The good news… Arizona Cardinals standouts Anquan Boldin and Darnell Dockett showed up for minicamp on Friday.
The bad news… both players are standing firm so far on their demands for new contracts.  Showing up for Cardinals’ minicamp is certainly a gracious step on the player’s behalf – they could have just stayed home.
Wide receiver Anquan Boldin and defensive tackle Darnell Dockett showed up for the Arizona Cardinals‘ minicamp Friday, but both players begged out of workouts because they claimed they were injured.   Continue reading on NFL.com
So Arizona has two excellent …

Baseball News from L.A. Times
“I hope there are no hard feelings between Arte and myself,” Teixeira says before facing his ex-team for the first time.  Negotiations between the Angels and Mark Teixeira did not end well last December.    Continue reading on L.A. Times

So your team just came off of one of the worst seasons in franchise history.  Ticket sales are projected at an all time low for the upcoming season.  The team’s superstars are grumbling and upper management is enforcing strict parking space rules at the practice field.  What can the franchise do? How do they erase the sting of a horrible season in the player’s and fan’s eyes alike?  Simple…You change your logo.
In case you haven’t figured it out yet, the Detroit Lions unveiled their super amazing stimulus plan for their …

Although not unseen in past 1st round NBA playoff series, a few players and teams this year are scrapping it up a little earlier than might be expected.  Not only are the games pretty physical, but they have also been extremely competitive and entertaining (btw… I know they aren’t as physical as the 80′s).
Most of the action is in the Eastern Conference, where the Boston Celtics and Chicago Bulls are trying to see if they can go into overtime every game of the series.  The Celtics came in as the …

Football News from NFL.com
The Arizona Cardinals granted running back Edgerrin James‘ request to be released Tuesday, NFL.com’s Steve Wyche reports, and the team later announced it had cut two other veteran players.   Continue reading on NFL.com
Not necessarily “big” news for the Arizona Cardinals considering they drafted “Beanie” Wells in the 1st round of this past weekend’s NFL Draft.  They already have Hightower at RB, so adding Wells should give them, at minimum, what they had last year.  They still might not get out of the cellar in terms of …

Hockey News from NHL.com
NEWARK, N.J. – Martin Brodeur has played in a deciding Game 7 of a playoff series eight times in his career with the New Jersey Devils and the prospect of another hasn’t changed the way the New Jersey Devils goaltender feels.  Continue reading this story on NHL.com

Football News from NFL.com
Jason Campbell sat on a patio with a distant view of the Potomac River, preparing to host the charity
golf tournament that bears his name. Choosing his words carefully, he reflected on the sequence of events that nearly led him to ask for a trade from the Washington Redskins.   Continue reading on NFL.com

On Sunday afternoon, the Detroit Pistons got a share of their own medicine – their own “old” medicine at least.  After devouring opponents enroute to 7 straight Eastern Conference Championship games, Detroit got run over by a hungry and determined Cleveland Cavaliers team.  The Cavs, who never felt threatened and really never even looked vulnerable in the 1st round playoff series, swept the Pistons 4-0 and advanced to the 2nd round.
King James Leads by Example
Led by Lebron James, the Cavaliers dominated in virtually every aspect of the game from start-to-finish, …