The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reviews the Brewers latest offer to the Indians for C.C. Sabathia...
Kevin Kernan of the New York Post writes how Alex Rodriguez took time from his hectic week to spend time with a cancer patient... " . . . the Yankee slugger deftly made his way through a wall of media camped on his Park Avenue doorstep. He had a promise to keep. He had to get John Challis to the game." ...
Autograph collector Ray Robinson reviews his collection after 75 years... "Recently, as I looked over my 75-year-old scrapbook, its yellowed, crumbling pages fatigued by time passing, I realized that my collection revealed a singular cultural footnote: it seemed that most of the players, regardless of status in the game, signed with their nicknames, not their given names." ...
Ben Shpigel of The New York Times writes how the Phillies Jimmy Rollins sees himself in the Mets Jose Reyes... "Rollins says he loves watching Reyes play, and it is easy to see why. In Reyes, Rollins sees a younger, faster version of himself — a switch-hitting dynamo, right down to their shared initials, spot in the lineup and division." ...
Mike Downey of the Chicago Tribune writes about the White Sox young hot second baseman known as the Cuban Missle... "Ramirez is (at least) 10 years younger than Contreras, but they did play together in Cuba for a couple of years. Younger players there all looked up to Contreras, he says. He was someone they all wanted to be like." ...
Pete Grathoff of the Kansas City Star writes about finding the sweet spot on a tennis racket... "Graphite-based rackets are stronger and faster than their wooden counterparts. That equates to faster serves, which seems obvious enough." ...
In honor of the Wimbledon final today...enjoy a five minute video of the classic 1980 championship match between Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe...
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