Albert Pujols heads to DL with fractured forearm, out 4-6 weeks

The bad news about Albert Pujols' injury just zoomed around the Internet before I could even settle on a photo of the painful aftermath from Sunday afternoon.

But in case you haven't heard yet: The St. Louis Cardinals star is headed to the disabled list for an expected 4-6 weeks with a fractured left forearm. The injury occurred after the Royals' Wilson Betemit collided with Pujols' glove hand during a close play at first base.

There's obviously a lot of things affected here. In a baseball sense, the Cards are losing their superstar who had just shaken off a (relatively) slow start and was hitting .314/.419/.778 with eight homers and 14 RBIs in the month of June. Lance Berkman will be able to slide into Pujols' spot at first base and maybe, as several contrarian articles are destined to point out, the Cards can weather the storm like they've weathered the loss of Adam Wainwright. Regardless, you never want your best slugger suffering a wrist injury when it looks like you're going to be in a dogfight with the Reds and Brewers for the NL Central title over the stretch run.

From a financial standpoint, Pujols' wrist injury can't help his push for a new contract. Maybe it isn't as debilitating as, say, the Chicago Cubs' debt situation or the Wilpons needing a sugar daddy to stay afloat, but it certainly can't help.

Moving along to less important manners, this guarantees that Pujols will miss the first All-Star game of his career (though second if you count the time in 2007 that Tony La Russa opted for Aaron Rowand in a late-game situation instead of Pujols.)

It also guarantees you're going to hear a thousand fantasy laments from depressed owners ? starting with yours truly, sigh ? over the next month or so.

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Jason Day is becoming the poor man’s Rory McIlroy

Since it's apparently been decided that Rory McIlroy is the new Tiger Woods, or some such silliness, that leaves a vacancy in the Sergio Garcia Memorial Heir Apparent suite. So who better to fill it than Jason Day?

The guy's got all the requisite credentials: young, talented (finished solo second at the U.S. Open, tied for second at the Masters), smoking hot wife who apparently likes to dress up as a caddie. That's the total package right there.

This past weekend, it's no surprise he went low at the U.S. Open -- Congressional was about as tough as butterscotch pudding� -- but he nonetheless posted the best round of the day on Saturday (65) and was two strokes off the best of the day on Sunday (Kevin Chappell and Charl Schwartzel's 66). He's on a trend line (T2, 2) to finish in a playoff at the British Open and win the PGA Championship, and there's absolutely no way this won't happen.

"If you go around to each country, each country has their own rising star coming up," said Day, an Aussie. "This is the start of it, and obviously Rory is leading it, and there's a bunch of other great golfers out there. Obviously we need to work a little harder to get to the level of Rory ... We really are going to start a new generation, and it's really fun. I think it's great for golf."

There you have it. Jason Day, the Next Rory McIlroy. Called it.

[Yes, that image is from Augusta, not Congressional. Deal with it.]

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French Open 2011: Previewing Thursday’s women’s semifinals

Busted Racquet previews Thursday's semifinals at Roland Garros. For all our French Open coverage, click here.

If you had said at the beginning of the tournament that the women's semifinals wouldn't feature any of the top four seeds, you'd have thought the final four would be an unappealing mess that was, dare I say, typical of the French Open. Instead, each of the four women remaining have compelling stories that makes for a thrilling semifinal round and a Saturday final that promises to intrigue, no matter the matchup.

Li Na (6) vs. Maria Sharapova (7), 8 a.m. ET -- Which of these two Sharapova facts surprises you more: that she's the youngest player remaining in the women's tournament by two years or is playing in her first Slam semifinal since 2008? From Wimbledon 2004 up until the 2008 Australian Open, Sharapova made 10 of 15 major semifinals. Since then? Nada.

Li Na, on the other hand, has been in half the Slam semis played this decade. She lost in the 2009 Australian Open semis and won in her 2010 follow-up before dropping the final to Kim Clijsters. If she continues that upward trend, she'll be the one celebrating on Centre Court this weekend.

Both women are peaking at the right time, having played their best matches of the tournament in their respective quarterfinals. They're each due, but my guess is that Masha gets hers at Wimbledon. It's Li Na's time now. Prediction: Li Na in two.

Francesca Schiavone (5) vs. Marion Bartoli (11), after first match -- The defending champion vs. the hometown favorite. Italy vs. France. The scrapper vs. the genius.

Bartoli grew up dreaming of winning a French Open title but has never performed well at Roland Garros. In 10 previous appearances she made it out of the second round just twice and never got past the round of 16. She's seeking to become the first French-born woman to win in Paris in the Open era.

Schiavone has won her last 12 matches at Roland Garros yet almost feels like an afterthought in these semifinals. She won't be around 4 p.m. on Thursday. Prediction: Schiavone in three.

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Tennis had its own category on ‘Jeopardy’ Tuesday night

I promise that I woke up today without any intention of writing about one syndicated game show created by Merv Griffin, let alone two. But anytime "Jeopardy" has a category called "Tennis, Anyone?" on the same day that I find out Vanna White spells racquet with a "q," plans change.

On Tuesday's episode of the venerable TV quiz show, Alex Trebek introduced a tennis category to what we can only assume were three non-tennis fans. (They left the category for last.) Regardless, the contestants did well, answering four of the five questions correctly.

$200:

$400:

$600

$800

$1000 (daily double):

Answers: Australian Open, Venus & Serena Williams, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Martina Hingis & Martina Navratilova.

Nobody answered the Federer question correctly which is understandable. Including Wawrinka's name probably threw off contestants enough that the key clue of Switzerland didn't register. (Do regular folk even know Federer's Swiss?) Frankly, that was probably the hardest of the five questions, unless you drastically overstated the impact of the career of Martina Sucha.

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Jimmer Fredette, definitely (not) the next Adam Morrison

There is nothing in our sport that is more annoying than simple and stupefying comparisons of one white player to another white player from the past. Nothing. It's lazy, it's demeaning to the players on both sides of that poorly drawn line, and if you're a writer and/or analyst, it's insulting to the people who are there to glean your insight.

But with Jimmer Fredette and Adam Morrison? I kind of get it.

