Rotoworld: Oregon RB LaMichael James and Oklahoma State WR Justin Blackmon among top 10 players who are being overhyped for the 2012 draft.
SportsTalk: Albert Pujols signs with the Angels and Prince Fielder joins the Tigers. Which team is better now?
The Detroit Red Wings equaled an NHL record with their 20th straight win at home, beating the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 Sunday night on the strength of Johan Franzen's tiebreaking goal early in the third period.
PBT: Boston's Rajon Rondo continues to be named in trade talks, which is madness. The Celtics guard creates offense and makes everyone around him better, which was evident in Sunday's win over the Bulls.
Arc: Syracuse is among a solid group of No. 1 seeds in our latest tournament projections, but the middle of the pack is much more murky.
Miami coach Al Golden says the worst is behind him, but his headaches figure to continue now that former booster Nevin Shapiro, now in jail, says his involvement with the Hurricanes program will result in stiff penalties.
Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods greeted their Sunday pairing at Pebble Beach with optimism. But the day would end happily only for one.
The United States completed a 5-0 rout of Switzerland in the Davis Cup on Sunday, with 19-year-old Ryan Harrison and John Isner winning closing singles matches.
Zambia has won the African Cup of Nations, beating pre-tournament favorite Ivory Coast 8-7 on penalties in a dramatic final at Stade de l'Amitie.
Tessa Worley of France fought off gusting winds to win a second consecutive World Cup giant slalom Sunday in the Andorran Pyrenees. Overall leader Lindsey Vonn was more than a second behind and finished eighth.
Robins: It’s the Year of the Dragon on the Lunar calendar, and this Chinese influence could extend to it also being the year of the Pekingese on the green carpet at the 136th Westminster Dog Show on Tuesday.
AP“He’s obviously one of the best hitters in the league,” Webb said of Pujols. “I went with what I thought was the best pitch at the time, it kind of stayed up and he swung over it. That was big.”
The Diamondbacks restored the two-run lead in the eighth on pinch hitter Chad Tracy’s RBI double off Russ Springer. Brandon Lyon escaped unscathed after the Cardinals had two on and none out in the eighth and Chad Qualls finished for his seventh save in 15 chances.
Wellemeyer lost his third straight start, allowing three runs on nine hits in six innings. He’s 1-5 in his last six decisions despite a 3.32 ERA in that span.
“I felt pretty good and had some good stuff working,” Wellemeyer said. “That’s an aggressive team and stuff didn’t go our way.”
The Cardinals just missed turning an inning-ending double play on Webb’s one-out grounder to second against a drawn-in infield in the fourth, a call at first that La Russa argued was an out, one at-bat before Drew’s RBI double. The Cardinals’ relay from right fielder Ryan Ludwick to Lopez at second to the plate caught Webb trying to score for the final out of the inning.
Arizona’s Mark Reynolds struck out twice and has 198 on the year, one off the major league record set last year by the Phillies’ Ryan Howard, right behind at 195 strikeouts.
Notes: Cardinals C Yadier Molina has had only two at-bats in 11 games since bruising his right thigh in a home-plate collision with Cubs pitcher Ted Lilly on Sept. 10, although La Russa expects him to play sometime in the final week. ... Adam Dunn walked twice and has a major league-high 117 walks. ... Drew is batting .395 (17-for-43) in his last 10 games overall.
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