filed under: Jets

The Jets won a big game Sunday night, but you have to wonder how owner Woody Johnson felt on the flight home from Miami.

Was there even a slight tinge of embarrassment over how they did it? Did Johnson think of his late daughter and wonder if she'd approve of the way he disciplines his work force?

The Employee of the Day was Braylon Edwards, who five days earlier was arrested for DWI. He blew a .16 on the Breathalyzer, twice the legal limit. Then he blew past the Dolphins for a 67-yard touchdown.

So was it worth all the finger-wagging the team has received?

Heck yes, according to Jets fans. The rest of us are almost too depressed to respond.

In a Just World, Edwards would have dropped the winning pass. Then to confirm karma exists, Rex Ryan would have developed a severe case of laryngitis and Antonio Cromartie's zipper would have gotten permanently stuck in the up position.

Look where they are, though, leading the AFC East thanks to Edwards. To be fair, he was held out the entire first quarter. And he did show up with his bushy beard pared down to a neat goatee.

Whoopee.

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Braves Turning to Tim Hudson, Derek Lowe on Three Days' Rest

Filed under: Braves

With a shortage of starting pitching and their season in danger of slipping away, the Atlanta Braves will use veterans Tim Hudson and Derek Lowe on three days' rest Tuesday and Wednesday, general manager Frank Wren confirmed in an interview on MLB Network.

The Braves, a 1/2 game behind wild-card leading San Diego to start the week, used rookie Brandon Beachy on Sunday, will start Tommy Hanson on Monday and will be without injured right-hander Jair Jurrjens until at least Friday as he waits to determine the effectiveness of a new dose of anit-inflammatory medication aimed at alleviating the pain from a torn meniscus in his right knee.

That combination of factors left manager Bobby Cox with two choices -- pitch rookie Mike Minor and Hudson on regular rest, knowing that Minor has a 9.37 ERA in September, or go with Hudson and Lowe on short rest.

In the end, it probably wasn't much of a choice at all for Cox. Hudson and especially Lowe have been durable for much of their careers (although Hudson did return from Tommy John surgery at the end of last season), and both have experience pitching on short rest with everything on the line.

 

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Kevin Streelman in Position to Crash FedEx Cup Party

Filed under: PGA, FedEx Cup

ATLANTA -- The unwitting poster boy for everything, depending on who you ask, good or bad about the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup playoff system, is a 31-year-old, third-year player named Kevin Streelman.

When golf's four-tournament post-season began last month, Streelman, without a career victory, was 112th on the points list that qualified 125 players. From there the Duke grad with a sociology degree inched up the standing each tournament, surviving the whittling-down process to play another day.

Now, all of a sudden, he's part of this week's 30-player Tour Championship field, while Tiger Woods, Vijay Singh, Stewart Cink and three of the season's four major championship winners are not.

That accomplishment alone earns Streelman the unexpected reward of invitations into next year's Masters, U.S. Open and British Open. And after Thursday's even-par 70 at East Lake Golf Club, he's on the leaderboard four shots behind first-round leaders Paul Casey, Luke Donald and Geoff Ogilvy.

"I'm playing well and I'm putting well," he said. "I want to compete and win this golf tournament."

Do you believe the nerve of this guy?

By one line of thinking, Streelman's climb is like underdog Butler bounding through the NCAA basketball tournament. Another opinion is it cheapens the previous nine months of play like foreclosures destroy a neighborhood.

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Devin Hester Punt Return Video

Filed under: Chicago Bears, Packers, NFL Video

Once one of the most electric special teams players in the league, Devin Hester hadn't returned a kick for a touchdown since pulling the trick against New Orleans on Dec. 30, 2007. That is, until Sunday night.

Hester thrilled the Soldier Field crowd and delivered a jolt to the Packers with a 62-yard punt return touchdown early in the fourth quarter -- a play that erased a 10-7 Green Bay lead. The Packers rallied to reclaim their edge at 17-14, but a pair of Robbie Gould field goals down the stretch lifted Chicago to a clutch Monday night victory and first place in the NFC North.