Don't let me lose you. These two, down to hairstyles or lifestyles, appear far, far apart. To say nothing of the fact that Morrison is a legit 6-8 and a half, with broad (when they aren't slumping) shoulders to match, and Jimmer's frame resembles Jimmer's name: "Hey, Jimmer!"

In my limited perusals of both, though? One thing seemed a constant. They both seemed quite adept at nailing tough, contested shots on the NCAA level. Shots with a hand in their face or a hand reaching up to nearly block the ball. And that would be a warming note, if it didn't seem as if most of their attempts went this way. It's one thing to have the occasional tough make. It's another thing to rely on it. That's what I took from Adam Morrison.

It's not what I'm taking from Fredette, who I believe can be a very serviceable player in this league if he continues this rate of growth. With that in place, though, I can get why some Charlotte Bobcat fans, to say nothing of the front office that drafted Morrison into Charlotte in 2006, are gun-shy about taking Fredette with the team's 19th pick (or even their ninth selection, I suppose, because apparently I underrate the guy) in Thursday's draft. The Charlotte Observer's Scott Fowler takes it from there:

Morrison has since washed out of the NBA entirely - his confidence shot, his defensive liabilities exposed. I can't imagine that Jordan, now the Bobcats owner, would want to take a player in Fredette who seems to have a similar skill set but is six inches shorter.

I don't think Fredette will turn into Morrison, since he's more grounded and a far better ballhandler. But he's not going to be a great NBA player, either. To compare him to a couple of other recent big-time college scorers, I think Fredette's NBA career will end up more like J.J. Redick than Stephen Curry.

(Geez, another white guy. One that, at Duke, got to the line and drove to the hoop so, so many more times than Fredette did. Will this ever end? Can't we just come up with other names, even if the white ones are accurate?)

I understand Jordan's trepidation, Fowler's trepidation, and that fan base's worry. But if you can get a shooter at 19? In a terrible draft? And your team is terrible at shooting? What's the wait? Because you don't want to answer lame questions for a few months?

Perhaps I'm overrating him, now. I never claimed to even be competent when it comes to NCAA scouting, but it also appears as if this guy can contribute to a rotation. And if he's in the Green Room at 19, what's the point? Sacrifice spacing in the second quarter in order to prevent a few tired storylines?

Jimmer should just show up with a mustache on Thursday. Seal it for all of us.

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Shifting the changing-kicker habit

Since we last looked at the state of the league's kickers and punters in October, there have been even more changes than we normally see at such a fluid position. The most notable changes may have come in Montreal, where the Grey Cup champion Alouettes ditched long-time kicker Damon Duval, opting to trade a 2012 first-round pick for B.C. understudy Sean Whyte. However, Montreal also used a first-round pick to select Montana kicker Brody McKnight (who will be returning to the NCAA's Grizzlies this year), and they signed Sandro DeAngelis after he was released by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. DeAngelis struggled in Hamilton, but remains the most accurate kicker in CFL history, so it's going to be fascinating to see how he does against Whyte in training camp, and having McKnight waiting in the wings adds even more intrigue to the Montreal kicking battle.

It's not just the Alouettes that have seen plenty of change at the punting and kicking positions this offseason, though. Since Hamilton chose to part ways with DeAngelis, the Ti-Cats seem likely to go with an import who can handle all three aspects of the kicking game, and they have plenty of options. At one point, they had� DeAngelis, Aaron Ifield, Justin Medlock, Eric Wilbur and Greg Gunderson all in camp; DeAngelis, Ifield and Gunderson have all been released, but the Medlock-Wilbur battle appears to still be going strong. Saskatchewan's kicking game is also in flux thanks to Luca Congi's continuing injury issues; Warren Kean, who filled in last year, has been released. The always-fascinating Eddie Johnson may wind up handling kicking duties as well as punting while Congi's out, but he'll be competing with Canadian draft pick Christopher Milo. The Edmonton Eskimos have their own kicking battle going on, as they've brought in Duval to push incumbent Derek Schiavone, who only a few days earlier appeared to have the job locked up.

Of course, there is some continuity out there. After an offseason of mulling between team MVP and grizzled veteran Paul McCallum and the up-and-coming Whyte, B.C. has elected to stick with McCallum's proven leg (with the recently-drafted Hugh O'Neill as a backup). The Argonauts seem set with another Canadian veteran, Noel Prefontaine, and Winnipeg's punting and kicking duties will likely be handled by Mike Renaud and Justin Palardy again. Calgary also has the same pairing of punter Burke Dales and kicker Rob Maver, and they're looking pretty good at the moment thanks to Maver's strenuous off-season workout program. Still, half the CFL's teams have at least a kicking battle on their hands, and that's quite a change from the days of Lui Passaglia, Dave Ridgway, Paul Osbaldiston, Hank Ilesic and Bob Cameron, when kickers and punters tended to stay in the starting role with one franchise for a decade or more.

Why the drastic turnaround? Well, it could be that there aren't as many top kickers and punters these days. It could also be that teams are more eager to make changes after a bad season or two; the likes of McCallum, Prefontaine, Duval and DeAngelis have all been around for years, but haven't stuck with one team. Perhaps the biggest influence may be the greater supply of high-quality kickers available now, though. The increase in the quality of CIS play means there are plenty of good Canadian kickers and punters coming up through the university ranks every year, and there are also promising ones (like Whyte) taken from junior football. On the import front, just about every NCAA Division I FBS program has a solid kicker, punter or both, and there are plenty of talented guys from lower levels too (like McKnight, from Division I FCS Montana). The kicking and punting game has become more of a science these days, and there's far more time and effort put into coaching it from an early age; there are also many more top-quality kicking camps out there to develop young prospects. With such a substantial supply of potential talented kickers out there, there may be an increased sense that the grass is always greener; if the kicker in hand doesn't work out, there are plenty more in the bush. That trend doesn't seem likely to change any time soon, so half the league shifting kickers and punters may soon be seen as a typical offseason, not an exceptional one.

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DTotD: Avai goalkeepers’ excercise turns into shower for one

Brazilian side Avai were having a nice training session, with the goalkeepers all grouped together and doing their exercises. Everything was fine and incredibly boring when the sprinkler system kicked on, blasting one of the keepers in the side of the head from point-blank range.

