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Goodbye My Sweet Prince
Eric Lindros is expected to announce his retirement Thursday after 13 seasons in the NHL. The 34-year-old forward (who played for the Dallas Stars last season) had 372 goals and 493 assists in 760 games for Philadelphia, Toronto, the New York Rangers and Dallas. The always controversial Lindros won the Hart Trophy in 1995 and was part of the Canadian Olympic team that won gold in 2002. Amazingly, "the next one" (a Gretzky reference), only played in two NHL All Star games during a tumultuous career that left much to be desired for a player who was considered a lock to be a hall of famer as he entered the league in 1991. Parents who are jerks make kids who are jerks...

The Slowest game on earth is about to get slower
MLB GM's recommended Tuesday that instant replay be used to help umpires with "boundary calls" -- a major league first. The proposal, approved by a 25-5 vote, is to be limited to use in deciding whether potential home runs are fair or foul, whether balls go over fences or hit the tops and bounce back, and whether fans interfere with possible homers. The limited use is a good call...

Champagne in Piscataway
Come 2009 the University of South Florida and Rutgers University will be playing post season basketball, how you ask?...The Big East will include all 16 conference members in its basketball tournament beginning in 2009, after leaving four schools out of the postseason event since expanding in 2005-06.

Burly Loudmouth to stay in Beantown
Curt Schilling and the Boston Red Sox have reached an agreement on a one-year deal worth about $8 million in base salary and another $3 million in potential incentives. The deal also includes $2 million in weight clauses. On his blog Tuesday, Schilling wrote that bonuses are tied to six random weigh-ins. David Wells must be fuming.

So Long Marcus
Marcus Johnson has left the Connecticut basketball program. The highly rated Los Angeles recruit never quite lived up to his billing in Storrs. A nice kid who worked hard, I do wish him luck at his next destination. Matt Brady may have some room up in Poughkeepsie, i'm just saying

Hello Jimmy
According to the Washingtonpost.com, West Potomac High's (Alexandria, VA) Jimmy Bennett reportedly has accepted a scholarship offer from Uconn. The 6-foot-8, 275-pound offensive tackle is a huge feather in Edsall's cap. Bennett has received offers from Notre Dame, Boston College, Clemson, Michigan State, Penn State, Virginia Tech and West Virginia.

Gametime for Uconn
The Uconn v Syracuse game time has been set for noon on Nov 17th and will air on espn2.

Arena shown the door
New York Red Bulls have ended the term of Bruce Arena as their head coach after they were knocked out of this year's MLS playoffs in the 1st round. Team official Marc de Grandpre said "I met with Bruce this morning to discuss the team and we decided it was in the best interests of the organization to part ways. We made progress this season, but it was not where we wanted to be." Look for Bruce to be back in the MLS before long.