Listen to the first show of the season. The gang interview Ari Kaplan of www.ariball.com who offers amazing stat packs to major league teams and then the crew talk about Ron Washington's stunning admission, Lenny Dykstra's lawsuit and a whole lot more.

"100 Baseball Icons," "Not Without Hope"

As Opening Day approaches it seems an avalanche of baseball tomes in all sizes, all shapes, all prices and all quality levels are there for the reading and for placing on your library shelf.
Herewith, some more . . .

DATE: Sunday, March 21 at 7 p.m.

PLACE: Wachovia Center, Broad Street Atrium, 3601 S Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19148

DETAILS: In an effort to help find homes for numerous unwanted pets, the Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) will showcase their adoptable furry four-legged friends to Flyers fans when the team hosts the Atlanta Thrashers.

BOUCHERVILLE, Wednesday, March 17, 2010 – The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League today released the list of nominees for the 2010 Golden Puck Awards. Every year, the QMJHL honours its most deserving athletes, teams and personalities at its awards Gala. The awards banquet will be held on Wednesday, March 31, at the Hyatt-Regency hotel in downtown Montreal.

The Philadelphia Flyers announced today that they have recalled goaltender Jeremy Duchesne (DOO-shayn) on an emergency basis from their American Hockey League affiliate, the Adirondack Phantoms, according to club General Manager Paul Holmgren.

Need for Speed World is the First Massively Multiplayer Online Action Racing Game

Vancouver, British Columbia. – March 16, 2010 – Black Box, a studio of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS), today announced that the closed beta for Need for Speed™ World, the massively multiplayer online action racing game has begun. Over the course of the next few months, thousands of players worldwide will have the opportunity to claim one of the limited slots in the PC beta test by enlisting at world.needforspeed.com. Need for Speed World testers will be the first in the world to get an insider’s look at this hotly anticipated racing MMO, and their constructive feedback will go straight back to the development team to help add polish, finesse and tuning to the final product.

Here is the all new, all free, Fantasy Baseball Draftology 2010 thanks to the folks at FDH Enterprises and Sportsology.

Voting Underway to Select Wooden All American team and Wooden Award Winner

LOS ANGELES - - The 2010 John R. Wooden Award ballots were announced today at The Los Angeles Athletic Club by the John R. Wooden Award committee and have been sent out to the panel of voters, comprised of sports media members and college basketball experts from around the nation.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Binghamton Senators left wing Josh Hennessy has been named the Reebok/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending Mar. 14, 2010. Hennessy led the Senators on their four-game road trip with four goals and five assists for nine points.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The University of Denver, which went 2-0-0 against Michigan Tech University last weekend, returns to the top spot of the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll. The Pioneers, who enter the Western Collegiate Hockey Association Final Five with a 27-7-4 record, collected 507 points and 31-of-34 first-place votes.
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