And that's how you make a goalkeeper exercise entertaining, even if just for a few seconds.

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The welterweight audio debate: Can someone take GSP’s belt in the next two years?

With Georges St-Pierre set to face Nick Diaz in October, it's looking more and more like the UFC's welterweight champ will make 170 pounds his permanent home. Is that a good for the sport? If GSP gets by Diaz, what's next?

Yahoo! Sports' lead MMA writer Kevin Iole joined myself on Las Vegas' "The MMA Insiders" show to debate the topic of the 170 division. Iole says if you believe the division is catching the champ, is just wishful thinking (4:27 mark).

During the "opening round" we also discussed the Diaz-GSP fight, Dana White vs. Roy Nelson vs. Frank Mir and the UFC president's World Cup concept for "The Ultimate Fighter."

Make sure you listen to part two with Kenny Florian and part three with Shane Carwin. "The MMA Insiders"�airs each Friday from 6-7 p.m. and streams live here.

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Power Rankings: Your precious lead? Gone! Gone, I say!

Time for our latest round of power rankings. Each week throughout the season, we'll size up who's rising and who's falling, based on current standings, behind-the-scenes changes, expected staying power, recent history and general gut feelings. Pocono tightened up the rankings significantly and shuffled the deck ever so slightly. Let's begin, shall we?

1. Carl Edwards. Edwards is so darn eager to please, I'd be surprised if he doesn't spend his downtime baking cookies for his fans and showing up on their doorsteps to help out with chores and babysitting. The guy gets knocked out of the race, loses almost all of his points lead, and what does he do? Goes and works color commentary for TNT. I can think of a few drivers who'd be watching that race from their home TV, not doing final meaningless laps. This is your next great NASCAR superstar, folks. Last week's ranking: 1.

2. Kevin Harvick. Take these next five drivers and throw 'em in a hat. Well, not them, but their names. They're all virtually interchangeable at this point in the season. Just look how they finished this week: 3, 4, 5, 6, 8. That's pretty tight at the top. Harvick gets the nod for his old-man-merging-onto-the-highway move on Kyle Busch, which was great fun to watch.� Last week's ranking: 2.

3. Kyle Busch. To some extent, you've got to feel a bit for Kyle Busch. So much of what's happened the last few weeks hasn't been his fault. Sure, as we discussed earlier, he's not blame-free. But getting ambushed by a grandfather, getting mind-screwed by Harvick at least twice and driving a car that may or may not have been deliberately set out of compliance aren't all his doing. Is it enough to make you feel sorry for Kyle? Well, let's not talk crazy talk here.� Last week's ranking: 4.

4. Jimmie Johnson. "48 pit crew's job" is the new standard for an absurdly short length of time. Example: "When I asked that lady in the bar if fries go with that shake, it took her about one 48 pit crew's job to throw a drink in my face." Feel free to supplement with your own examples below. Oh, and despite a crew that would have had trouble washing a dog, Vader still managed a fourth-place finish. He's not going anywhere, folks. Last week's ranking: 5.

5. Dale Earnhardt Jr. Pop quiz that we got asked in Sunday night's chat: would you rather be Junior, in third place in the standings with no wins, or Jeff Gordon, in 11th place in the standings with two wins? As well as Junior has run of late -- he's working on a nice run of top 7s, by the way -- I think you say Gordon, because there's so much more of a margin for error. And you? Last week's ranking: 3.

6. Matt Kenseth. Has there ever been a NASCAR pairing more incongruous than Matt Kenseth, the very soul of calm, get-your-job-done-right efficiency, and Affliction, the embodiment of every meatheaded lout who thinks slathering himself in Axe Body Spray makes him a player? Whatever, Kenseth got the job done once again this week. Keep an eye on him. Seriously. I wouldn't put it past him to steal your wallet. Last week's ranking: 6.

7. Kurt Busch. Busch's resurgence after an early-season lull came right about the time he stopped berating his team and yelling every [profane]ing thing that came into his head over the radio. Last week, Darrell Waltrip tried to make the excuse that Busch was firing up his team and knew what needed to be done. It's also perhaps conceivable that Busch's team doesn't necessarily want to work quite as hard for someone who'll skin them alive for the slightest mistake. I dunno, take your pick. Regardless, he was near-money Sunday.� Last week's ranking: 9.

8. Denny Hamlin. The Hamster has a way of turning dominant race performances into substandard finishes, as if he's calibrated to run well for only about 80 percent of the race, and not the last 80 percent. Sunday his crew caused him some problems, not a good sign for his future Cup hopes. Time is running out for him to win his way into the Chase, but he's still got Pocono II and Richmond once more. Might be time to get those crew issues in order now, rather than waiting until, say, the second-to-last race of the season. Just a thought.�Last week's ranking: 7.

9. Tony Stewart. Stewart was none too pleased about having to shift so many times at Pocono; the constant back-and-forth eventually cost him his third gear. Plus, he had a hard time switching radio stations while having to shift all the time. I bet Smoke would be a fun guy to road-trip with, but he'd want to control the radio the entire time. Or he'd want to listen to "Bawitdaba" for the whole ride.� Last week's ranking: 8.

10. Jeff Gordon. Not every race is an all-out hammer-down fight to the finish; sometimes an efficient little set of pit strategies and keep-'er-off-the-walls is all you need. That's exactly what Gordon did on Sunday, and it's all but definitively put him into the Chase. He's still way too inconsistent to back for a serious run at the Cup yet, but he's in, and that's what matters for now.� Last week's ranking: 12.

11. Clint Bowyer. Wherefore art thou, Rawhide? After his early run of top 10s, he's posted three straight mid-teen finishes. It's just not clicking for him right now, and even though he's in 8th position, he's way too close to that cut line to be comfortable. That quarter of an inch that he lost to Johnson by at Talladega is going to loom large, isn't it?� Last week's ranking: 11.

12. Ryan Newman. On Twitter last week I posed the (not very serious) question of why someone who got fined secretly would bother paying the fine. If nobody knows it's out there, nobody knows if you pay or not, right? I was then informed that NASCAR has other options, like finding "debris" and throwing a caution when you have a 10-second lead or are in the pits during a green-flag stop. Man! They're worse than credit card companies! Last week's ranking: 10.

