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On Monday, the Minnesota Twins took an eight year gamble as they announced they tied up their hometown boy Joe Mauer with a $184 million contract extension keeping him in Minnesota until he is 35 years old. Mauer was due to become a free agent at the end of the 2010 season which, in the absence...

The NFC Wildcard Round last season between the Green Bay Packers and Arizona Cardinals was memorable for a number of reasons when the Packers came back from the dead to force overtime as they overcame a 14 point deficit entering the 4th quarter. The two teams scored a combined 96 points which is...

It will be a long 10 days for Formula 1 as it now wonders how it can avoid another dreary race that had armchair viewers searching for the off button in Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix. With new rules in place which limited the number of pitstops and prevented refuelling during the race...

After announcing his return to professional golf after a bout of indefinite leave from the sport in December following his Thanksgiving car crash and months of subsequent tabloid revelations, Tiger Woods was today installed as favorite at the upcoming Masters which starts on April 8 in Augusta...

We all know about Billy Beane, GM of the Oakland Athletics, and most people have heard of the 2003 book Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game based on his experiences on how you can field a competitive and cost effective baseball team. So knowing Billy Beane, a few eyebrows were raised...

The Cooper's Hill Cheese Rolling Race is an event that has been held annually for over 200 years and is known to television viewers worldwide as That Thing They Have On ESPN Every Year With Those Crazy Brits Chasing A Lump Of Cheese Down A Hill. But this year, the event has been...

When Andre Agassi, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Pete Sampras took to the court on Friday in a charity fundraiser for the Haiti earthquake victims you'd be forgiven for thinking that the rivalry would have been between Federer and Nadal who are arguably the current top two tennis players in...

Now the Spring Training games are underway and the rosters, as well as the PECOTA predictions, are a lot firmer than a month ago, its time to look at the remainder of the Pinnacle MLB season long props; these being for team wins/losses. First is the team wins prop where the O/U is set at...

After a disaster of a SEC Championship game and with a fumble laden appearance at the Senior Bowl, it is safe to say that Tim Tebow's draft stock has plummeted over the last few months. But at least he could console himself that he was wanted somewhere, back home with the Jacksonville Jaguars...

Over the past few months both the Commissioner's Office and The MLB Player's Association have been publicaly discussing the current elephant in the room which is casting a cloud over baseball, that being the issue of Human Growth Hormone. HGH was banned in 2005 but today there is still no test...

Already being in possession of the record $15.1 million for a draft pick, the story of the day was Stephen Strasburg's debut in spring training as the Washington Nationals took on the Detroit Tigers. Strasburg, the 2009 number one overall draft pick, spent some time in the Arizona Fall League...

After a pretty respectable college football career, it seems like the Brady Quinn Professional Experience just keeps going downhill after NFL buzz predicts him to be nothing better than a third string quarterback in the Cleveland Browns organization in 2010. From the moment he stepped in the...

On Monday Alex Rodriguez was officially linked to another drug controversy when Dr. Anthony Galea, a physician based in Toronto who is under investigation in both the US and Canada, confirmed that he treated Rodriguez last March in relation to a bout of inflammation following his hip surgery...

Ben Roethlisberger, fresh from being involved in an alleged sexual assault in Georgia, is rumored to have contacted Tiger Woods for some much needed advice on how to get his pecker out of his pants with the minimal of interference from the media and the authorities. Roethlisberger, who is...

Reports are that "several" Tottenham Hotspur first-team players have been suffering from an as yet unidentified virus that has swept through their training ground this week. The indoor facilities have been closed with a view to an upcoming deep clean sterilization. Wilson Palacios and Vedran...