http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/x140291478/Meeks-hits-3-UK-beats-Florida
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Jodie Meeks scored 23 points, including a fade-away 3-pointer with under 5 seconds left, as Kentucky snapped a three-game losing streak with a critical 68-65 victory over Florida on Tuesday night.
With the game tied at 65, the Southeastern Conference scoring leader swished in the closely guarded shot.
Florida got an opportunity to tie when Kentucky's Kevin Galloway fouled Nick Calathes while trying a last-second desperation heave. But Calathes missed all three shots, the last one intentionally, as Kentucky held on.
The loss spoiled a huge night for Calathes, who scored a career-high 33 points and joined the career 1,000-point club — the eighth-fastest Gator to do so.
Kentucky (17-7, 6-3) pulled into a tie with Florida (19-5, 6-3) atop the SEC East, and avoided matching the second-longest conference losing streak in school history.
While Meeks put the Wildcats on his back at the end, a balanced offense was needed to outlast Calathes' scoring barrage.
That was particularly so midway through the second half, when Kentucky's other star, center Patrick Patterson, got tripped up during a layup attempt and was slammed to the floor. He stayed there for more than two minutes before limping off with an apparent leg injury that would sideline him for the rest of the game.
For most of the game, Meeks hardly resembled the scorer who set a Kentucky single-game record with 54 points against Tennessee last month. He made just 3 of 10 3-pointers in this contest.
Less-heralded guard Michael Porter needed just four attempts to match that total, and even the one he missed was productive as Perry Stevenson grabbed the rebound and dunked it home, giving the Wildcats a 48-47 lead.
It was one of nine lead changes in the game, along with six ties.
For a Kentucky offense that revolves around the inside-outside combination of Patterson and Meeks, that pair did virtually nothing in the final 11 minutes of the first half, when Florida appeared poised to run away.
After Meeks banked in a 3-pointer to cut an eight-point Florida lead to 14-9, Meeks and Patterson didn't score from the floor again before halftime. Patterson's free throw with 2 minutes left was his lone point of the half.
Yet the Wildcats gained ground on the Gators by getting the next 19 points from the floor from a less-heralded combination of Porter, Stevenson, Josh Harrellson and Kevin Galloway.
Harrellson (11), Stevenson (10) and Porter (9) trailed Meeks in scoring, and Galloway led the team with a career-high nine assists.
Kentucky's victory was the second straight over Florida, which had won the previous seven meetings. Even before tipoff, the Rupp Arena fans voiced their anti-Florida sentiments, loudly booing coach Billy Donovan, who had been mentioned as a candidate to take over at Kentucky before Billy Gillispie prior to last season.
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Cowboys say bye to Pac-Man
http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/football/other_nfl/view.bg?articleid=1151197&srvc=sports&position=recent
IRVING, Texas - The Dallas Cowboys officially released Adam "Pacman" Jones on Monday, the first day NFL teams could place players on waivers for the upcoming season.
The Cowboys announced last month their plans to release Jones after the former first-round draft pick of the Tennessee Titans [team stats] spent one turbulent season with Dallas. The cornerback’s departure saves the Cowboys $1 million on the salary cap. His four-year contract did not include guaranteed money.
After the Cowboys decided to release him, Jones did a national TV interview and alluded to the possibility of re-signing with Dallas. But Cowboys owner/general manager Jerry Jones has no plans to bring Pacman Jones back.
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Jones played in nine games this season and served a six-game league suspension after an altercation with his bodyguard at a Dallas hotel. Jones finished the year with 33 tackles, tied for the team lead with 13 pass deflections and had one forced fumble and recovery and no interceptions. He also averaged just 4.5 yards per punt return.
IRVING, Texas - The Dallas Cowboys officially released Adam "Pacman" Jones on Monday, the first day NFL teams could place players on waivers for the upcoming season.
The Cowboys announced last month their plans to release Jones after the former first-round draft pick of the Tennessee Titans [team stats] spent one turbulent season with Dallas. The cornerback’s departure saves the Cowboys $1 million on the salary cap. His four-year contract did not include guaranteed money.
After the Cowboys decided to release him, Jones did a national TV interview and alluded to the possibility of re-signing with Dallas. But Cowboys owner/general manager Jerry Jones has no plans to bring Pacman Jones back.
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Jones played in nine games this season and served a six-game league suspension after an altercation with his bodyguard at a Dallas hotel. Jones finished the year with 33 tackles, tied for the team lead with 13 pass deflections and had one forced fumble and recovery and no interceptions. He also averaged just 4.5 yards per punt return.
Phelps takes time with London decision
Swimming isn't a sport anyways, lol -http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/swimming/news/story?id=3896185
Michael Phelps says it's going to take him two or three months to decide if he's going to compete at the 2012 Summer Games in London, The Baltimore Sun reported.
