Lehigh Valley 5 Toledo 4 Wilkin Ramirez homered, singled, stole 2 bases, and walked. Ryan Roberson also went deep. Eddie Bonine allowed 3 runs on a walk, 5 K’ss and 7 hits in 7 innings. Freddy Dolsi blew the save allowing 2 runs on 3 hits in the 9th inning. Bowie 3 Erie 4 Alex Avila was 3 for 3 with a walk. Ryan Strieby homered and doulbed. Scott Sizmore and Gene Roof add 2 hits each. Brooks Brown allowed 2 runs on 6 hits and 2 walks with 1 K in 7 innings. Josh Rainwater pitched 2 innings and allowed a run on 2 hits and a strike out. Brevard County 5 Lakeland 3 Christopher White doubled and tripled. Michael Bertram added 2 hits. Duane Below struck out 4 in 5.1 innings but allowed 4 runs …

It was going to happen at sometime, the only question was, where? Matt Millen was hired yesterday by sports mega giant ESPN as a game and studio analyst. Millen will work as a college football game analyst and will contribute to ESPN’s NFL studio coverage throughout the year, appearing on “Monday Night Countdown,” “NFL Live,” “SportsCenter,” ESPNEWS and other programs. Millen began working in television in 1992 with CBS and later with Fox, where he earned acclaim as a game analyst. He left broadcasting in 2001 to become team president of the Detroit Lions, a position he held until early last season. The Lions went 31-84 during his tenure and 0-16 last season. Millen later took responsib…

News story just breaking out of the East Lansing YMCA...     more to follow shortly.

http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/News/2009/05/05/9361256-cp.html  BERN, Switzerland - Alexander Medvedev, the billionaire owner of Russia's Continental Hockey League, is interested in buying an NHL franchise. "We have considered 10 opportunities, we have short-listed three and we continue to look at these three teams," Medvedev said Tuesday at the IIHF World Hockey Championship. "We will just make our due diligence. "It's a very strange situation when real hockey (cities) like Quebec don't have an NHL team."

Allen Iverson has gone from being a one-man economic stimulus plan for the city's downtown casinos to persona non grata. He has spent a ton of money down there, but recently he's been banned from both MGM and Greektown casinos. The NBA is looking into a disturbance at Greektown that involved one of Iverson's body guards. Iverson may have been trying to act as a peacemaker but his body guard was involved in some kind of tussle. Iverson, though, has been banned mostly for his boorish behavior. He is a bad loser, and he loses a lot, often throwing his chips or cards at the dealer. He has been warned about improper behavior at the tables repeatedly. He is often loud and disruptive, according t…

We all know that smoking is bad for you. If your a professional athlete and your making, say, ten million dollars a year to play first base for the Philadelphia Phillies..    should you really be smoking in the dugout before a game ? I mean really..   in the dugout ? Photo from : http://www.playerhatersball.com/2009/04/ryan-howard-enjoys-pre-game-smoke.html

Directly from : http://thedirty.com/?p=148936 The buzz in the Boston Red Sox locker room right now is that Erin Andrews is hooking up with one of the players.  Unfortunately, this player is running his mouth to all his teammates.  A couple of guys are sick of it and asked me if I could help.  Once I was told the information I had to post it for the DIRTY ARMY… not only to inform, but also to help Erin Andrews.  Don’t worry catcher, I will not narc you out. He is stating: ""Erin Andrews is a SQUIRTER!"

Former Tigers Pitcher and Worcester native Mark “The Bird” Fidrych was found dead today on his farm in Northborough, Massachusetts.He was the victim of an apparent accident.  Fidrych was found by a family friend underneath a pickup truck on which he appeared to working at the time of the accident.Worcester District Attorney's office announced on Monday. The D.A.'s office said Fidrych was found by a family friend underneath a dump truck at his Northboro home around 2:30 p.m. He appeared to have been working on the truck at the time of the accident. Fidrych was known as "The Bird" for his colorful antics on the mound. He was also famous for talking to himself and to the baseball. Fidr…

Allen Park, MI -- In a stunning move matched only by the way he left the game, LSR has learned that former Detroit Lion's Great Barry Sanders will be returning to the Lion's for the 2009 season. Sander's who left the Lions ten years ago in July has been a long time supporter of Martin Meyhews. Barry who had a broken relationship with former Lion's General Manager Matt Millen had approached Bill Ford Jr on several occassions stating if the Lions were to make a move which resulted in Millen leaving the organization that he'd consider returning to the team. Privately, Sander's has been working out with a personal trainer and getting back into game shape.  Just over 3000 yards behind Emmitt S…

Getting word that effective July 30th, 2009; the Ann Arbor News will be ceasing publication.  No word yet if this effects any of the other Booth Newspapers/Advance Publications in Michigan.The death toll in traditional media continues to grow...