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As expected Rahim signs with the Kings ----------------------------------------------- The Clippers have traded Marko Jaric and Lionel Chalmers to the Wolves for Sam Cassell and a 1st round pick http://www.nba.com/clippers/index.html

Jim Lee's cover for Infinite Crisis #2 http://www.newsarama.com/dcnew/InfiniteCri...IC02cvrLee.html

Here is the George Perez cover for issue #1 Infinite Crisis #1

Glad I'm not a Hawks' fan "Belkin sues Hawks partners By TIM TUCKER The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 08/04/05 The bitter battle within the Atlanta Hawks' ownership group escalated Thursday when one of the owners took his partners to court and got a restraining order against them. The order, sought by Steve Belkin in a Boston court, temporarily prohibits the majority of the Hawks' owners from removing him as the team's NBA governor — a position Belkin has used this week to block a trade his partners want to make with the Phoenix Suns for guard Joe Johnson. Thursday's legal salvo is the latest setback for a troubled franchise that has struggled for years to win games, fans and credibility. The Boston-based Belkin filed the lawsuit against his partners after they called a meeting for Friday to vote on removing him as the Hawks' governor. One of Belkin's partners, Atlanta businessman Michael Gearon Jr., responded to the court action: "We are aware of the lawsuit filed by Steve Belkin in Boston. We will not allow that to deter us from building a winning team in Atlanta."

From ESPN.com Way to build team chemistry, Elgin! No wonder you never won a title, you moron. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> If Jaric really wants to leave he should sign the one year qualifier. Besides Jaric's agent has said this, not Jaric himself. Last time Jaric spoke to the Times he said he wanted to return. Clippers went through this crap with Odom, and Q so I'm glad they finally took a stand.

He's the new Captain Boomerang hanging out with the rest of the rogues in the Flash's book. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> It was also revealed in the latest Flash issue that he is half brother

According to the Memphis paper and an AP reporter there will be a 5 team trade so the Heat can get J. Williams and Walker http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/bask...e.ap/index.html The breakdown is as follows: Memphis would receive Jones, who is scheduled to earn more than $30 million over the next two seasons. Miami would get Williams, Posey, Emmett and Walker. Utah would receive Greg Ostertag from Memphis, which acquired him – along with Bobby Jackson -- in a separate deal fro Bonzi Wells. New Orleans would get Utah’s Kirk Snyder and Miami’s Rasual Butler. Boston would receive Curtis Borchardt (Utah), Qyntel Woods (Miami -- and Carver High School in Memphis) and the Heat’s $1.9 million trade exception as well as draft picks.

From Marc Stein of ESPN.com Joe Johnson is reportedly going to the Hawks in a sign and trade Suns get Boris Diaw, two lottery protected first round picks and a $5 million dollar trade exception

Seriously that was the best comic this year. The Superman vs Wonder Woman fight was something else. This was also the equivalent of Mick Foley putting over HHH, now everyone is a Wonder Woman mark. Here is a recap of the issue

The upcoming Wizard has a preview of Infinite Crisis #1 and this is what it showed.

Read this in a few other message boards Next year's storyline is going to basically be "Villains United" animation style. With villains joining forces(aka Legion of Doom) to counteract the JLU. The Legion of Superheroes will appear in an episode There will be a Seven Soldiers of Victory episode. Stargirl, Deadman and Warlord will be spotlighted. The writers planned to use The Outsiders for next year's finale but that changed when they decided to do the Legion of Doom arc. Some Outsiders members will be appearing in separate episodes instead. And a guy by the name of Carter Hall will involve himself in the ongoing Hakgirl/GL/Vixen love story. Plus there will be a direct to video Superman:TAS movie written by one of the "The Batman" writers but the movie will be animated in the TAS style

