For the latest from the world of sports, the b5media Sports Channel provides our Sports Roundup.

Allison at BCS Frenzy offers four reasons USC thumped Ohio State.
Tony at Dejuiced talks about the Cubs’ almost pulling off back-to-back no hitters.
Tony also discusses the Brewers firing Ned Yost at Inside the Ballpark.
Jodie at Gossip on Sports talks about No Jet-ribution and tells a funny story about what happened to Tom Brady.
Jeanne at Hockey Beat discusses NHL 09 on XBOX 360 and their unreadable discs.
Jyle at Footie thinks that some fans of the UEFA Euro 2008 have gone bat crazy.
Over at Sneaks ‘N Gear …read more

When it comes to sports, everyone has their favorites, right? Favorite sports, favorite teams, favorite players, favorite stadiums, and so on. Well the fabulous b5media sports bloggers wanted to talk about their favorites.

Sandy kicks off the favorite talk with her favorite Olympic sport at Light the Torch.
Sandy also discusses her favorite golfer – Tom Weiskopf – at Green Posse.
Michael talks about not showing favoritism at Jab and Grapple.
Tim talks about Tony Stewart and Stewart-Haas Racing at Do You NASCAR.
Lyndsey tells all about being a Kansas City Chiefs fan at Girls Dig Sports.
Tony talks about his favorite team – the Houston …read more

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My editor, Kori, challenged each of us in the b5 sports channel to answer the question, “Why do you love sports?” It’s tougher than you think.
For me, sports is such a huge part of my identity that I have trouble stepping outside of it. Like, you might as well ask me why I have brown eyes.
But that’s a copout, so let’s see if I can come up with something more satisfying. Growing up, I played “organized” sports such as baseball, basketball, and soccer. I never quite got the hang of soccer, but it was just becoming …read more

Alex Rodriguez has opted out of his 10-year, $252 million deal. This has fascinating implications:
By opting out, Rodriguez will forfeit the potential $91 million that is left on his contract. Also, the Texas Rangers, who traded Rodriguez to the Yankees in 2004, will not be responsible for subsidizing $30 million of his salary.
First off, can you even imagine kissing up to $30 million a year (his current deal was through 2010) goodbye on the assumption that you’ll be able to earn more on the open market? I so need a new line of work.
Hank Steinbrenner’s quotes are classic:
If you don’t …read more

New York Mets pitching coach Rick Peterson offers some insights into his philosophy at the New York Times. Fascinating stuff:
Peterson says pitchers usually agree that the four biggest elements leading to success are movement, location, velocity and change of speed. The trick is in which order to rate them.
Peterson’s goal is to get his pitchers to appreciate that location comes first. Then comes change of speed and movement, with velocity bringing up the rear. That ranking comes as a surprise to some pitchers, Peterson said, because they have had years of receiving their most positive feedback for throwing hard.