Lucky Dog: Juan Pablo Montoya, who was two bizarre tire calls away from winning this race. He now sits 25 points out of 10th place, a large but not insurmountable deficit. Here's betting there's going to be a little more focused direction of tire strategy in the #42 hauler this week.

DNF: Greg Biffle, who couldn't win for spinning. TNT couldn't find any of the debris that halted the race on several of the cautions, but when Biffle spun out, everything stayed perfectly green. Of course it did.

Dropping out of the rankings: Nobody.

Charging upward: With 12 quality Chase-level drivers and 12 spots in our Power Rankings, there's really nobody who's not either in the mix or definitively out of it right now. I guess we'll give this one to Montoya. Or maybe to you, if you sat through the entire race Sunday. You want this honor? It's yours.

Next up: Michigan! Check your gas tank and send comments to us Twitter at @jaybusbee, email by clicking here, and via Facebook at The Marbles page.

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Video: Brad Marchand raps ‘Black and Yellow’ at Bruins Cup parade

Boston Bruins Stanley Cup parade organizers decided to have the players address the crowd — estimated to be over a million people — before embarking on the parade route.

This dramatically decreased the chances for candid (and/or well-lubricated) moments on stage. But rookie and burgeoning MC Brad Marchand didn't disappoint:

That was Patrice Bergeron introducing his "liney" Marchand and, perhaps thankfully, snatching the mic away before the rookie could start free-styling rhymes about haters and divers. Although we were curious how he'd fit "punched a Sedin six times in the grill" into his lyrics.

This is, of course, not the first time we've heard a tenacious winger spit rhymes at a Stanley Cup championship parade. 'Twas only last year when Chicago Blackhawks winger Kris Versteeg entertained the masses with a few bars from LMFAO's "Yes":

There's really one way to settle this: Rap battle. NHL Awards. Make it happen, Jay Mohr.

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Interesting fact: World won’t end if Jeter’s 3,000th comes on road

Now that our collective LeBronenfreude has nothing else to do but fizzle (I think), this country's main sports stage belongs to Derek Jeter and his pursuit to become the first New York Yankees player to reach 3,000 career hits.

Quite frankly, in a season that has only seen the Buster Posey-Scott Cousins collision reach critical mass as�a big baseball story, it's something we've all been waiting for. For the next week or so, all eyes will be on everyone's favorite Yankee as he goes about picking up the seven hits he needs for that nice, round number. There will be live cut-ins, above-the-fold mentions, maybe even a special section or two. Even if you hate all things pinstripe, you will likely applaud the moment because Jeter has been good for baseball and he's hitting a figure that earns an ovation no matter which uniform the player is wearing ? Wade Boggs as a Devil Ray, anyone? ? at the time.

Here's my one beef with the storyline, though: As the Yankees finish their series against Cleveland on Monday night and then head into a three-game midweek series with Texas, the Captain's chase has taken on a certain urgency. If he picks up seven hits over the next four games ? an improbability, but not an impossibility ? Jeter will achieve the feat at Yankee Stadium in front of his adoring hometown fans. If he doesn't? Well, the implied giddyup! tells me that no one's quite sure that the collective disappointment won't lead to some sort of apocalyptic event.

(Seriously, if this were an early episode of "Lost," Jeter would currently be receiving instructions to hurriedly enter random numbers into a computer lest some unsaid misfortune fall upon Yankee Universe if he failed.)

It occurs to me that perhaps some are advancing this deadline as a way to inject some additional drama into an otherwise inevitable moment, but then I read articles like this one or entire blog posts inventing excuses for Joe Girardi so he can sit Jeter for an entire road trip and I'm back to believing the hysteria is really approaching.

And for what exactly? Is that section of the Bronx really that starved for memorable moments? Have a World Series title, A-Rod's 600th and Rob Iracane's dad catching a Mark Teixeira home run not been enough for the still-young new Stadium?

What's more, how do you postpone a pennant race with the Boston Red Sox just so you can define the parameters for your postcard? What would have happened had the Yankees asked Jeter to wait until they got back to New York before making the flip to get Jeremy Giambi out in Oakland? The totality of a player's greatness ? and the memories he creates for us ? comes in what he does both at home and on the road.

Not to mention that we have no control on where our milestones happen or that Yankees fans don't have a birthright to see these things happen in New York. As a big Chicago Blackhawks fan, I always dreamed of being able to see the Cup presented to my team on home ice. It didn't exactly happen that way last June ? heck, neither did the overtime game-winner ? but it didn't make the experience any less sweeter.

All that said, I'd personally like to see Jeter pick up these last seven hits over the next four games and become the 28th player to reach 3,000. I get that he's a special case here and that it would make for the best theater and that each Yankee fan would be able to claim that they were there for the hit (even if they weren't).

Really, though, let's not act as if Jeter poking out H3K at Wrigley Field or Great American Ballpark will grind the Earth to a halt before either place has the chance to become an answer to a Derek Jeter trivia question (and give him a very nice ovation as well).

Quite simply, it will happen where it happens.

And we will cheer and remember the moment because of the�who, not the�when or the�where.

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Morrissey wants to meet Joey Barton at Glastonbury

The Premier League's preeminent hipster ex-con, Mr. Joseph Barton, received a surprising and splendidly random phone call on Saturday. Barton told his Twitter followers that the call was the best of his life and assured everyone that it wasn't football related. Then, he said this (from his iPad, because of course he has an iPad):

Morrissey, former front man for The Smiths, wants to meet Joey Barton at Glastonbury. Why? It seems even Barton, who has mentioned his love for The Smiths before, doesn't know and is still trying to figure out how Morrissey knows who he is. The singer does have an affinity for hard tackling midfielders, though. He sometimes changes a lyric in his song "Roy's Keen" (a reference to former Manchester United captain Roy Keane) to "never seen a keener midfielder."

Maybe "Morrissey's personal security man" is actually just someone playing a prank on Barton, but it seems this odd meeting will take place at the upcoming music festival. And it will hopefully take place right before Wayne Rooney meets the real Jay-Z.

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Which matchup would make for the best French Open final?

Busted Racquet ranks the potential men's finals at the French Open and predicts Friday's semifinals.

