Alex Rodriguez just announced he would not participate in the Home Run Derby. Wonder if he will be replaced by Lenny Kravitz.
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Though should we be surprised that A-Rod is not participating in anything connected to the All-Star Game. After all, as Bud Selig is so fond of saying, it counts towards something in the post-season.
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The Super Sonics are paying $75 million to the city of Seattle to leave town. In related news, the city of New York is trying to decide how much they might offer the Knicks to move to Washington in their place.
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Coach K – Mike Krzyzewski – says that his U.S. Olympic basketball team isn’t going to China “to sell shoes.” Well, yeah, duh. They don’t buy the shoes there, just make them to ship them to people who will overpay for them here.
Left Coast Sports Babe 