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There’s really only one reason to watch the Washington Nationals this season and that reason only comes once every five days: when rookie phenom Stephen Strasburg pitches. Unfortunately, we may have seen the last of Strasburg for 2010. Strasburg left Saturday night’s game in the bottom of the fifth inning after grimacing in pain following [read more]

Could former Red Sox fan favorite Johnny Damon be headed back to Boston? It’s customary for teams to place players on waivers this time of year, and Damon was put on waivers by the Detroit Tigers. And reportedly he was claimed by a team – reportedly the Red Sox. The Tigers have two days to [read more]

Maybe Tiger Woods’ golf game will return now that one potential distraction is no longer hanging over Tiger: His divorce to wife Elin was made official on Monday in Florida. “We are sad that our marriage is over and we wish each other the very best for the future,” they said in a statement released [read more]

It’s pretty hard to come up with a good storyline for any NFL preseason game because they simply don’t matter. But tonight’s at least is a bit intriguing because it’s a matchup of 2006 first-round picks Vince Young and Matt Leinart at quarterback. Tennessee has opened as a 4-point favorite on WagerWeb.com. Young has had [read more]

Though she’s only been training seriously for a month, Caster Semenya sailed to victory in the 800m yesterday in Berlin, prompting resentment among her female competitors. “Even if she is a female, she’s on the very fringe of the normal athlete female biological composition from what I understand of hormone testing,” said Canadian Diane Cummins, [read more]

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series returns to Saturday night this week with the Irwin Tools Night Race at Bristol – bet on it at WagerWeb.com. If you are wise you will wager on one of the Busch brothers to win this race. They have combined to win eight times at this .533-mile oval. Five checkered [read more]

In a pretty surprising move, the Denver Broncos have signed starting quarterback Kyle Orton to a one-year, $8.8 million contract extension through the 2011 season. Coupled with the $2.62 million salary Orton was tendered as a restricted free agent this year, his contract is now for two years at $11.4 million, of which $8.1 million [read more]

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger will make his 2010 debut on Saturday night against the New York Giants after sitting out the Steelers’ preseason opener, but it’s not clear if Big Ben will start. In fact, Coach Mike Tomlin wouldn’t say who would start among Big Ben, Byron Leftwich or Dennis Dixon – Dixon was [read more]