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Posted: Nov 06, 2009 3:35PM By Matt Snyder (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Phillies, NL East, MLB Rumors

After eight seasons with the
Philadelphia Phillies, 29-year-old pitcher
Brett Myers will reportedly be playing for a new team in 2010. According to Jim Salisbury of the
Philadelphia Inquirer, Myers has been told by
Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr., that he will definitely not be a Phillie next season. The report also states that Myers wasn't given a specific reason that he won't return.
Myers has spent his entire professional career in the Philadelphia organization after being selected in the first round in the 1999 draft. He went 73-63 with a 4.40 ERA and added 21 saves during his time in Philly.
Posted: Nov 06, 2009 2:47PM By John Walters (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Notre Dame, Daily Domer

SOUTH BEND, Ind.-- Six months before
Ram Vela's notorious sack of
Evan Sharpley in the 2007 Navy-Notre Dame game, the
Midshipmen linebacker was sacked himself ... by the Secret Service. At the White House.
Each spring the team that wins the Commander-in-Chief's trophy (the unofficial round-robin tourney between the Air Force Academy, Army and Navy) is invited to the White House for a reception. In the spring of 2007, Vela (No. 34 above) was a freshman who had not seen any varsity action the previous season.
"I hung near the back of the line as we approached the security gate," Vela, a 5-foot-9, 193-pound outside linebacker, recalled on Thursday. "I hadn't played so I didn't feel as much like I deserved to be up near the front. I was back with some of the higher-ranking officers, the Commandant and even the dean."
When Vela made it to the gate, a female agent looked him over and spoke into a radio, "He's here."
Posted: Nov 06, 2009 2:15PM By Matt Watson (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Knicks

With the
Cavaliers in town to play the
Knicks, speculation about
LeBron James leaving Cleveland for the Big Apple has been shifted into overdrive. But Donnie Walsh wants you to know that he cares about the Knicks' present just as much as the future.
"No matter what you say, there's a feeling that you're just looking to next summer, and that hasn't been true at all,"
he told the Cleveland Plain Dealer. "I know where it's coming from, but there's very little you can do about it. I'm talking to you now and saying I'm not even thinking about that right now. I don't care if I say that to 100 people, they'll say, 'He's waiting for next year.' "
Instead of telling that to 100 people, perhaps he could merely reinforce that message to the 14 in the Knicks' locker room -- because according to some close to the team, even the players are starting to think that this season doesn't matter.
Posted: Nov 06, 2009 1:27PM By Andrew Johnson (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Diamondbacks, Phillies, White Sox, MLB Transactions

The champagne is barely dry in the
Yankees clubhouse, but the business of 2010 is already well under way. Three trades are in the books, a number of players have already filed for free agency and
Bobby Abreu has a new deal with the
Angels.
In that vein, three clubs made decisions on contract options Friday as they held on to star players for next year. The
Phillies and
Diamondbacks both picked up the options they held on ace pitchers
Cliff Lee and
Brandon Webb, respectively, while the
White Sox bought out right fielder
Jermaine Dye.
Chicago's World Series MVP in 2005, Dye, who will turn 36 in January, was due to make $12 million in 2010. He'll instead receive $950,000 from the White Sox and hit the open market.
Posted: Nov 06, 2009 1:24PM By Clay Travis (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Florida, SEC

On Friday, SEC Commissioner
Mike Slive fined
Urban Meyer $30,000 for criticizing the officials in the wake of the Georgia-Florida game. When questioned by the media about a non-call on a late hit against Tim Tebow, Meyer responded, "That should have been a penalty, in my opinion. Obviously, it should have been. You've got to protect quarterbacks. That's the whole purpose. It's right in front of the referee."
In announcing the penalty, Commissioner Slive stated as follows: "Coach Meyer has violated the Southeastern Conference code of ethics. SEC bylaw 10.5.4 clearly states that the coaches, players and support personnel shall refrain from public criticism of officials. The league's athletics directors and presidents and chancellors have made it clear that negative public comments on officiating are not acceptable."
Posted: Nov 06, 2009 1:00PM By Adam Gretz (RSS feed)
Filed Under: NHL Power Rankings