Check out the video of Hester's exciting return below:

 

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Florida Steamrolls Kentucky, Eyes Date With No. 1 Alabama

Filed under: Florida, Kentucky, SEC

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Let's cut to the chase.

Is No. 9 Florida and its quarterback, John Brantley, good enough to beat No. 1 Alabama next Saturday -- and help out blue-in-the-face No. 3 Boise State? Will the Crimson Tide be a double-digit favorite over the visiting Gators? Can UF's defense continue its exceptional play and slow Alabama in arguably the most anticipated game of the year -- and the rematch of last season's SEC Championship game?

No. Possibly. Yes.

Or should it be ...

Yes. No. Yes?

Or how about ...

No. No. No?

This much is certain:

The Crimson Tide extended their winning streak to 18 consecutive games and passed their first big road test with Saturday's 24-20 victory at Arkansas. UF, meanwhile, held up its end of the bargain a few hours later with a 48-14 win over dreaming-big Kentucky here at Florida Field before a crowd of 90,547.

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Trey Burton Gives Florida Another Stud

Filed under: Florida, SEC

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Not many players are mentioned in the same breath as Tim Tebow. Trey Burton is now the exception.

Burton, a true freshman, set a University of Florida record by scoring six touchdowns in the Gators' 48-14 win over Kentucky Saturday night here at Florida Field. The previous record of five touchdowns was held by Tebow -- UF's Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback -- and set in 2007 against South Carolina.

"He's the best football player to ever play college football," Burton said of Tebow. "It's an honor to be in the same sentence as him."

Burton is first SEC player to score six touchdowns in a game since Auburn's Cadillac Williams in 2003. He also became the first FBS player with at least five rushing touchdowns and one touchdown reception in a single game since West Virginia's Steve Slaton in 2005.

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Burton, who has played quarterback, fullback, receiver, tight end and special teams this season, scored on all five of his rushes -- 11 10, 9, 3 and 7 yards -- playing quarterback in the wildcat formation (lining up in the shotgun). He also caught an 11-yard touchdown pass from quarterback John Brantley in the first quarter and added a 42-yard pass completion -- the longest by the Gators this year -- in the fourth quarter.

 

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Video: Michael Bradley Scores Again, 'Gladbach Doesn't Lose

Filed under: Bundesliga (Germany), U.S. Men's National Team

While other European-based U.S. national team players have struggled to make their mark through the first month of the season, Michael Bradley continues to be ever-present at Borussia Mönchengladbach.

On Saturday afternoon the 23-year-old scored his second goal of the German campaign, and it was a big one -- it staked 'Gladbach to a 2-0 lead in Gelsenkirchen. Schalke 04 recovered and earned a 2-2 draw (Spanish legend Raúl scored the 87th-minute equalizer after 'Gladbach was reduced to 10 men), but the point ended a hideous three-game losing streak for Bradley's team during which it yielded 13 goals.

 

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Nuggets May Not Be Able to Afford Waiting on Carmelo Anthony Trade

Filed under: Bobcats, Jazz, Nets, Nuggets, NBA Media Watch, NBA Rumors, NBA Coaches

There's the measured basketball approach to the Carmelo Anthony saga, and then there's the Denver Nuggets reality. And that, make no mistake, is where they have a problem.

After today's news broke that the Nuggets, New Jersey Nets, Utah Jazz and Charlotte Bobcats were discussing a deal that would send Anthony to the Nets, the 'Melo suitors who were on the outside looking in wondered exactly how seriously to take these talks. After all, the pragmatic play would be to wait, to test the market now with these sorts of discussions -- set the early price on what is a monumental move and let the situation develop while ignoring the substantial pressure being applied by Anthony's representatives to get him out of the Mile High City.

Sure, the February trade deadline clock would be ticking and the fears of losing Anthony for nothing would be forever-rising, but that timeline extends all the way to sign-and-trade possibilities next summer and simply can't dictate their every move. What's more, waiting until mid-December -- at a minimum -- would open up the possibilities and potentially sweeten their pot. That's when the elite class of free agents who signed this summer would be available for trade, as league restrictions mandate that such players can't be moved until Dec. 15.

