Jelena Jankovic has added one last tournament to her calendar before taking a break during the off-season.
The former world number one has booked the final singles berth into the season-ending Sony Ericsson Championships in Doha, Qatar.
The world’s top eight singles players and top four doubles teams from the 2009 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour season will compete for the coveted Sony Ericsson Championships title and a share of the record $4.55 million prize money.
For the better part of a year, it’s been widely reported Mets owner Fred Wilpon and team COO Jeff Wilpon had lost so much money in the Bernie Madoff Ponzi Scheme, the club wasn’t likely to be a player in the free agent market after Madoff’s indictment. One observer even claimed the Wilpons would soon be forced to sell the team, such was the extent of the fraud. Via trusty mouthpiece David Howard, ownership insisted things were a-ok. As it turns out, they might’ve been telling theSource: Can't Stop the Bleeding RSS Feed
Last Monday I noted a Jay Glazer-bylined story on the Foxsports.com website that had apparently been completely deleted. The piece examined the scenario that could lead to Mike Shanahan taking over as Redskins Coach as soon as this season.
(Glazer Tweet: Web story was “dummy post” he didn’t write)
At the time I was perplexed why the story was removed. But thanks to Glazer setting the record straight on Twitter this week, we now know what happened. (more…)
So Diego Maradona’s advice to all of his critics on Wednesday, specifically on how they “can suck it, and keep on sucking it,” seems to be sweeping the globe. One profane outburst to unite us all.
Argentina’s embattled national coach got his squad into the World Cup on Wednesday, with a 1-0 win over Uruguay. And afterward he had some choice comments for the assembled press, which has been critical of the FIFA co-Player of the Century ever since he took control of the team this Source: SPORTSbyBROOKS RSS Feed
The New York Yankees gave C.C. Sabathia a truck load of money to convince him to come to the Big Apple. On Friday, Sabathia showed the world why the Yankees wanted him so much as New York beat the Los Angeles Angels by a final count of 4-1.
In eight innings of work, Sabathia gave up four hits, one walk and one earned run while striking out seven. It was Sabathia second postseason win in two starts. Closer Mariano Rivera pitched the ninth inning to pick up the save.
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ESPN 710 host and Lakers broadcaster John Ireland said yesterday that “people close to the team” told him that it “isn’t in the cards” for the Kings to stay in Sacramento and that the team eventually is “going to be forced to move” by the NBA. Ireland made his comments on the Mason and Ireland Show before he broadcast the Kings-Lakers game in Vegas last night.
(NBA’s soon-to-be newest throwback line?)
Ireland on KSPN-AM in Los Angeles:
“The people I haveSource: SPORTSbyBROOKS RSS Feed
Camilla Belle … be a Mad Man for Halloween … man points a gun at skateboarder, you have to see the rest … how is Zillow on this list? Been a great tool since 2007 … good way to get a book deal: Become an ‘abortion addict‘ … when deer attack … man steals seven cases of beer, goes back for four more … Mike Miller of the Wizards looks like a “transvestite zombie” in these photos …she stole beef jerky, the police showed up, so she got naked … disturbing story we’reSource: The Big Lead RSS Feed
And so Twitter’s takeover of the human race begins like this. It started as a simple comment by Adam Schefter on Tuesday morning, as he casually typed in ESPN’s Rumors Central section that, hey dude, wouldn’t it be cool if Terrell Owens were a Chicago Bear? Schefter was just pretty much thinking out loud, listing a few reasons why such a trade would make sense.
He may as well have been thinking that scientists could use fossil DNA to bring back dinosaurs to fight for us inSource: SPORTSbyBROOKS RSS Feed
Citing past “divisive“comments by Rush Limbaugh, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell effectively squashed the conservative talkshow host’s bid to buy the St. Louis Rams today.
(NFL: majority of you think Limbaugh is racist, Olbermann isn’t)
Anyone outside of Limbaugh’s most devoted followers will allow that Goodell’s “divisive” was really a euphemism for “racist,” with the former employed in an attempt to avoid alienating Limbaugh’s millions ofSource: SPORTSbyBROOKS RSS Feed
Alex Rodriguez has erased almost all notions of his unclutchness in October, as the New York Yankees swept the Minnesota Twins in their ALDS with a 4-1 Game 3 win on Sunday at the now-extinct Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome.