From MLB.com All the world is baseball's stage Global tournament involves 16 nations By Barry Bloom DETROIT -- The world is a stage and next year, Major League Baseball will be at the center of it. For the first time, Major League players will be eligible to compete in international play when the inaugural World Baseball Classic opens its 18-day run next March 3, Commissioner Bud Selig and Don Fehr, the executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, announced at a Monday morning media conference on the eve of Tuesday's annual All-Star Game at Comerica Park. The landmark field of countries invited includes Australia, Canada, China, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Italy, the Netherlands, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, South Africa, Taiwan, the U.S., and Venezuela. As of now, the tournament is set to begin with the three-day Asian Qualifying round in Japan's Tokyo Dome from March 3-6 - run concurrently with Major League Baseball's Spring Training in Arizona and Florida - and ends with the title game at a yet to be selected Major League venue in the U.S. on March 20. Japan has tentatively agreed to participate, but final approval must come from the Nippon Baseball Players Association later this month. The other three first-round pools will be staged in Arizona, Florida and Puerto Rico from March 8-11. The greatest names in baseball will be able to play for their home nations in international play for the first time. Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens could play for the U.S.; Hideki Matsui and Ichiro Suzuki for Japan; Sammy Sosa and Albert Pujols for the Dominican; Bobby Abreu and Johan Santana for Venezuela; Vinny Castilla and Erubiel Durazo for Mexico; Carlos Beltran and Pudge Rodriguez for Puerto Rico; Carlos Lee and Mariano Rivera for Panama, and Larry Walker and Jason Bay for Canada, just to name a few. The newly christened World Baseball Classic is targeted to be held again in 2009 and then every four years thereafter. It is the first international tournament to include Major League players on the 25-man rosters from each of the 30 Major League teams. Each nation will be allowed a roster of 27 players with a minimum of 12 pitchers. Major League players are expected to fill 270 of the 432 roster spots. A maximum of nine players from each of Major League Baseball's 30 teams will be eligible to play in the tournament. More World Baseball Classic headlines: • WBC steps up to center stage • Bauman: A Classic in the making • Excitement surrounds predicting matchups • WBC frequently asked questions • Announcement press conference Olympic baseball, which was just dropped from the 2012 Games, has only been a gold medal sport since 1992, with only eight nations competing in the tournament every four years. Since 2000, when the U.S. won the gold medal, only Major League-affiliated players outside the 25-man roster have been eligible to play for any of the teams attempting to qualify for those eight slots. The new World Baseball Classic opens the door to twice as many teams in the tournament with developing baseball nations like South Africa, Australia, Italy and China all being given a chance to showcase their budding programs. Meanwhile, powerhouse teams from the U.S., the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Japan, Canada, Taiwan and Korea will vie with perennial international power, Cuba, for the championship. Cuba comes into the tournament with its own national team of native professionals, having won three of the four Olympic gold medals; every International Baseball Federation (IBAF) World Cup since 1982 and every gold medal at the Pan American Games since 1967. But even Cuba has never faced this level of competition on the field in international play. There are four pools of four teams each. Japan, Korea, China and Taiwan are in Pool A. The U.S. Canada, Mexico and South Africa are in Pool B. Cuba, Panama, Puerto Rico and the Netherlands are in Pool C. The Dominican Republic , Venezuela, Italy and Australia are in Pool D. In the first round, each of the four teams plays the other three teams once and the two teams with the best record go on to the second round. The winners from Pool A and B, and the winners from Pool C and D form the next pair of four-team brackets. In the second round, each of the four teams plays the other three teams once and the two teams in each pool with the best records go on to the single-elimination semifinals. The two semifinal winners advance to the single-elimination championship game. Each of the 16 teams in the tournaments is guaranteed a minimum of three games with the two finalists playing as many as eight. There are 39 total games projected in the tournament. Any player signed to a Major League contract must be approved to participate in the event by Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association. But any other player in the world is eligible to play for his nation if he is a citizen of that nation or it is his country of origin. The baseball federations of each nation will select their players, managers and coaches in conjunction with Major League Baseball, the Major League Baseball Players Association and any existing professional league in a particular nation. Each team will have a manager and five coaches. Player rosters must be submitted to the International Baseball Federation 45 days in advance of training camps opening for each team -- Feb. 26 for teams competing in the Asian Qualifying round and March 3 for the nations opening in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. At that point, all players are subject to Olympic-type drug testing and penalties, including a two-year suspension from international play for an initial positive test. Any Major Leaguer testing positive under the tournament rules also would not be subject to penalty under the Joint Drug Testing and Prevention Policy now in force in the big leagues. Bracket http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/wbc/index.jsp

According to the L.A. Times the Lakers-Wiz trade is done Lakers get Brown and the Wizards get Caron Butler and either George or Atkins

From the L.A. Times Cuttino Mobley has agreed to sign a $42 Million/5 year deal with the Clippers

Update from Dave Meltzer UPN sent word today to WWE after all the negative media publicity stemming from last week's show that they didn't want the Muhammad Hassan character on this week's show. WWE had planned a storyline change for Hassan tonight in Worcester after the storyline involving terrorists from last week backfired.

Raw got a 2.6 rating on Monday credit: Dave Meltzer

In case you are wondering why Superman and Batman are staring each other down on the cover

DAMN Speaking as a Clipper fan, as much as it hurts to lose Bobby, there is no way I would have paid him 9.4 million dollars a year. I guess Mobley might be the Clippers choice for shooting guard.

Larry Hughes to Cleveland for five years from ESPN.com

DAamn!! Ray Allen has agreed to re-sign for the Sonics for 5 years according to Chad Ford of ESPN.com I guess the Clippers now must go after Redd and Larry Hughes

Ray Allen update from Chad Ford

No question that Shaq is a great guy off the court, But as a Basketball Player I think he is the most disrespectful guy in the league. He always goes out of his way to put down his opponents and even his teammates. However he gets away with it because he does it in an entertaining and comedic fashion. If Kobe says the things Shaq does people would be calling for his head

That's what I did when the Lakers got rid of Eddie and Nick. Signing Shaq made me go from worshipping the Lakers to just liking them(I fucking hate Shaq), but once they got rid of my two favorite players I became a Laker hater for life.

Actually I believe that since Raw will start at 6pm, Smackdown will be taped after Raw ends. So no need to worry about it If a supershow was on the East Coast then Smackdown would go first since Raw would have to start at 9pm