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DALLAS – The Dallas Stars didn’t wait until the end of the Stanley Cup playoffs to make a major front-office shakeup.  Former NHL forward Joe Nieuwendyk has been named the Stars’ new general manager, the team announced Sunday. Former co-GM…   Continue reading this story on NHL.com

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DETROIT – Not sure who scored that last Red Wings goal?  Just wait for the music.
If it’s Sammy Hagar’s lust-for-speed anthem “I Can’t Drive 55,” then bruising defenceman (and wearer of the red-and-white No. 55 sweater) Niklas Kronwa…   Continue reading this story on NHL.com

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The NFL Players Association wants the support of various groups of retired players in its upcoming contract talks with the league.   Continue reading on NFL.com

Baseball News from L.A. Times
Dodgers owner says if fans vote him into the lineup, ‘It’d be a great honor.’
Dodgers owner Frank McCourt said he would like to see Manny Ramirez play in the All-Star game if fans vote him into the National League’s starting lineup. Continue reading on L.A. Times

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The first baseman drives in the game’s first run and has a three-run double in the seventh inning. Juan Pierre gets three more hits and Orlando Hudson extends hitting streak to 17. Continue reading on L.A. Times
The Los Angeles Dodgers are hardly missing a beat w/out slugger Manny Ramirez and still hold the major’s best record.  While many, including myself, thought they would struggle w/out Ramirez in the lineup, they have actually thrived.  Starting pitching is the primary reason, w/ both Billingsley and Wolf dominating so …

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New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was back on the field and throwing the football Thursday with no apparent problems from last year’s knee injury.   Continue reading on NFL.com
After shipping off their replacement quarterback to the Kansas City Chiefs, the New England Patriots are certainly excited to see their franchise QB Tom Brady back on the practice field.  Brady, who was out all of last year w/ a knee injury, is the Pats best chance at returning to the Super Bowl and winning a title.  His …

Major League Baseball has gone soft on its interpretation of the rules of the game.  Baseball, for all intents and purposes, has not changed its rules in over 30 years.  This comes as a stark contrast to other sports such as basketball and football that are constantly evolving their rules which inevitably allows the calls made by the ref’s and officials to impact the outcome of the game a little bit more.

In baseball, there are really only a limited amount of calls that can be made by the umpiring crew.  …

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PITTSBURGH – Miroslav Satan and Philippe Boucher scored their first goals of the playoffs and goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury made certain Carolina didn’t get its offence going, leading the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 3-2 victory over the Hurricanes …   Continue reading this story on NHL.com
Video Highlights of Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Carolina Hurricanes, Eastern Finals 2009

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Lights, cameras, T.O.! No stranger to attention, Terrell Owens drew plenty of it on Monday for the start of the Buffalo Bills‘ voluntary minicamps.   Continue reading on NFL.com
The Terrell Owens reality show sounds like a train wreck waiting to happen.  With any luck, we’ll get to see more great clips of Owens crying like this.

Anchored by the NBA’s Defensive Player of the Year, Dwight Howard, and runner-up Lebron James, the All-NBA First Team was announced on Wednesday.
The NBA didn’t go all defense, however, as the top 4 scorers in the league all made the first team squad:

Dwyane Wade – 30.2 ppg
Lebron James – 28.4
Kobe Bryant – 26.8
Dirk Nowitzki – 25.9

Wade was voted into the first team for the 1st time, while Bryant and Nowitzki were both selected their 4th times, respectively.  For James, who was listed on every first team ballot, it is his …

Baseball News from L.A. Times
Dodgers slugger had not obtained a therapeutic-use exemption for HGC, so he dropped his appeal of the 50-game ban. Manny Ramirez abruptly dropped an appeal of his drug suspension within hours of a scheduled hearing last week, cornered not by test results, but by a prescription for a banned substance that appeared in his medical records, sources told The Times. Continue reading on L.A. Times

As with any news of Brett Favre waffling on retirement does, this makes me ill.  Favre is using his age and ability to retire in order to get released from his existing commitments, because he doesn’t like them any more.  Boo, freakin’ hoo…
The Minnesota Vikings have ended their silence on Brett Favre. President Mark Wilf said Monday that the team is still interested in the supposedly retired quarterback.   Continue reading on NFL.com
Brett to the Packers’ – “release me”.  Within a few months, he goes and signs w/ the Jets.  …

Huge, huge, huge game winning shot by Glen Davis of the Boston Celtics Sunday night to even the playoff series at 2 games apiece.
Glen Davis Winning Shot – 5/10/09 vs. Orlando Magic
In a game the Celtics appeared to have a leg up throughout, the Magic made a comeback late and even took the lead w/ about 11 seconds left.  The Celtics called timeout and lined up a play for anyone not named Davis.  Unfortunately, the Magic defense was overplaying Rajon Rondo, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen, who all would’ve been …

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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -Anaheim Ducks defenseman James Wisniewski has been cleared by doctors and released from an Orange County hospital earlier than the team initially expected. Wisniewski was hit in the chest by Pavel Datsyuk‘s slap shot during…  Continue reading this story on NHL.com

Another man’s trash, is another man’s treasure in Detroit, as the Lions pickup recently released linebacker Larry Foote.  The team signed the former Steeler to a 1-yr deal, which the terms were not announced.
Linebacker Larry Foote signed a one-year deal with his hometown Detroit Lions on Wednesday, two days after being released by the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Lions announced Foote’s signing but didn’t release terms of the deal.   Continue reading on NFL.com