The Twins fought an incredible uphill battle to get to the postseason, winning 17 of their final 21 games to force and win a tiebreaker against the division rival Detroit Tigers. However, not even Metrodome magic could stop the Yankees in their quest for a World Source: Babes Love Baseball RSS Feed
Here’s the first photo I’ve seen of Stafon Johnson as he makes his recovery from a serious weightlifting accident.
(The barbell on Stafon’s shirt? Noted.)
David Wharton of the L.A. TIMES updates:
Johnson is up and moving around and no longer requires a feeding tube, Carroll said. However, he is limited to a liquid diet and has not spoken.
“They don’t even let him make a peep right now,” the coach said.
“They were beside themselves with theSource: SPORTSbyBROOKS RSS Feed
Michael David Smith today @ AOL Fanhouse: “Lee Corso suffered a stroke in May, and on Saturday’s College GameDay, it was obvious from hearing him speak that he hasn’t completely recovered from it. But I admire him for staying on the air, and I admire ESPN for allowing him to stay on the air.”
(Corso picks LSU today on GameDay while Herbstreit gives Gator chomp)
I actually think there hasn’t been much dropoff in Corso’s performance to this point. And I never thought Source: SPORTSbyBROOKS RSS Feed
Sometime early this morning in a San Francisco hotel suite, with FOX SPORTS’ Jay Glazer lurking outside behind a large potted plant, the 49ers and receiver Michael Crabtree finally came to terms. First a “Seinfield” reunion, and now this? What miracle will God next bestow?
First of all I’d like to thank the St. Louis Rams for making this all possible. Without your suckitude, the 49ers would not have scored a convincing 35-0 victory on Sunday, thus going to 3-1 and forcingSource: SPORTSbyBROOKS RSS Feed
The 2009 baseball playoffs begin on Wednesday. The final spot was filled by the Minnesota Twins after they were able to beat the Detroit Tigers in the AL Central tiebreaker game.
Here are our 2009 baseball playoff predictions:
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York Yankees over Minnesota Twins in 4
Los Angeles Angels over Boston Red Sox in 5
Los Angeles Angels over New York Yankees in 6
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia Phillies over Colorado Rockies in 5
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When the Saints surged ahead of the Jets 17-0, the sky appeared to be falling. All the equity from the unlikely 3-0 start had vanished in a noisy dome about 21 minutes. A blowout almost certainly was on the horizon. A funny thing happened on the way to the rout: New Orleans offensive mastermind Sean Payton couldn’t solve Rex Ryan’s defense, and the Saints offense sputtered the way our 1988 Subaru did for a year in high school. After the third interception by rookie Mark Sanchez, itSource: The Big Lead RSS Feed
* The Titans are on their way to 0-4 and a QB controversy: Jacksonville surged to a 30-3 lead in the third quarter and there will be no comeback. The calls for Vince Young will come this week. Next up: unbeaten Indianapolis. Gulp.
* Eli Manning has been very good in Kansas City. His brother, Peyton Manning has better against the Seahawks. Both teams will remain unbeaten.
* Overvalued Cincinnati is struggling on the road against winless Cleveland. The Browns lead 17-14 early in Source: The Big Lead RSS Feed
Just as I’d weaned myself off the made-for-TV fake marriage of Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian, I heard something that had me tapping my mainline again.
(Did Odom propose to this woman weeks before marrying Khloe?)
If you’ve driven around Los Angeles the past few years, you’ve probably seen billboards for the “Petros and Money Show“, a popular sports radio show on KLAC-AM and syndicated nationally on Fox Sports Radio. Petros Papadakis and Matt “Money” Smith haveSource: SPORTSbyBROOKS RSS Feed
Ah, another college football Saturday. I know most of you knuckleheads love this academic pursuit more than anything else so I won’t keep you. Feel free to discuss whatever game you’re watching until your little heart bursts and bleeds whatever colors your favorite school calls it’s own. But first - Michigan State tries to convince themselves that Michigan is disrespecting them.
Let’s this out of the way at the start - Michigan is 4-0 and Michigan State is 1-3. (Also, I’m aSource: The Big Lead RSS Feed