"It will take a few months," Phelps said in a post-practice interview Monday outside the pool where he trains, the newspaper reported. "I'll give it 30 or 60 days. I think it will be better. I'm already happier now than I was, just having some part of my life back to normal, being able to swim again, having fun, joking around."
Things hadn't been very normal for Phelps since a photo of him with a marijuana pipe was published in a British tabloid earlier this month. He apologized for a lapse in judgment, was dropped as a sponsor by Kellogg Co. and suspended for three months by USA Swimming.
But he's no longer waking up to people shouting outside his apartment, and the paparazzi aren't dogging him with the same vigor, according to the report.
"I'm not feeling too good physically," Phelps said, according to the report. "But I'm actually able to sleep now. I had a real hard time sleeping over the last two weeks or so. Just swimming and thinking about everything going on. Everything is back to what I call normal, I guess."
Phelps, the winner of a record-breaking eight gold medals at Beijing last summer, said he called every one of his sponsors to apologize and spoke to everyone except Kellogg, according to the report.
"I guess the only one I didn't really talk to was Kellogg, and I attempted to call four days in a row and didn't get any responses," Phelps said, The Sun reported. "I talked to everybody else, and they're all supportive."
Michael Phelps says it's going to take him two or three months to decide if he's going to compete at the 2012 Summer Games in London, The Baltimore Sun reported.
"It will take a few months," Phelps said in a post-practice interview Monday outside the pool where he trains, the newspaper reported. "I'll give it 30 or 60 days. I think it will be better. I'm already happier now than I was, just having some part of my life back to normal, being able to swim again, having fun, joking around."
Things hadn't been very normal for Phelps since a photo of him with a marijuana pipe was published in a British tabloid earlier this month. He apologized for a lapse in judgment, was dropped as a sponsor by Kellogg Co. and suspended for three months by USA Swimming.
But he's no longer waking up to people shouting outside his apartment, and the paparazzi aren't dogging him with the same vigor, according to the report.
"I'm not feeling too good physically," Phelps said, according to the report. "But I'm actually able to sleep now. I had a real hard time sleeping over the last two weeks or so. Just swimming and thinking about everything going on. Everything is back to what I call normal, I guess."
Phelps, the winner of a record-breaking eight gold medals at Beijing last summer, said he called every one of his sponsors to apologize and spoke to everyone except Kellogg, according to the report.
"I guess the only one I didn't really talk to was Kellogg, and I attempted to call four days in a row and didn't get any responses," Phelps said, The Sun reported. "I talked to everybody else, and they're all supportive."
A-Rod doped - is this really that shocking?
http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2009/02/07/alex-rodriguez-tested-positive-for-steroids-in-2003/
Remember when Major League Baseball did "diagnostic" steroid tests to determine if there was enough usage to start a league-wide testing program? And how they said that the results of those tests would never become public? Well, Barry Bonds' results leaked out earlier this week and today, Sports Illustrated is reporting that Alex Rodriguez was among the 104 big leaguers that tested positive for anabolic steroids in 2003.
Baseball and Steroids
Charles Krupa, APAccording to a Sports Illustrated report, Alex Rodriguez failed a steroid test while he was a member of the Texas Rangers in 2003. Find out more players who have been accused of taking performance enhancing-drugs or tested positive. 13 photos (Note: Please disable your pop-up blocker)
Baseball and Steroids
According to a Sports Illustrated report, Alex Rodriguez failed a steroid test while he was a member of the Texas Rangers in 2003. Find out more players who have been accused of taking performance enhancing-drugs or tested positive.
Charles Krupa, AP
Roger Clemens is under fire for insisting in a hearing that he did not use performance-enhancing drugs, despite what his former personal trainer has claimed.
Pablo Martinez Monsivais, AP
Barry Bonds, baseball's home run king, faces charges of lying to a jury after testifying he did not use steroids, despite reports that he did fail drug tests.
Paul Sakuma, AP
Jose Canseco admitted he used steroids in his book "Juiced," and also named several of his former teammates as performance-enhancing drug users.
Mark Wilson, Getty Images
Giants minor league catcher Eliezer Alfonzo was suspended last June for 50 games after he failed a drug test.
Chris Graythen, Getty Images
Braves top prospect Jordan Schafer was suspended 50 games last season by the commissioner's office for violating the minor league drug program. Schafer was reportedly caught in possession of human growth hormone.
Elsa, Getty Images
In 2007, outfielder Jose Guillen received a 15-day suspension following media reports linking him to performance-enhancing drugs. Guillen's suspension was eliminated as part of baseball's new agreement on drug testing.
