By Micah Warren

So much for the Joe Borowski era in Cleveland, as the Indians have designated their closer for assignment. The Indians desperately need to clean up their lousy bullpen and get a look at some of the younger guys.
The Indians also designated right-hander Rick Bauer, which will make room for Jensen Lewis and Brian Slocum to [...]

By Micah Warren
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The Globe and Mail is reporting that former Pittsburgh Penguin forward Marian Hossa has signed a one-year, $7.4 million deal with the Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings.
Hossa was with the Penguins last year when they got mopped up by Detroit in the Stanley Cup Finals.
A former first-round pick of the [...]

By Micah Warren
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The first-place team in the National League East just sent their opening-day starter down to the minors. That’s right, the Philadelphia Phillies were forced to send right-hander Brett Myers to the AAA Lehigh Valley Ironpigs. Myers is 3-9 this season with a 5.84 ERA.
“We’re in a playoff race, and I have to be there to [...]

By Mike Perry
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I will be constantly updating this and you can keep checking in for my latest version here. I also have all good intentions to live blog the NBA Draft tomorrow starting at 7 p.m. should I not pass out on Early Times whiskey first. Actually, the only reason it wouldn’t happen is if I have technical difficulties.

In the live blog, I will dish out my thoughts on the picks and make sure I put in writing every ridiculous thing that comes out of the mouths of Mark Jackson and Jeff Van Gundy.

So here’s Blast’s live draft:

By Micah Warren

Stud winger Cristiano Ronaldo, considered by many to be the best soccer player in the world, continues to try to work his way out of Manchester United and into Real Madrid of the Spanish league. He talked to the media after his Portuguese team got ousted from the Euro Cup by Germany on Thursday.
“I will [...]

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After all those losses, we heard the speculation about Willie Randolph’s job. Well now, it seems that the Mets have decided to fire him after a win. Bench coach Jerry Manuel will take over as the Mets manager after Randolph was let go at 3:15 AM EDT following a 9-6 Mets win over the Angels.
The [...]

By Micah Warren

Michael Smith of ESPN is reporting that the Cowboys have inked WR Terrell Owens to a three-year deal that will keep him in Dallas through 2011. Terms of the deal are not available a this time.
Owens was set to begin the final year of the original three-year deal he signed with the Cowboys in 2006. [...]

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San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich has signed a contract extension that will keep him on the Spurs bench thru 2010-2011.
Spurs chairman Peter Holt told reporters last week that a handshake agreement was in place.
“If we never had a signed deal that would have been fine,” Holt said Tuesday. “That’s the way the relationship has [...]

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According to a high-ranking MLB source, the Marlins have signed 24-year old shortstop Hanley Ramirez to a six-year, $70 million deal. The deal isn’t expected to be announced for a few days.
Ramirez is a stud, batting .336 with eight home runs and 21 RBIs this year.

By Mike Perry

Former Phoenix Suns coach Mike D’Antoni has accepted a four-year, $24 million deal to coach the New York Knicks. D’Antoni has a 267-172 career coaching record with the Suns and Denver Nuggets. The Suns won at least 54 games in four of his five seasons, and he has a 26-25 record in the playoffs. [...]

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