All-Star selection special to Phillies' Ibanez

Philadelphia Daily News

He was cut twice in a two-week span once, was out of work with a pregnant wife, was forced to move, like a lot of people out there these days.

Mississippi's favorite son Steve McNair, a life taken too soon

McClatchy Newspapers

The Philadelphia Phillies and New York Mets had gone to the third inning when I learned of Steve McNair's tragic death on Saturday.

Angels' Hunter gets to revisit childhood memories in St. Louis attraction

The Orange County Register

When the "All-Star Selection Show" on TBS came on at 10 a.m. PDT on Sunday, nobody in the Angels' clubhouse seemed to know or care. All the TVs were tuned in to the epic Wimbledon singles final on NBC, and all eyes were riveted on Roger Federer and Andy Roddick exchanging ground strokes in the marathon fifth set.

Steve McNair Case shows the human frailties in life

McClatchy Newspapers

Win or lose. You make it or you don't. The best players play.

Avery Johnson seems to fill Pistons' bill, or does he?

Detroit Free Press

I tried to climb into Joe Dumars' head this weekend. But the last I heard he was at Avery Johnson's house in Houston, and if you think Houston is usually stifling hot in the summer, imagine how hot it is there when you're inside somebody's head.

Federer and Roddick raised their games in awe-inspiring and record style

McClatchy Newspapers

And you thought last year's Wimbledon final was exciting?

Twins starring with Morneau, Mauer and Nathan

Star Tribune (Minneapolis)

So many players make it to the All-Star Game these days, the selection of Joe Mauer, Justin Morneau and Joe Nathan to this year's American League team might not resonate as it should.

Mets missing their wheels

The Philadelphia Inquirer

The Mets left town Sunday afternoon the same way they arrived - very quietly - and it would be difficult to blame the Phillies for checking off their rival from the mental list of worries this season.

Sorry, Canada, football is Team USA's game

Akron Beacon Journal

The early word before the inaugural IFAF Junior World Championship title game on Sunday was that the United States and Canada were two teams that really did not like each other.

New Wild general manager raising fans' expectations with bold, decisive moves

Star Tribune (Minneapolis)

Chuck Fletcher has no idea what he's doing.

Youth seems to be operative word now in sports

McClatchy Newspapers

I think I've figured out why Manny Ramirez may have used human chorionic gonadtropin (hCG). A possible side effect is puberty. No kidding. He may have been trying to grow up.

What about Michael Taylor in the Futures business . . .

Philadelphia Daily News

If Michael Taylor isn't a 'Futures' star, who is?

Safety Mike Brown may be the Chiefs' version of Rodney Harrison

McClatchy Newspapers

It wasn't until this weekend when I ran into an old college teammate who lives in Chicago that I considered the significance of the Chiefs signing Bears safety Mike Brown.

Random evidence of a cluttered mind . . .

McClatchy Newspapers

What a battle Saturday! Did you see it? A highly anticipated duel, full of high drama, with athleticism at its finest and major championship at stake.

Baseball managers purposely wear apathetic face in postgame interviews

Akron Beacon Journal

All you need is a tape recorder and a radio station. Baseball teams have access to both, so why wouldn't they allow the manager's question-and-answer period with the media to be broadcast on a postgame show?

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