A Break in the Action

1/25/08 By Jamshid Mousavinezhad

A Break in the Action

For all of you out there who need a break from the 336 hours of pre-Super Bowl coverage, here's what's been happening in the rest of the sports world. If you're hesitant to peel your eyes from that TV, because it always happens when you walk away for two minutes, I'm pretty sure that hour 113 will be shockingly similar to hour 114... and there's always TiVo.

- The Yankees are on the verge of signing second baseman Robinson Cano to a long-term extension. The deal on the table is reportedly a four-year guaranteed contract for about $30 million.

- The Knicks are apparently so bad that the prospect of joining the team can bring a grown man to tears.

- The Rangers, on the other hand, perhaps inspired by Brian Leetch's number retirement ceremony, head into the All-Star break on their first two-game winning streak since December 29th and 30th. Perhaps not coincidentally, this will not be the last Rangers jersey hung from the rafters this year.

- Roger Federer's streak of ten straight Grand Slam finals was ended when he went down in straight sets to #3 seed Novak Djokovic in the semifinals of the Australian Open.

- Tiger Woods finally started golfing again. After dealing with a firestorm of controversy the past few weeks, Woods teed off Thursday at the Buick Open.

- And, of course, the endless fallout from the Mitchell Report continues. Even as Roger Clemens, Brian McNamee and Kirk Radomski prepare themselves for testimony in front of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, one player has strangely not RSVP'd. Chuck Knoblauch did not only decline the Committee's initial invitation, he continues to dodge a subpoeana that would force him to appear. This isn't the first time Knoblauch's given us something out of right field. Or was it second base? It's tough to gauge the trajectory of a ball while sitting in the stands when the baseball's flying directly at your face at 80 mph.

Anyways, I guess I've taken about all the time I can, seeing as there's probably another picture of Tom Brady in a walking cast on crutches or something that's about to pop up.

Have a good weekend.

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