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Ernie Els First Ballot Golf Hall of Famer

by Milton Kent

Filed under: Sports Business and Media

Ernie Els has been elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in his first year on the ballot.

Els, 40, received 66 percent of votes cast by Hall of Fame members, golf officials and golf journalists. The South African native has won three majors and 62 tournament wins in his 20-year professional career. He will be inducted May 9 at ceremonies at the World Golf Village in St., Augustine, Fla.

Els, who is currently ranked No.3 in the world, will be joined in the induction ceremonies, by Doug Ford, a 19-time PGA Tour winner, who captured the Masters and the PGA Championship, as well as Scottish golfer Jock Hutchison, who, like Ford, was voted in through the Veterans Committee.

In addition, former President George H.W. Bush received a Lifetime Achievement award and will also be enshrined.

 

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Driver Who Killed Angels' Nick Adenhart, Two Others Convicted of Murder

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The man who killed Los Angeles Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart and two others in a drunk-driving accident last year was found guilty of three counts of second-degree murder on Monday.

Andrew Thomas Gallo, who already had a drunk-driving conviction on his record, fled the accident scene in Fullerton, Calif., moments after the high-speed wreck on April 9, 2009. Gallo, 22, was also convicted of two felony counts of driving under the influence causing great bodily injury and one felony count of hit-and-run.

The Orange County District Attorney's office said in a statement that Gallo faces a maximum sentence of 50 years to life in prison. Sentencing has been scheduled for Dec. 10.

The minivan Gallo was driving ran a red light and slammed into a Mitsubishi Eclipse driven by Courtney Stewart, a former cheerleader at Cal State Fullerton. Stewart, Adenhart and Henry Pearson, a journalism student at Arizona State University, were killed in the accident.

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David Beckham Sex Scandal: 2nd Prostitute Alleges Infidelity

Filed under: MLS, Los Angeles Galaxy, New York Red Bulls

The David Beckham sex scandal deepened on Friday, when The Huffington Post reported that a second prostitute has confirmed the Los Angeles Galaxy star's infidelity to In Touch magazine.

The unnamed woman said she was at the New York City hotel with Beckham and "high-class call girl" Irma Nici, who already had shared some very lurid details of her 2007 meetings with the player.

"We were supposed to do a girl-on-girl scene, but I was a bit nervous because I'm always a nervous wreck. But then Irma took over," the second woman said in the article.

According to In Touch, the unnamed call girl claimed she had sex with Beckham for 3-4 minutes. "He felt more comfortable with Irma," the woman said. "Irma is very outgoing and very bubbly."

Those aren't terms that anyone would use to describe Beckham's wife, Victoria.

 

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Penguins, Capitals to Appear In 'Hard Knocks'-Type Series on HBO

Filed under: Capitals, Penguins

Not only will the Pittsburgh Penguins and Washington Capitals be facing off in this year's Winter Classic, the two teams will also be involved in a "Hard Knocks" type of documentary on HBO leading up to the New Years Day game at Heinz Field. The news was originally reported by Seth Rorabaugh at the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, and the league confirmed with a press conference Thursday afternoon.

The series will be titled "24/7 Penguins/Capitals: Road to the NHL Winter Classic" and will run from December into January.

 

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Thierry Henry Can't Escape Karma, Will Miss Red Bulls-Galaxy

Filed under: MLS, FC Dallas, Los Angeles Galaxy, New York Red Bulls

The justice that the game's authorities have been unwilling to visit upon Thierry Henry has been dispensed anyway, for the second time in four months. Henry's celebrity might seduce the suits, but it's no match for karma.

There was a quiet sense of satisfaction among many in South Africa as the French national team, which cemented its qualification for the World Cup with Henry's rather scandalous handball against Ireland, threw a team-wide tantrum and suffered the most embarrassing first-round elimination in recent memory.