1. Rafael Nadal vs. Novak Djokovic

Perfection. Nadal, the five-time champion, against Djokovic, his 44-match win streak and the recent challenge as the best tennis player of the moment. It's almost too good to think about, lest we be disappointed if it doesn't happen.

2. Rafael Nadal vs. Roger Federer

They've met in the finals three times before and, other than a 35-minute stretch in their 2006 match when Federer won the first set 6-1, there was never the belief that Nadal could lose. From this vantage point, you'd expect the same would hold true in a potential Sunday meeting, except for this caveat: If the rivals are to play in the final, it would mean that Federer beat Djokovic. By that measure, his game would surely be strong enough to top Nadal. Who would win: Nadal.

3. Novak Djokovic vs. Andy Murray

Murray isn't going to beat Nadal. I know it, you know it, Rafa knows it, Murray knows it. If he didn't have a bum ankle and he hadn't played four of the previous five days and Nadal hadn't played so brilliantly against Robin Soderling and ... no, he's not beating Nadal. Let's say he were to, by virtue of blind luck or a potential case of Nadal food poisoning, win that match and face Djokovic. Could he pull the upset of Djokovic? I realize by saying no I'm contradicting what I wrote about Federer above but, then again, Murray isn't beating Nadal. Who would win: Djokovic

4. Roger Federer vs. Andy Murray

When your least-intriguing matchup involves the all-time leader in Grand Slams and the best player of the last 20 years never to win one, you know it's a legendary slate of semifinalists. Who would win: Federer

Predictions

Nadal over Murray in straight sets

Federer over Djokovic in five sets

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Review: HBO’s documentary on John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg

John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg played their first Grand Slam final against one another in July of 1980. Fourteen months later, they'd play their last. If Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal had run on a similar timetable, they would have ended their rivalry at Wimbledon in 2006.

The brevity and abrupt conclusion of the rivalry makes for a compelling backdrop to the new documentary "McEnroe/Borg: Fire & Ice" premiering June 11 at 10 p.m. on HBO. The hour-long doc follows HBO Sports standard formula -- the modern day reminiscing of event's passed, childhood pictures, talking head interviews, vintage highlights, never-before-seen pictures, an emotional ending -- to its typical excellent effect.

"Fire & Ice" doesn't break new ground or and doesn't need to. Some of the stories and highlights are easily remembered, like the fourth-set tiebreak in the 1980 Wimbledon final:

Other clips, like a nervous, squeaky-voiced McEnroe getting interviewed by Arthur Ashe during his first Wimbledon or the fight Johnny Mac caused in the press room at the All England Club were new to me. As was this early tantrum he threw during his run to the Wimbledon semis in 1978:

Though the film never mentions Federer or Nadal, it's hard not to think of them when McEnroe supplants the legendary Borg as the No. 1 player in the world. The divergences outweigh the parallels but there are enough to make you wonder whether Borg could have played at 29, like Federer is now, instead of retiring at 25 following two Slam losses to McEnroe.

That question is never answered. Viewers are left to wonder how Borg looks back upon his decision because he never says. The Swede has been described as reclusive. Reticent may be a better description.

McEnroe has an opinion about the matter and, of course, he isn't shy about sharing it.

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Mattek-Sands is seeded at Wimbledon and dressed like Lady Gaga

Not only is American tennis player of Bethanie Mattek-Sands ahead of Venus Williams in the WTA rankings, she's also managed to surpass the elder Williams sister in terms of outrageous outfits. The 31st-ranked Mattek-Sands turned heads at Thursday night's Wimbledon player's party in a dress designed by Lady Gaga's designer, Alex Noble.

The neon yellow dress featured a corset with attached tennis balls, a flowing skirt and a headdress that wouldn't have been out of place at the royal wedding.

The 26-year-old was still in Eastbourne on Thursday playing in the doubles competition of the Wimbledon tuneup and had to take a helicopter to London to attend the party. An hour after landing, following a quick fitting and sit-down in the makeup chair, Mattek-Sands walked the red carpet in the inspired frock.

Mattek-Sands met with Noble twice in Madrid, once to discuss the concept for the dress and another for a fitting. "I had a blast working with him," she said. "It's the funky dress I wanted."

The hat was one of her favorite flourishes. "When you're in England you have to have some cool headwear," she said. (Princess Beatrice: "Yup.")

Mattek-Sands is seeded No. 30 at the tournament, the first time she's ever been seeded there. She said she's confident entering Wimbledon despite the fact that she hasn't had a lot of practice on grass this year.

Her outfit on the courts of the All England Club won't be as wild as it was at the player's party or in other matches thanks to Wimbledon's "almost entirely white" clothing rule (the eye black and jail stripes will be a no-no). That's not to say she doesn't have something up her sleeve, though.

"Noble designed something for me to walk out onto the court with," Mattek-Sands said.

If it's not an egg, consider me disappointed.

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Phil Mickelson needs to change his U.S. Open game plan

At 41 years old, Phil Mickelson's window for winning a U.S. Open is growing smaller with every passing year. That's not to say Phil won't ever hoist the trophy, but every year he fans a 2-iron or misses a key putt in the final round, you start to wonder if he'll ever be able to capture the one major championship that's always been at the top of his wish list.

Let's just say the golf gods haven't been kind to Mickelson at the National Open. With a record five runner-up finishes, he's been oh-so-close. But every time he gets close, he manages to self destruct on Sunday. It's gotten to that point that you almost expect a gut-wrenching moment when he shows up for the second major of the year.

After all the pain he's gone through, maybe we should be relieved that Mickelson didn't even wait until Sunday afternoon this time around to knock himself out of contention, as he fired a back nine 42 that crushed his U.S. Open dreams on Saturday.

Mickelson started his first round hitting the ball all over the map, and he finished his third round doing the exact same thing, missing fairways and greens with relative ease. The funny thing is, we've come to expect this sort of reckless abandon from Mickelson over his career in the U.S. Open.

But somehow, he's always found a way to stay in contention.�However, after watching Mickelson struggle with his game this week, maybe it's time for him to consider keeping it simple at the U.S. Open. If you go back in the annals of history, you'll notice it was a driver off the tee on the 72nd hole, or a risky play from the rough that doomed his chances.