Jamie Squire, Getty Images
Outfielder Jay Gibbons was suspended in 2007 after being linked to HGH use. Following the suspension, Gibbons admitted receiving human growth hormone in 2005 and apologized, but was released by the Orioles before they opened the regular season. Gibbons signed a minor-league deal with the Marlins last month.
Scott A. Schneider, Getty Images
Astros shortstop Miguel Tejada was mentioned in the Mitchell Report in connection with reported purchases of steroids. In January 2008, the FBI announced that it launched an investigation into whether Tejada lied to federal investigators.
Doug Benc, Getty Images
In December 2007, Orioles second baseman Brian Roberts issued an apology and admitted to using steroids on a single occasion in 2003 shortly after he was named in the Mitchell Report.
Doug Benc, Getty Images
When approached by an SI reporter on Thursday at a gym in Miami, Rodriguez declined to discuss his 2003 test results. "You'll have to talk to the union," said Rodriguez, the Yankees' third baseman since his trade to New York in February 2004. When asked if there was an explanation for his positive test, he said, "I'm not saying anything."
That would be 2003, the year he won the AL MVP, hit 47 homers, drove in 118 runs, and was generally impressive enough that the Yankees went out and traded for him after the season ended. Apparently he did all of that on testosterone and a steroid known as Primbolan. And really, 2003 was his worst season in Texas, not all that impressive compared with 2000-2002, 2005, or 2007.
I guess that "A-Fraud" talk won't be going away.
Remember when Major League Baseball did "diagnostic" steroid tests to determine if there was enough usage to start a league-wide testing program? And how they said that the results of those tests would never become public? Well, Barry Bonds' results leaked out earlier this week and today, Sports Illustrated is reporting that Alex Rodriguez was among the 104 big leaguers that tested positive for anabolic steroids in 2003.
Baseball and Steroids
Charles Krupa, APAccording to a Sports Illustrated report, Alex Rodriguez failed a steroid test while he was a member of the Texas Rangers in 2003. Find out more players who have been accused of taking performance enhancing-drugs or tested positive. 13 photos (Note: Please disable your pop-up blocker)
Baseball and Steroids
According to a Sports Illustrated report, Alex Rodriguez failed a steroid test while he was a member of the Texas Rangers in 2003. Find out more players who have been accused of taking performance enhancing-drugs or tested positive.
Charles Krupa, AP
Roger Clemens is under fire for insisting in a hearing that he did not use performance-enhancing drugs, despite what his former personal trainer has claimed.
Pablo Martinez Monsivais, AP
Barry Bonds, baseball's home run king, faces charges of lying to a jury after testifying he did not use steroids, despite reports that he did fail drug tests.
Paul Sakuma, AP
Jose Canseco admitted he used steroids in his book "Juiced," and also named several of his former teammates as performance-enhancing drug users.
Mark Wilson, Getty Images
Giants minor league catcher Eliezer Alfonzo was suspended last June for 50 games after he failed a drug test.
Chris Graythen, Getty Images
Braves top prospect Jordan Schafer was suspended 50 games last season by the commissioner's office for violating the minor league drug program. Schafer was reportedly caught in possession of human growth hormone.
Elsa, Getty Images
In 2007, outfielder Jose Guillen received a 15-day suspension following media reports linking him to performance-enhancing drugs. Guillen's suspension was eliminated as part of baseball's new agreement on drug testing.
Jamie Squire, Getty Images
Outfielder Jay Gibbons was suspended in 2007 after being linked to HGH use. Following the suspension, Gibbons admitted receiving human growth hormone in 2005 and apologized, but was released by the Orioles before they opened the regular season. Gibbons signed a minor-league deal with the Marlins last month.
Scott A. Schneider, Getty Images
Astros shortstop Miguel Tejada was mentioned in the Mitchell Report in connection with reported purchases of steroids. In January 2008, the FBI announced that it launched an investigation into whether Tejada lied to federal investigators.
Doug Benc, Getty Images
In December 2007, Orioles second baseman Brian Roberts issued an apology and admitted to using steroids on a single occasion in 2003 shortly after he was named in the Mitchell Report.
Doug Benc, Getty Images
When approached by an SI reporter on Thursday at a gym in Miami, Rodriguez declined to discuss his 2003 test results. "You'll have to talk to the union," said Rodriguez, the Yankees' third baseman since his trade to New York in February 2004. When asked if there was an explanation for his positive test, he said, "I'm not saying anything."
That would be 2003, the year he won the AL MVP, hit 47 homers, drove in 118 runs, and was generally impressive enough that the Yankees went out and traded for him after the season ended. Apparently he did all of that on testosterone and a steroid known as Primbolan. And really, 2003 was his worst season in Texas, not all that impressive compared with 2000-2002, 2005, or 2007.
I guess that "A-Fraud" talk won't be going away.
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