It was hard not to wonder if Henry and his teammates felt they might not be deserving of their spot. They certainly played and behaved like it.

Now comes word from the New York Red Bulls that their new star will miss Friday's marquee showdown at the Los Angeles Galaxy. The game between the playoff-bound clubs, scheduled to feature Henry, Rafa Márquez, Landon Donovan and David Beckham, was shaping up to be the most hyped regular season MLS match since Beckham debuted with the Galaxy three years ago.

 

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Jurgen Klinsmann Discusses US Coaching Gig, Criticizes Bob Bradley

Filed under: US Soccer, Bundesliga (Germany), U.S. Men's National Team

It turns out the rumors were true. Jürgen Klinsmann did speak with U.S. Soccer Federation president Sunil Gulati about the national team coaching job following the World Cup, just like he did four years ago. And just like four years ago, Klinsmann was unable to reach an agreement because he wanted more control than Gulati was willing to permit.

Klinsmann shared that very tasty nugget of information, plus some veiled criticism of Bob Bradley and a rather shocking joke about Germany's historic misbehavior, during a lengthy chat with former MLS player Sasha Victorine posted Monday morning on the Kansas City Wizards website.

"Oh yes, we had conversations, maybe about 3-4 weeks period of time, and very positive conversations," Klinsmann said when Victorine asked him about the U.S. job. "But it didn't get to a positive ending because we couldn't put into writing what we agreed on verbally. It was as simple as that. That was unfortunate, so it didn't happen at the end of the day, but that's just the way it is."

 

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Florida Steamrolls Kentucky, Eyes Date With No. 1 Alabama

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Let's cut to the chase.

Is No. 9 Florida and its quarterback, John Brantley, good enough to beat No. 1 Alabama next Saturday -- and help out blue-in-the-face No. 3 Boise State? Will the Crimson Tide be a double-digit favorite over the visiting Gators? Can UF's defense continue its exceptional play and slow Alabama in arguably the most anticipated game of the year -- and the rematch of last season's SEC Championship game?

No. Possibly. Yes.

Or should it be ...

Yes. No. Yes?

Or how about ...

No. No. No?

This much is certain:

The Crimson Tide extended their winning streak to 18 consecutive games and passed their first big road test with Saturday's 24-20 victory at Arkansas. UF, meanwhile, held up its end of the bargain a few hours later with a 48-14 win over dreaming-big Kentucky here at Florida Field before a crowd of 90,547.

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D.C. United to celebrate Fifth Annual United for D.C. Day

WASHINGTON, DC (September 22, 2010) - D.C. United and its charitable arm, United for D.C., announced today details for the fifth United for D.C. Day, celebrated during the United vs. Houston Dynamo home game on September 25. United for D.C. Day will feature opportunities throughout the day to...

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The Works: Lockout Clock Winds Down; Crittenton Gets a Chance

by Bethlehem Shoals and Tom Ziller

Filed under: Bobcats, Heat, Wizards, Sports Business and Media, The Works

In The Works today: more on LeBron's Q Score and the black community; and Javaris Crittenton benefits from his relative anonymity.

But first, the league inches closer to a devastating lockout.

Labor Lockdown

Players and owners powwowed Wednesday, and the most vague joint statement imaginable revealed that talks were cordial and constructive. Cheers to that; no one wants to see Roger Mason Jr. give Glen Taylor a black eye. (Or do they?) Progress is a positive, no matter how small the movement and no matter how long the process, right?

That's fine ... if you have no deadline, or if your goal can be reached at any time. Players and owners don't have a lot of time, though. Doomsday is about 10 months away. And that pesky 2010-11 NBA season is about to get in the way.

Wednesday's session is believed to be the final such meeting before the season begins October 26. Players and owners obviously can't meet during the regular season, with players strung about 30 cities.

The next bargaining session is during All-Star Weekend in late February. After that? Late June, after the NBA Finals end. The current Collective Bargaining Agreement ends June 30. You see a problem here?

 

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