Even with their 5-2 loss in Los Angeles on Thursday, the
Penguins re-claim the top spot in this week's power rankings, taking it over from the
Colorado Avalanche. Also, a new entrant break into the top three, and for the first time this season we have a new team in the basement which is good news for Toronto ... but bad news for someone else.
Posted: Nov 06, 2009 11:54AM By Brett Pollakoff (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Lakers, NBA Injuries

One of the things that makes the
Lakers one of the league's best teams is the size and skill of their two biggest frontcourt players,
Pau Gasol and
Andrew Bynum. But Gasol has yet to play a game for the team in this young season, and now it looks like Bynum will miss some time as well with an elbow injury.
Both players are listed as doubtful for Friday night's game against Memphis, and if neither ends up being able to go, the Lakers will be forced to use some rather interesting lineups.
Posted: Nov 06, 2009 11:30AM By Greg Couch (RSS feed)
Filed Under: U.S. Open, ATP

The head of the World Anti-Doping Agency acknowledged that it's too late to punish
Andre Agassi for his failed drug test from 1997, darned statute of limitations. But WADA said it still wants some punishment, anyway. Maybe for Agassi's lies to doping officials, which he admits in his book? Maybe for perjury?
Doubtful. But I knew tennis would get its pound of flesh, anyway, as Agassi has embarrassed the sport's governing bodies. What I didn't know was how fast they would get that flesh.
Or that they would take it from
Yanina Wickmayer.
She was banned Thursday for a year for a doping offense. It wasn't for failing a test, or apparently even for missing one, though details still aren't out. It was because she failed to report three times to doping officials over the past 18 months where she would be.
Posted: Nov 06, 2009 11:05AM By Brett Pollakoff (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Bulls, Cavaliers, NBA Last Night, NBA Referees, NBA Videos

The
Bulls went into Cleveland on Thursday and pulled out a hard-fought win over the
Cavaliers. It was a low-scoring, defensive struggle, as neither team shot the ball very well, so it's not surprising that the game came down to the final play.
LeBron James drove to the basket with three seconds left and his team trailing by one, and was met by two defenders when he got there --
Luol Deng, who was guarding him from the play's outset, and
Joakim Noah, who came over to help at the last second. James appeared to jump into Noah, and there was definitely contact. But somewhat incredibly, the refs swallowed their whistles, and the Bulls won the game.
Was it the right call? Read on and judge for yourself.
Posted: Nov 06, 2009 8:44AM By Shane Bacon (RSS feed)

Tiger Woods plays golf all over the world, all the time, and tends not to discriminate when trophies come his way in different languages. Unfortunately, none of those trophies Woods holds are covered in Mandarin, but that could change if Tiger keeps ...
Posted: Nov 06, 2009 6:15AM By Michael David Smith (RSS feed)

Strikeforce and M-1 Global are putting on a fight card worthy of pay-per-view Saturday night in the Chicago area, but this one is available for free on CBS. We've got a full preview and predictions of the four big fights below. ...
Posted: Nov 06, 2009 4:00AM By Jim Henry (RSS feed)

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The telephone conversation between brothers, as always, was friendly and upbeat. The noise in the Miami bowling alley, however, made it difficult for Bryan Pata to hear, so he quickly squeezed his feet into a snug pair of ...
Posted: Nov 05, 2009 9:00PM By Jim Henry (RSS feed)

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Tuesday's weather in Florida's state capital was Sunshine State-perfect for early November. Aubry Boyd opened his eyes and welcomed the bright, 75-degree day with a wish he has repeated for the past 14 years. "Every day I wake ...
Posted: Nov 05, 2009 8:19PM By Ed Price (RSS feed)

NEW YORK -- The Yankees had just begun celebrating their 27th World Series title, and first in nine years (that's 63 in Yankee-drought years), when general manager Brian Cashman was asked about people saying his team bought a title.
"You can call ...