New York Mets may not clear Johan Santana to pitch in WBC - MLB - SI.com
is unsure whether he'll be able to pitch in the World Baseball Classic following offseason knee surgery. The two-time Cy Young Award winner said Wednesday he'd love to play for his native Venezuela in March, but the New York Mets will determine whether to clear him for the WBC. "My mind is set to play, but at this point I don't know what is going to happen with the medical staff and the team. They have a lot to protect," Santana said during a telephone conference call. "If they

Last Night's Action: What Now?
Cubs 9 Mets 6 (10 innings): Jerry Manuel took all the questions after the game, but he didn’t have any answers. The Mets jumped out to a big lead and then saw it disappear as they lost one of their biggest games of the year. Don’t blame the bullpen. They held the Mets in the game inning after inning, it was the offense that blew this one. Time after time, the Mets couldn’t get the big hit, no more so than the bottom of the ninth. David Murphy led off the inning with a triple, putting the team 9

Last NIght's Action: Back In Front
Mets 9 Atlanta 5: For once it was another team’s bullpen that blew it. Atlanta gave up four runs in the eighth to propel the Mets to victory. Daniel Murphy had a key two-run double to break a 5-5 tie and Jose Reyes and David Wright added RBI’s to provide some insurance. Brian Stokes came in and got the last six outs to preserve the win. Philadelphia lost, so the Mets climbed back into first by 1/2 a game and Milwaukee lost again, making the wild card a distinct fallback position. Yankees 3 Baltim

Last Night's Action: A Great Finish
Mets 7 Cubs 6: The Mets are anything but boring. One night after perhaps their worst loss of the season they rebounded with perhaps their best win. Jerry Manuel pushed his luck with Pedro Martinez and paid the price with Martinez allowing the first two runners to reach in the seventh and then Ricardo Rincon came in and gave up a three-run homer. That put Chicago ahead 6-3 and you could sense the despair setting in. But, the Mets were not done. They scored a single run in the seventh and then two in t

Last Night's Action: Hooking the Marlins
Mets 6, Marlins 2: Both times a team in this series suffered a crushing loss, it came back to win the next day. After Friday's deflating loss, the Marlins won Saturday on a walk-off walk. Pedro Martinez helped the Mets in Sunday's rubber game. He turned in six strong winnings, striking out four and walking one. Three solo homers -- from Carlos Beltran, Nick Evans and then David Wright -- helped the Mets erase a 2-0 first-inning deficit. Normally they are the ones jumping out quickly and trying to hang on. B

David Cook - Total Request Live - VIDEO
David Cook introduced his video for “Light On” on today’s MTV Total Request Live. Watch the video, after the jump. Tonight, he performs at the David Wright benefit, Do The Wright Thing Gala, at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York City. I’m sure he’ll be debuting some new songs from the upcoming album. I want reports people! Friday night, David is back in LA to perform on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. On November 23rd, David performs two songs on the red carpet during the A

ABC News' Charlie Gibson to Anchor 'World News' from New Orleans
Tonight, ABC News' Charlie Gibson will be anchoring World News from New Orleans.  George Stephanopoulos will head up the network's convention coverage from St. Paul.   More from ABC News' press release: ABC News will continue to report from the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, MN.  "This Week" host and Chief Washington Correspondent, George Stephanopoulos, will anchor and report from the RNC and ABC News correspondent David Wright -- who has been covering the McCain campaign for

Jaguar Wright Reacts To Barack Obama’s Victory
Jaguar Wright reacted to news Barack Obama has been elected the 44th U.S. President on her blog at MySpace. The Philadelphia R&B singer tells readers: Last night I witnessed something that your average individual would’ve thought unfathomable as recent as ten years ago. I saw Senator Barack Obama named president elect. Don’t get me wrong, from the second I woke up November 4th, I felt a spirit of absolution fall over my consciousness. And even as I stood in line to cast my democratic vote

Jonas Brothers News! :: giggles at the ridiculousness of it all ::
Apparently MTV Canada's list was different from MTV America's. So, Joe Jonas is listed on the MTV US News Man Of The Year 2008. Highlights: Established himself not just as the prettiest Jonas Brother, but also the de facto 'Ladies Man' of the group ... Defended Miley Cyrus during the height of 'Mileygate' ...Misled millions of Jonas fans during an episode of 'FNMTV,' when he denied owning a Care Bears pillow ... Immortalized in wax, met Derek Jeter, all in the same week ... Dated burgeoning teen queen Taylo

FORMER NY YANKEES MANAGER JOE TORRE'S NEW SCANDALOUS BOOK, \"THE YANKEE YEARS\"
Joe Torre's new book, "The Yankee Years" is juicy.  He calls his former New York Yankees baseball players, "primadonnas" and says that slugger, Alex Rodriguez was called, "A-Fraud" by his teammates after he developed a, "Single White Female" like obsession with team captain. Derek Jeter.

Julia Allison Could Have Been in the White House By Now [Regret]
Sometimes we all look back on the choices we've made, and wonder wistfully how things would have turned out had we chosen different paths. And sometimes this makes us delusional, like Julia Allison. Julia, a fameball, went to the inauguration, you know. She went to balls and everything. But one gets the sense that the young lady's time in DC may have been tainted by a desultory veil of regret. Why can't she be a White House speechwriter?You know, it’s rare that I look back on my life and wish I had gone i

A-Rod and Kate Hudson's Sexy Fish Date [Gossip Roundup]
It's true! The Yankees player Alex Rodriguez, who like teammate Derek Jeter sucks very much, was seen canoodling with actress Kate Hudson at an underground Manhattan fish restaurant.The pair was seen last week with a group of 10 or so people at Lure in Soho enjoying a three-hour tour. Billionaire man-about-town Ron Burkle was there. The captains of wealth ate and ate and ate, their mouths glistening with fish grease, their bellies sloshing with beer, the salty dogs laughing heartily all evening. Sexy! [P6]D

New York Yankees enjoy first day in new $1.5 billion home
Derek Jeter stepped out of the dugout and gazed up at those massive grandstands, five booming decks of blue-and-white splendor reaching high into a clear Bronx sky.

