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Packers Story: G-Force - you know who you are Packers fans -- join the fun and celebrate Disney's newest film, G-FORCE at a Tailgate Party at Lambeau Field on Saturday, July 11. Directly following the party will be an advance 3D screening of the film at Bay Park Cinemas.

By Kurt There was some discussion among the online fans that this weekend could be Magglio Ordonez’s “last stand.” He always seemed to hit well in Minneapolis in the past — he’s got a .376 avg, .443 OBP, .743 SLG line for 2006-09 there. If he can’t hit in the HHH Dome, does he have any hope?So Ian asks in a pol...

The 31-year-old Haas, who blew a two-set lead against Federer in the French Open last month, went shot for shot with the world No2 in an opening set that remained with serve throughout. It was only a temporary reprieve, however, as he put a forehand long to give his opponent a second set point...

By M.A. Mehta/The Star-Ledger Michael Stobe/US PresswireThe Yankees are 7-1 since Joe Girardi was ejected last week in Atlanta. NEW YORK - Strap Joe Girardi to a polygraph or dig up Wonder Woman so that she can lasso the truth out of the Yankees... Michael Stobe/US PresswireThe Yankees are 7-1 since Joe Girardi was ejected...

By WiHaloFan Double-A first baseman Mark Trumbo edged Chris Carter, 11-10, to win the Home Run Derby contest before Wednesday’s Texas League All-Star Game. Poll The Angels full-time catcher should be... Jeff Mathis Mike Napoli Other (comment below)   1 votes | Results

By Schmitters Team Name: Boston Red Sox City: Boston Previous Nickname: Americans (1901-1907) League: American League Number of Pennants: 12 World Series Titles: 1903, 1912, 1915, 1916, 1918, 2004, 2007 Second Base: Bobby Doerr Pitchers: Roger Clemens, Cy Young, Babe Ruth, Lefty Grove, Joe Wood

By Kurt The Cubs are now 2.5 games out of first. If they are able to win this series, they will be no more than 1.5 games behind the Brewers when Milwaukee leaves town. If the Cubs sweep, they might not find themselves settled in at first place (the Cardinals and Reds would still have a say in that) but they w...

By Carroll Rogers Onward and upward (literally, I’m about to board)…..to our nation’s capital for the July 4th weekend. I like it. That’ll be a first for me, and it’s a first for the Braves. Shoot, the Nationals’ (and the National League) have just been around DC since 2005. And back in the day, the Braves always see...

By Jon Alba Rasheed Wallace has been offered the full mid-level exception from the Boston Celtics, which is about $5.8 million.  Rasheed reportedly met with F Kevin Garnett, G Ray Allen, F Paul Pierce, and GM Danny Ainge about becoming a member of the squad. 

By Ira Winderman But it's not going to happen the first week of free-agent negotiations. It's not going to happen at the July 8 start of the free-agent signing period. And it's not going to happen until after the July 12 window opens for Dwyane Wade to be eligible to sign an extension.

By Gene Bisbee It will be all Lance all the time on the Versus cable network when the 2009 Tour de France kicks off in Monaco on Saturday. After a series of 10 one-hour shows on Friday highlighting the all-time best Lance Armstrong stages, Versus will launch its live coverage for Stage 1 at 9:30 a.m. (ET) Satur...

Ventre: With the signing of often-troubled Ron Artest, Kobe Bryant’s focus will now be split between title repeat and team retreats.

Stock car racing giants ranging from Bill France Sr. and Junior Johnson to Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt are among the 25 nominees for NASCAR's first Hall of Fame class.

By Raymond Mullan The American Football Conference has an addition to their strong list of receivers this year. The arrival of Terrell Owens, pictured above, promises to alter the balance of Power. Another move in the conference that fantasy owners should be mindful of is Jay Cutler's departure from Denve...

By www.dailytimes.com.pk Usain Bolt, the fastest man in history, insisted on Thursday he can run the 100 metres in 9.5 seconds – if he can get back into his gold medal-winning Beijing Olympics form. The Jamaican, 22, also said he had no fear of the in-form Tyson Gay – and if the US sprinter breaks his 9.69 seconds world rec...

By Paul from Randy O’Halloran of the Washington Times, Bruce Boudreau’s day began with meeting Tiger Woods and ended with the Washington Capitals’ signing of winger Mike Knuble on the opening day of NHL free agency. The middle part wasn’t bad either. Playing in the AT&T National pro-am Wedne...

By Martin Long Back when Jerry first bought the team in 1989, he made the gutsiest move of all and fired Tom Landry. He slotted in Jimmy Johnson as head coach, resulting in an uproar from the fans. As we all know, the questionable move paid off as the Cowboys went on to win two Super Bowls under Johnson's rein.