It's not in his makeup, but maybe he should consider pressing less. This major requires precision off the tee and patience, two things he's never had in his bag. But in the waning years of his PGA Tour career, this may be the time to change if he wants to win the one major that's eluded him.

Even players like Mickelson can change. I'm not saying he has to change his entire game, but maybe it's time to alter things for one week out of the year. If he can take two drivers to Augusta, he can let off the gas. Fairways and green can get it done, Phil. Just look at Rory McIlroy.

Lefty has and always will continue to play with a reckless abandon, but if he's ever going to realize his dream of capturing a U.S. Open, he's going to need to seriously consider changing his game plan the next time around.

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Here are some pictures of Pippa Middleton at the French Open

Pippa Middleton, sister of the Duchess of Cambridge, was at the French Open on Monday with a gentleman I'm going to assume is the European Jean-Ralphio.

The Middleton family is close with former British tennis player Tim Henman, who is trying to get Pippa's sister, Kate, to hand out trophies this year at Wimbledon. Pippa is reportedly a member of Queen's Club, which is a piece of information that's clearly a space-filler so it makes it seem like this post was published for reasons other than allowing for the opportunity to show multiple pictures of Pippa at Roland Garros.

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The time Blake Stein struck out eight straight batters

Considering they're both unremarkable players who just did remarkable things, perhaps it's appropriate that we've already featured Brian Gordon and Willie Bloomquist on the Stew Friday.

After all, as Kyle Lobner of Brew Crew Ball reminds us, it was 10 years ago Friday that Kansas City Royals pitcher Blake Stein pretty much defined that category.

Despite a five-year career that saw him compile a 21-28 career record and 5.41 ERA, Stein put himself in the history books by striking out eight consecutive batters in a game against the Milwaukee Brewers on June 17, 2001. Only three other American League pitchers have ever done that ? Nolan Ryan (twice), Ron Davis and Roger Clemens ? while Tom Seaver owns the overall record with 10 straight.

While Stein's performance of 11 total strikeouts and the result (a 5-2 loss) were surprising ? he only reached double-digit Ks in one other game ? the fact that it came against the 2001 Brewers was not shocking. That free-swinging squad set a major league record with 1,402 team strikeouts, a mark that stood until the '09 D'Backs took it down.

Also surprising: Jose Hernandez (185 Ks in '01) and Jeromy Burnitz weren't among the eight straight whiffers and I'd have bet just about anything that they would have been. Neither man started, though Richie Sexson (178) did start the honors by striking out to end the first. He was followed by Devon White, Ronnie Belliard, Luis Lopez, Henry Blanco, Jamey Wright, Alex Sanchez and Mark Loretta. Geoff Jenkins finally stopped the madness up with a line-out before Sexson homered.

"The bottom line is we didn't win," Stein told reporters after the game. I'd rather not have a record and have a win than have a loss. �(But) the record is great and I'm more than happy to be a part of it."

"He was blowing everybody away," Brewers manager Davey Lopes said.

Stein, who is currently an assistant principal at McGill-Toolen High School in Mobile, Ala., is probably a bit happier about that achievement now that the pain of a regular-season loss against the Royals has worn off. While he never pitched in the big leagues past 2002, he still has a very cool story to tell 10 years later.

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Dos Santos’ vicious attack locks up title shot and leaves Carwin’s nose broken

There's no further debate needed about who gets the first shot at UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez. Junior dos Santos picked apart Shane Carwin, broke his nose and left the behemoth looking like he was hit by a truck. The Brazilian rolled to a unanimous decision victory, 30-26, 30-27, 30-27, in the main event at UFC 131 in Vancouver.

Dos Santos gets a shot at Velasquez., who's been sidelined since last October recovering from shoulder surgery. The champ has talked about returning in the fall with an eye on the UFC event scheduled for Houston in October.

Saturday night belonged to dos Santos though as the Brazilian handled Carwin at nearly every turn.

"My quickness and agility were the differences tonight. I had a longer reach and heavy hands. Shane was a great opponent, but tonight I proved that I'm ready for the title shot," dos Santos said.

One has to wonder if Velasquez can even successfully defend the title one time with how good dos Santos looked. Dos Santos (13-1, 7-0 UFC) gets better with each fight. Carwin tried to use his wrestling to slow him down but had no success. On the feet, JDS used a quick jab to set up overhand rights and left hooks. He also mixed in some great body shots.

This was a long journey for Dos Santos, who hasn't fought since last August. After his win at UFC 117 over Roy Nelson, JDS was expected to get the first shot at Velasquez. Then the champ went down with the shoulder injury and dos Santos was slotted into the UFC's reality show "The Ultimate Fighter" to coach against Brock Lesnar. The coaches were scheduled to square off at UFC 131.

Earlier this year, the heavyweight contenders spent six weeks in Las Vegas taping the reality show. Last month, Dos Santos found out that Lesnar was backing out of the fight due to complications with his diverticulitis. Lesnar had surgery to remove 12 inches of his colon and is hoping to return at the start of 2012. When he comes back, the division is going to be stacked at the top.

In this clash of big men, Carwin (12-2, 4-2 UFC) almost appeared hopeless after the first round. Moving in and out of the pocket, Dos Santos was too fast for the 255-pound monster. JDS outstruck Carwin 88-20.

With 50 seconds left in the first, JDS caught Carwin with a 1-2 that floored him. Carwin fell to his knees and tried to cover up, but the onslaught from dos Santos was relentless. Somewhere in the hailstorm of punches, Carwin had his nose broken. Referee Herb Dean showed patience by allowing Carwin to fight on. He survived, but when he rose to his feet, the nose was flattened, his left eye was bruised and there was blood all over his face.

Dos Santos' confidence grew as the fight went along. The pummeling continued in the second and third rounds. He landed most of his jabs and held his hands low. Carwin tried to throw back, but too often he was left punching at the air.

In the third, Carwin, a former NCAA Div. II wrestling champ, finally scored a takedown, but he couldn't keep JDS on the ground. It had to break his spirit when dos Santos got back to his feet in less than 15 seconds. In the final two minutes, Dos Santos even landed two huge takedowns of his own to put an exclamation point on the victory.

Carwin admitted that after a year off to recover from back surgery and work on his conditioning, his game had slipped.