What’s G?
So Gatorade is redoing their whole image. Above, Lil’ Wayne is the narrator for an ad featuring Muhammed Ali, Dwayne Wade, Chaz Ortiz, Derek Jeter, The Jabbawockeez and many more. After the jump, a “G” ad with Murs!!!!

What’s G?
Gatorade is redoing their whole image.Above, Lil’ Wayne is the narrator for an ad featuring Muhammed Ali, Dwayne Wade, Chaz Ortiz, Derek Jeter, The Jabbawockeez and many more.After the jump, a “G” ad with Murs!!!!

Derek And Me -- Part Three
I was lucky enough to interview Derek Jeter yesterday for the third time since last July. As always, I tried to get the Yankees shortstop to give us one little nugget on Hot Clicks Nation (yes, I'm creating a Nation since everyone else is) favorite, Minka Kelly. Of course Jeter wouldn't bite, but he was still a good sport about me badgering him with questions about the Friday Night Lights star. Speaking of Friday Night Lights, Keith, of Jacksonville, Fla, wrote in to say "You always reference Minka Kell

Roger I. Abrams: It's Time to Play the Baseball Salary Arbitration Game!
Now that the terrific Super Game is over and we have more than a month until March Madness arrives, we are left with the February interregnum. Sure, we can get excited about pro basketball and hockey, but they are just more of the same. We need a new national sport for February. So gather 'round boys and girls. It may be snowy outside with wind chills in the single digits, but it is time to play America's new favorite winter pastime - the baseball salary arbitration game. The rule

Hilary Duff & Mike Comrie at the MJCI Celebration
Hilary Duff and boyfriend Mike Comrie attended the MJCI Celebration at Atlantis that followed the second day of the Michael Jordan Celebrity Invitational Golf Tournament held at the luxurious One and Only Ocean Club Golf Course on Paradise Island. Other celebs in attendance included Boris Becker, Sharley Kerssenberg, Michael Jordan, Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter, Gabrielle Union, Ashanti, Crystle Stewart (Miss America), Brian Baumgardner and Adrian Young. Source Damn those are some shoes Hil.

Is Madonna Getting To Big For Her Britches?
 Madonna doesn't have to follow the rules? Her Sticky & Sweet  London appearance is being fined for going past curfew. Huh?$249,750.00 is the fine she received for going over her concert time by 40 minutes. Holy crap, that's $6243.00 per minute. She was supposed to kick the show off at 8:30 pm but didn't start until 9:10. This means that the show was supposed to end at 10:30 pm, curfew, however it ended at 11:10pm. "Her people knew about the possible implications for going ove

WAG No. 289: Scarlett Johansson
Once a baseball WAG, always a baseball WAG Star of highly lauded films including Lost in Translation, Vicky Christina Barcelona and the unforgettable Home Alone 3, Scarlett Johansson has become an American institution during her 24 years on this mortal coil. At some point, her really big boobs superb acting talents caught the eye of New York [...]

Johnny Damon not miffed at Alex Rodriguez's comments
KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) -- Johnny Damon is taking Alex Rodriguez's latest remarks in stride, while Derek Jeter is staying silent.

Phelps Shakes Off "SNL" Hosting Nerves
Michael Phelps steps out of his chlorinated comfort zone to host the season premiere of "Saturday Night Live" this weekend, treading the same stage where his comedy idol Chris Farley once got big laughs. The swimmer who won a record-setting eight gold medals at last month's Olympics has been riding a pop culture wave since Beijing, making the rounds of the TV talk shows, presenting at MTV's Video Music Awards and being gossiped about in the tabloids. Phelps follows in the athletic footsteps of such jocks

Kevin Federline Is Livin' Large
It looks like K-Fed is living pretty well off of Britney's money. Now that she has the boys more often, he must not be doing as much running around. I know that Kevin took over the kids when it was needed. I can respect that part of him, however I was never a fan of his and couldn't see what Britney thought she saw in him. I am glad they aren't together anymore and he's not dragging her down. Source + DIGG + STUMBLE

Madonna is in Love With Jesus
Madonna is going to debut her boy toy Jesus at the Academy Awards. Madonna and Jesus are supposedly planning their outfits, they want them to be Oscar worthy. Do you think they will be matchy, matchy? Madonna is trying to impress upon everyone that they are a serious couple and not just a hook up or an accessory.  Madonna wants everything to be perfect when she introduces Jesus as her boyfriend. The couple was pictured dining out with the kids, Lourdes and David Banda. Related: Will...

Joe Jonas MTV News Man Of The Year?
Apparently MTV Canada's list was different from MTV America's. So, Joe Jonas is listed on the MTV US News Man Of  The Year 2008. Highlights: Established himself not just as the prettiest Jonas Brother, but also the de facto 'Ladies Man' of the group ... Defended Miley Cyrus during the height of 'Mileygate' ... Misled millions of Jonas fans during an episode of 'FNMTV,' when he denied owning a Care Bears pillow ... Immortalized in wax, met Derek Jeter, all in the same week ... Dated burgeo