Two weeks before the start of the 96th Tour de France, 1,870 days after his last pro victory, Lance Armstrong soloed to first place in the Nevada City (Cal.) Classic, a brief but brutal 40-lap circuit in the Sierra Nevada foothills. Asked afterward about the upcoming Tour, which starts Satu...

By metswalkoffs(noreply@blogger.com) Tatis also had 3 hits. That's the most hits by a Met, who was also hit by 2 pitches in the same game. Tatis's newspaper box score line will read 4-4-3-2 (AB-R-H-RBI). He's only the third player in Mets history to post a 4-4-3-2. The others are Derek Bell (2000) and Darryl Strawberry (1988).

But Woods, who, according to the media, is either winning or in a slump, looked primed to do the former after a near-flawless round. Woods went out in 31, carding four birdies. He added three more on the back. And if not for a bogey on the par-4 11th, he would be alone in second place, one shot behin...

By Anthony21 Can't argue with the lousy "stadium experience" ranking (117th -- I'm actually surprised ESPN thinks there are five stadium experiences worse than the Metrodome, expect perhaps the Metrodome for baseball).  The horrible ranking for Brad Childress' staff (111th) seems to be based on f...

By Brian Mets (38-39) at Pirates (36-42) 12:35–PNC Park, Pittsburgh TV: (New York market only) SNY [Here is the MLB Gameday] ———————————– This is a make-up game for the third of a four game set at PNC Park in early June. The Bucs won the three games that were played, so I suppose you could argue we’re go...

By Fooch Patrick Willis, the 49ers' inside man (Barrows) How 49ers earn income in offseason (Maiocco) Niner Insider : 49ers Rank 77th (SFGate.com) 2009 Opponent Breakdowns (49ers Examiner) Make No Mistake: This QB Competition Should Terrify You (49ers Webzone)

By Rick Carpiniello Here is the official announcement: RANGERS AGREE TO TERMS WITH FREE AGENT FORWARD MARIAN GABORIK              New York, July 1, 2009 – New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that the club has agreed to terms with unrestricted free agent forward Marian...

Mike Pelfrey bailed the New York Mets out of a season-worst losing streak, overcoming a career-high 12 strikeouts by young Milwaukee Brewers ace Yovani Gallardo in a 1-0 victory Wednesday.

By Tom Dakers Anyway the rest of the offense was fine, we had 8 hits, with 3 homers, one each from Rod Barajas, Adam Lind and Rolen. Our new number 3 hitter, Lind, had 2 hits as did Rolen. 0 fors went to Hill, Millar and Rios (who did have a walk and hit one hard the other way but Gabe Gross made a good catch).

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By Greg Eno(noreply@blogger.com) Joe Dumars fires a coach. When will Dumars' noggin join them? Maybe Joe should coach the Pistons himself. Then Rick Carlisle, whose belly was simply bursting with fire, was hired. But Flip Saunders rubbed the players the wrong way, eventually. So Dumars hired Curry after just one season as Saunders' assistant. A 39-43 record. An embarrassing sweep at the hands of the formerly-tormented Cleveland Cavaliers. A complete loss of the players' respect. Rip Hamilton, by the way, disappointed me. Dumars is an anomaly. Speculation is that the still-green Curry was an obstacle to players signing with the Pistons. The Pistons' Engine Has Been Rebuilt!"   [read the full post]

Even the Suns forward is having fun with a big decision that the franchise has been mulling. Do you trade him, gain financial freedom but likely lose fans and games while in an unpopular rebuilding mode? Or do you continue to build around your go-to guy but risk being locked into a no-leverag...

By Jonathan Slotter 6:53 Did Carl Crawford find some undetected steroids or something? Two home runs in two days—his eighth of the year. 2-1 Rays. 8:46 Mariners tie the Yankees in the fifth. I’m surprised the Mariners have scored three runs, but its great news for the Rays.

By Kurt Fan voting for the 2009 All-Star game closes within days. You might want to click that lil’ logo to the left there and vote for your favorite Tigers now. Of course, far be it from me to tell you your vote doesn’t matter, but with Miguel Cabrera in fourth place at first base, and both Placido Polan...

By golfforbeginners@aol.com Tiger Woods was defeated at Bethpage Black not once but twice in one month! The first loss came at the 2009 U.S. Open where Woods’ putter let him down. Lucas Glover, a relative “apprentice” on the PGA Tour, defeated the top brass there and Tiger probably needed to convince himself that it was th...

