Randy De Puniet is one of these intrepid racers, he has spent most of the year trying to race while nursing injuries, one of which is a broken ankle with screws which were inserted during the race season. This LCR Honda rider recently went into the hospital, now that the 2009 MotoGP season is over, to have the screws removed and can allow his ankle to heal fully. He spent the year with the screws in because they still allowed him to race through the pain barrier during each race and still have a pretty good result for the year. …read more

Yardbarker says that former Broncos coach Mike Shanahan met with the exec’s from the Buffalo Bills Monday night for several hours. The bills are without a head coach since they fired Dick Jauron last week. Funny how firing a head coach mid-season will make you desperate for a quick replacement, ain’t it?

Shanahan said the meeting was a good one. This is apparently more than Mike Holmgren, Jon Gruden and Bill Cowher each must have thought, since they are all rumored to have rejected “potential offers” to coach the team.
Here’s the part that will undoubtedly tick Jauron off, …read more

Michael Beasley has had a rocky start to his NBA career. However, Wednesday was a high point (no pun intended). Beasley dunked a Dwyane Wade airball at the end of the game between the Miami Heat and the Orlando Magic to give the Heat a 99-98 victory.
Beasley finished the game with 15 points and 12 rebounds. Wade, per usual, led the way with 24 points, six assists, four rebounds, three steals and two blocks.
The Magic, on the other hand, suffered a disappointing home loss. Jason Williams, starting in place of the injured Jameer Nelson, had 25 points and eight assists …read more

Did you happen to catch Alex Rodriguez at the American Music Awards on Sunday night? He was there trying to look cool (and not doing a very good job of it), but interestingly enough so was his girlfriend Kate Hudson. I couldn’t help wondering if perhaps Kate got him the gig? (Or maybe it was the other way around.)

Maybe A-Rod is going all Hollywood on us now that the Yankees have won the World Series again. After all, he was seen hanging with Fergie (pictured) from the Black Eyed Peas at the Lakers game Sunday before …read more

Dan Hawkins, the head coach of Colorado is full of recruiting regrets in regards to one of the teams’ quarterbacks. That’s pretty harsh, considering that said quarterback is his son, Cody. The player has already been benched for not performing as well as expected, so it’s gotta be hard to here that his dad wishes he would have never recruited him…
In actuality, it has nothing to do with Cody’s skill level and instead has to do with his dad’s feelings that he shouldn’t have been a part of a team that was clearly in a rebuilding year. Says the coach,
“Here’s …read more

The 2009 Formula One season is over but the fun is just beginning anew as the teams and drivers are already testing their cars for the up coming 2010 season. There will be three new teams on the grid next year, along with the perennial teams that have been competing for years. Lewis Hamilton will be someone to watch, along with Sebastian Vettel and of course the 2009 Formula One World Champion Jenson Button.
 
Force India has been busy this week setting up their VJM02 race car to be driven by new drivers’ British driver Paul di Resta and the present …read more

Fred Couples is 50-years-old, a fact which I find mind-blowing, seeing that Couples was probably my favorite golfer growing up.  And if he’s now 50, and eligible to play on the Champions Tour, then that makes me older than I want to imagine.  But time marches on, and yes, Fred Couples is all set to make his Champions Tour debut in a tournament that best suits him–the 2010 Champions Skins game.

Unofficially dubbed “the King of Skins,” Couples seemed to own the regular Skins game, wonky back and all.  In 14 Skins matches, he earned an astounding $4.183 million, and the …read more

Notre Dame fans just can’t take it anymore. I get it…but some people are taking their angry feelings too far. While out at a bar on Sunday morning, quarterback Jimmy Clausen was sucker punched by a fan who was apparently not happy with his performance this past weekend. Says athletic director Jack Swarbrick,
“He was not engaged in a fight. He didn’t throw any punches. He didn’t directly engage the individual. He just got coldcocked by somebody, and we’re very disturbed by that.”
Clausen was reportedly out with his family and girlfriend after the team’s double-overtime loss to Connecticut earlier that day. …read more

In a repeat of the 2007 NBA Playoffs, the Golden State Warriors went out on the road and defeated a heavily favored Dallas Mavericks squad. Suiting up only eight and sending only six players onto the court, the Warriors used a big fourth quarter to defeat the Mavs by a final score of 111-103.
Monta Ellis led the way with 37 points, eight assists, four rebounds and four steals. He did rack up 11 turnovers but his aggressiveness helped the Warriors — especially down the stretch. Anthony Morrow chipped in with 27, while rookie Stephen Curry had 18.
For the Mavs, Dirk …read more

Finally, a rule change that actually does something worthwhile.  Tom Watson made a valiant effort at this year’s British Open, but eventually ran out of gas, ending up with a second place finish.  Not bad for a 59-year-old when you think about it.  However, despite his great run, Watson would have lost his exemption status at next year’s Open Championship due to his age, had the Royal & Ancient not amended one of it’s rules.
The R&A changed it’s rule to allow former champions who finish in the top 10 in the previous five years to gain a five-year exemption.  The …read more