"I gotta get my timing back when it comes to boxing. It was a really tough fight to come back to. Junior is a (freakin') tough dude and he was strong. I've got some holes to fix in my wrestling in order to get back to where I need to be," Carwin said.

JDS' wrestling in the final round may have been a subtle message to the champ. Velasquez is an outstanding wrestler, but if he can't get dos Santos off his feet, he's in for a helluva battle.

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Yonus Davis detained, reportedly with 67 pounds of ecstasy

The B.C. Lions released a very vague and terse statement Wednesday afternoon saying that running back Yonus Davis had been "detained" in California, the club was aware of the incident and would be investigating. That left plenty of CFL observers sitting around and waiting for the other shoe to drop, as there was very little information anywhere on anything Davis had been involved with. The Vancouver Sun's excellent Lions' reporter, Mike Beamish, somehow managed to track down the details, though, and Sun sports editor Scott Brown tweeted them this evening. They're pretty staggering.

According to Brown, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents say Davis (seen above returning a punt against Saskatchewan last Halloween) was in possession of 67 pounds of ecstasy. That adds up to around 40,000 tablets, so this is not some minor recreational drug usage. Brown added that Davis could face up to a $1 million fine and/or 20 years in prison, which fits under the DEA's penalties for a first-time offender found guilty of trafficking "other Schedule I & II drugs." The Sun's story was posted shortly afterwards, and contains the information that Davis has been charged with possession with intent to distribute. Here's the part of the story on what reportedly happened:

According to court documents obtained by The Sun, Davis was detained by DEA agents on April 9 after the suspect parcel was delivered to the address of Jane Davis, in Milpitas, Calif. Yonus Davis told DEA agents that he lived at the same address.

Agents also observed another man, identified as "Robert Jordon", fleeing from the scene. It is not known whether the individual named "Jordon" is Robert Jordan, another Lions rookie last season who lost his starting job as the team's main kick returner to Davis. "Jordon" was taken to the Milpitas police station and booked on state charges of evasion and delaying an investigation.

In a statement, Davis acknowledged that he was expecting a Federal Express parcel containing 40 "boats" of ecstasy. One "boat" is street slang for approximately 1,000 tablets. Davis said the ecstasy shipment of April 9 was the second he had received from a Haitian male, identified as "Red", an individual Davis had met before in downtown Seattle.

A DEA search of Davis's BMW 745i also found a large amount of U.S. currency in the amount of $7,000.

That certainly doesn't sound good for Davis at all. If that statement is accurate, acknowledging that he was expecting a delivery of 40,000 tablets of ecstasy (and that it wasn't the first one) would seem to indicate that he's preparing to plead guilty (if he isn't, he would have appeared to submarine most of his potential defence tactics). Of course, there's a long legal process that still needs to run its course, and it's possible that Davis wasn't the intended recipient of this shipment (or was only very minorly involved), but that statement would seem to suggest the opposite.

The question now is what will the Lions do? Wally Buono has long been willing to give players second chances, but he has his limits (as proved in the case of Josh Boden, who the Lions released despite assault and robbery charges against him being dropped; Boden signed with Hamilton, got cut, and was recently on trial for several charges of sexual assault). However, Boden was a minimal contributor to the team, while Davis was one of their up-and-coming stars last year; he'd be a far greater loss, especially considering Andrew Harris's recent injury, Jamall Lee's knee reconstruction and Jerome Messam's (less-severe) legal issues. With Davis and Jamal Robertson, the Lions' running game looked to be one of the potential strengths of the team even considering those injury issues. If Davis is dropped, their running and kick-return game could still be good, but it would be much harder to count on that.

This is still very early in the legal process, although it's already 11 days after the reported incident, so we may not see a decision for a while. The Lions would seem unlikely to instantly axe Davis right now, especially considering that their statement said he remains a member of the team for the moment. If what's come out so far is true, though, it's going to be very interesting to see what decision they make. Davis could be a key component of their team, but what he's accused of here is very serious, and dealing drugs is something the CFL as a whole and the Lions in particular have taken strong stances against in the past. This is a league that promotes itself on community connections and providing role models for young people, and while it hasn't always employed the most outstanding characters (Trevis Smith and Adam Braidwood come to mind), few have lasted too long after getting in serious trouble. (Braidwood is still listed as a member of the Eskimos right now, but I'm not sure he'll make it to the season; they may just be waiting for the court case to run its course.) It's worth noting that there are significant issues with crossing the border if you have a criminal record, too, and that wouldn't make it all that easy for the Lions to continue to employ Davis if he is convicted.

In the end, the Lions' decision will likely depend on the evidence against Davis, his account of the story and if there are any extenuating circumstances. They shouldn't move rashly; legal cases take time to develop, and they still have plenty of time before training camp starts. Still, the information out there at the moment certainly doesn't look promising for Davis. Unless more comes out that makes this situation look a little better, it seems highly likely that we've seen the last of him in the Lions' orange and black.

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Why Terrelle Pryor isn't coming north, but Mitch Mustain is

Joe Fortenbaugh of the National Football Post had an interesting piece today that asked the question, "Should Terrelle Pryor head for Canada?" (For those unfamiliar, Pryor is currently the quarterback at Ohio State and he's become prominently embroiled in the scandal that's already led to the resignation of head coach Jim Tressel, pictured above right talking to Pryor during a 2010 game against Eastern Michigan.) Pryor already is set to miss the first five games of the 2011 NCAA season as a penalty for accepting improper benefits, but he could wind up missing the whole year depending on what the separate NCAA probe into his actions (including his car and license issues) finds. As Fortenbaugh writes, "It's time to get the hell out of Dodge."

Pryor's options for doing that are limited, though. He's missed the NFL's regular draft, and although he could declare for a supplemental draft, teams are often unwilling to concede high picks in the regular April draft to claim prospects in a supplemental draft. Given that Pryor has never really blown people away at the NCAA level, Fortenbaugh's quite right that he probably isn't going to be a high pick at the moment and that he could probably stand to improve his skills further to try and stay in the NFL long-term. However, there are several factors that make him unlikely to do so in the CFL.

