The San Diego Padres agreed to trade Jake Peavy to the Chicago White Sox. However, Peavy had the final say in the matter since he had a no trade clause in his contract. After deliberating about the potential move, Peavy decided to reject the trade and stay with the Padres. [Read more]

The 2009 UEFA Cup Final was just held in Istanbul, Turkey yesterday March 21, 2009 and the winner is… Ukrainian soccer club Shakhtar Donetsk! They were able to defeate the German team Werder Bremen after a score in extra time. [Read more]

I will recap the first three days of the Louisiana Downs meet, and I’ll preview the May 22nd card. Friday (May 15th) A pair of wire jobs in the three flat mile turf races carded. Turf rails were down. Pressers fared best in main track sprints, and stalkers/closers performed well in the two route races. Black Giraffe (race 5) failed to take advantage of rail draw under apprentice rider Anna Roberts. She ended up a better than appears wide 5th and is worth following. [Read more]

I’ve already wondered publicly how practical Knalihs Athem’s diamond-encrusted creations are, but the company keeps the press releases coming. So, here are its diamond-encrusted Blackberry Bold: [Read more]

David Beckham has been in hot water before but nothing he couldn’t swim out of. Now there might be a scandal on hand with the star soccer player. Beckham was allegedly caught by the paparazzi having candle-lit diner with Hungarian model Mariann Fogarasy. [Read more]