By Charlie Scrabbles The Reds chances of trading for Matt Holliday are slim and none, and slim just left for the church festival. That’s assuming Cincinnati would be interested in paying the price for the big-hitting outfielder (dubious) and that the New York Mets would not be. That’s borderline insanity. Holl...

By Fooch 10. Isaac Sopoaga: Why the guy who could reasonably be considered a relative disappointment?  Well, at this point it sounds like Kentwan Balmer will be starting the season as his backup.  I'd like to see Balmer break out in training camp and take the left defensive end starting spot, but I'd...

By FLCeltsFan Bargain Shopping Free Agents Celtics Hub     Let the Madness Begin: Baby, House, Dahntay Jones, Etc. PBN    Breaking down free agency in the Eastern Conference Ballerblogger    2009 Eastern Conference Draft Review Sports of Boston     Will Rondo Remain a Celtic?

By mjsenno Turner announced a long-term extension to continue carrying the PGA Championship and operating PGA.com. The burning question – when will they start to leverage the asset for the value its worth? Turner should take a note from the USGA’s digital presentation of the US Open – then take it up a...

By Barry Petchesky Innocent until proven guilty and all that, but when you're the common thread between Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi, Marion Jones, Tim Montgomery, Bill Romanowski, et al., anyone who works in a profession that has a drug policy might do well to stay far, far away.

By Jonathan Mathis I’ll take it from Piniella and say it is the second cooler destroyed this year by a Cubs player. Not long ago, pitcher Carlos Zambrano damaged the Gatorade cooler in the dugout when he was livid after being removed from a feeble outing on the mound.

By dberri San Antonio Spurs get Richard Jefferson [0.064 WP48 in 2,929 minutes] Milwaukee Bucks get Amir Johnson [0.106 WP48 in 911 minutes] Detroit Pistons get Fabricio Oberto, who they reportedly are going to let depart as a free agent. 2006-07: 0.044 WP48, 1.8 Wins Produced DJ

Former Chicago Cubs star Ryne Sandberg says Sammy Sosa doesn't belong in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

By Kevin Mitchell British tennis, surely, will not gamble much longer on Alex Bogdanovic. He went on to Court Two against Tomas Berdych – one of those on‑his-day supermen, off-his-day easybeats – with seven Wimbledon wildcard entries behind him, seven first-round defeats in as many years, and buoyed by t...

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Offensive tackle Max Starks has signed a four-year contract that keeps him with the Pittsburgh Steelers through the 2012 season and frees up several million dollars in salary cap room for the team. WPXI.com - Pro Football Weekly

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Barmes has eight multi-hit efforts over that span, including one in Sunday's 7-1 win over the Mariners. The Rays (34-31) have also begun to turn around their disappointing start, winning 11 of their last 15 to move within five games of AL East-leading ...

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Many clamored for the Giants to bring in the Dominican outfielder prior to the '04 season to join Barry Bonds, creating another dynamic duo in San Francisco . The Giants stayed away from Vlad's big price tag, and opted instead for Michael Tucker, ...

You won't find many hitters looking more comfortable at the plate than the Angels' Mike Napoli, who launched one of Sanchez' fastballs to Tiburon last night, or Macier Izturis, who tagged Sanchez for his first homer of the season (126 at-bats). ...

Washington Post  PA Washington Nationals manager Manny Acta says he's not worried about a report that he'll be fired because his team, at 16-46, is off to one of the worst starts in major league history. Foxsports.com reported Saturday that Acta will be replaced by bench ...

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Boston — John Smoltz is set to make his first start for the Red Sox on June 25, missing Boston's three-game series in Atlanta. Boston manager Terry Francona said Tuesday that Smoltz, who hasn't pitched in the majors since having shoulder surgery a year ago, will pitch on the road against the...

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 UK By Charlotte Beugge The Wimbledon championships start on Monday and while Andy Murray may be chasing the title and prize money of £850000, many homeowners near the All England Lawn Tennis Club will be raking in small fortunes of their own. ...

But there was no hiding this: The Yankees rookie's accomplishments on the field would translate to big news back home, where the Mets' Johan Santana is revered as a national hero and universally lauded as the best left-hander in the game. ... New York Daily News - New York Daily News

It figures to be a short summer again after the Wings' season didn't end until Friday's Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals. It's mid-June -- when half of the NHL's 700-some players already have been off for two months. For the Wings, who lost in the ...

 AZ It's what Park Ranger Vicki Engbrecht suggests you do while out on one of Phoenix's mountain trails. "It's easy for people to keep their eyes on the ground, as they're moving along," she said. "But listen to the quiet. Use your imagination. ...