The first, and perhaps most important, is the elimination of the NFL option window in the 2010 CFL collective bargaining agreement (something that's already been an issue in some contract negotiations). Before that came in, players could sign a one-year CFL deal with a team option for a second year, but even if the team exercised that option, they had the chance to go try out for the NFL before it kicked in. That led to players like Stefan Logan only spending one year north of the border before heading to the NFL's greener pastures. With that window now closed, players have to commit to the CFL for a minimum of two years, which makes it harder to sign NFL hopefuls like Pryor. If that window was still around, we'd probably see more of the current undrafted free agents who can't sign NFL deals (thanks to the lockout) coming north; as it stands, it's only the real bubble guys who are willing to put their NFL dreams on hold for at least two years who are signing north of the border.

However, what's almost as important is that the quarterback position is notably different in the CFL than any other position. At receiver, running back, linebacker, defensive end or almost anywhere else, a raw, athletic prospect with NFL potential can step in and likely at least see some snaps. It takes time to fully adjust to the CFL game, so many don't necessarily dominate right away, but they can at least get on the field. That's generally not the case at quarterback. Keep in mind that the CFL only has eight teams, and six of those teams have firmly established and talented veterans starting at quarterback heading into training camp. The exceptions are Winnipeg and Toronto, but their situations aren't all that bleak, either; Winnipeg does have an experienced if injury-prone starter in Buck Pierce and a high-potential backup in Joey Elliott, while Toronto has two guys with notable experience (Steven Jyles and Cleo Lemon) competing for the starting job. There's nowhere in the CFL where Pryor would currently get the chance to even battle for a starting role, unless some team got hit with a rash of injuries at quarterback the way Winnipeg did last season.

Quarterback injuries do happen, and they do often change things, but having a whole flood of them at once is unusual. If Pryor could assure himself of getting a backup job and being in place to step in if the starter struggled or got hurt, then the CFL might make sense for him at this point. That seems unlikely, though, as most teams already have their backup spot pretty well decided. The only places I could perhaps see Pryor competing for the backup spot right now are Edmonton, Saskatchewan or B.C., but all already have plenty of candidates under consideration. Moreover, many of those candidates have CFL experience, and adjusting to the CFL can be even more difficult for quarterbacks than it is for anyone else (thanks to the wider field, the 12-man coverage and route-running schemes and the vastly different playbook), so I wouldn't bet on Pryor getting much of a look as even a number-two option right now.

Keep in mind that NCAA success doesn't always guarantee CFL success, either; former Florida QB Chris Leak and former Boise State pivot Jared Zabransky are still in the league, but haven't done a ton of good things to date, and while former Iowa QB Drew Tate has had some success in limited duty in Calgary, he's very much a backup to Henry Burris right now. The CFL can be a land of opportunity for quarterbacks to show what they can do; it worked for Warren Moon and Doug Flutie, after all. However, it took both of them some time to catch on, and both did it in an era when there wasn't as much depth already in the league at the quarterback position. It's hard to see Pryor even getting playing time inside two years, and I doubt he'd want to sign for more than that, so there's a good chance he won't be following that path.

One former big-name NCAA quarterback has already signed in Canada, though, and for him, the CFL makes substantially more sense. Much like Pryor, Mitch Mustain was a hotly-recruited prospect coming out of high school, and both even won national player of the year awards in high school, but that's where the comparisons stop. Pryor may not have hit the numbers many thought he was capable of yet, but he took Ohio State to three straight BCS bowls. Mustain wound up at Arkansas, started as a true freshman and wound up going 8-0 (in a run-focused offence that featured future NFL stars Darren McFadden, Felix Jones and Peyton Hillis), but was replaced by Casey Dick towards the end of the year. He then transferred to USC and battled Aaron Corp as current New York Jets' quarterback Mark Sanchez's backup, and he even had a chance to be the starter in 2009, but lost out to another hyped freshman, Matt Barkley. Now, after dealing with some legal trouble around a charge of suspicion of selling prescription amphetamines, he's signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, and is busy adapting to the differences of life in Canada at their training camp.

Unlike Pryor, Mustain (pictured above in a 2009 USC practice) doesn't currently have a lot of NFL hype around him, so the CFL is a more attractive option for him. He'll likely be battling for the third quarterback spot at best (behind starter Kevin Glenn and backup Quinton Porter), but his high school career and flashes of talent he demonstrated in college certainly suggest there's potential there. With time and development, there's a chance he could adjust to the CFL, become a good starting quarterback down the road and perhaps even make the NFL some day. (It probably won't hurt Mustain that Hamilton's new offensive coordinator is legendary CFL quarterback Khari Jones, either.) Whether he gets anywhere in the CFL is an open question, but unlike Pryor, he's got plenty of time and incentive to do so.

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Brawl on video: Hopkins loses it over Pascal PED allegation

Bernard Hopkins has gotten testy and even violent at boxing press events before. BHop is an old-school fighter when it comes to selling a fight, he's admitted he'll go the extra distance to add some heat. This time it was different.

Hopkins wasn't under control and Pascal really got under his skin when he start screaming for the future Hall of Famer to take drug test to prove he's clean.

"He ambushed the whole press conference as far as talking about the fight. He was accusing me of my last fight that I shouldn't have been as good, as fast, as strong, and I competed," Hopkins told WFAN in New York. "Whatever he was thinking he was desperate and he started saying 'take a test, take a blood test, take this, take that.'"

Hopkins was really irked when Pascal tried to connect the dots between he and Shane Mosley.

"Then he started bringing up that I was a friend of Nazim Richardson, who has been my trainer for years, and Nazim Richardson trains Sugar Shane Mosley and we know Sugar Shane Mosley has been involved in things in the past. That has nothing to do with me. My career has been 23 years and that's the first time and the only time, that I heard some ridiculous allegations. But guess what? I told the people to stay focused and I told the media to stay focused because when a guy is scared and Pascal didn't want to fight this fight a second time. He was forced by the sanctioning bodies of the WBC."

Hopkins got physical when Pascal tried to put his arm around him (0:21 mark and then he threw a punch when Pascal threw his hand in the Philadelphian's direction.

Pascal defends his title against Hopkins at the Bell Centre in Montreal on May 21. The HBO-televised card also features Chad Dawson against Adrian Diaconu.

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