Sacramento, CA (Sports Network) - Sacramento Kings forward Andres Nocioni was arrested on Thursday morning just after the team played the Atlanta Hawks.
Nocioni was released later Thursday after posting bail. According to a report from the Sacramento Bee, Nocioni was weaving within his lane and had an odor of alcohol when speaking with a police officer.
The 29-year-old released a statement through the team saying he was apologetic for his actions.
Nocioni was acquired by Sacramento last season from Chicago in a trade that sent Brad Miller to the Bulls. In 379 career games with the Bulls and Kings over six seasons, Nocioni has averaged 11.8 points and 5.0 rebounds.
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Thursday, November 5, 2009
Future uncertain for Matsui, Pettitte
In the waning days of the season, it seemed overwhelmingly unlikely that Hideki Matsui would figure into the Yankees' future plans. Despite a season perhaps better than anyone around the game could have predicted, Matsui had 35 years of age weighing on two bad knees.
In the waning days of the season, also, the future for Andy Pettitte appeared cloudy. A near-retiree the past two winters, Pettitte had a tired left shoulder and a resolute goal: win the World Series.
Both veterans played convincing and decisive roles in the Yankees' 27th World Series title, Matsui taking home the Most Valuable Player Award and Pettitte winning the clinching game in all three rounds of the postseason. Both contributed perhaps more than the Yankees and their fans could have imagined. And both now have no real concept what the future holds.
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In the waning days of the season, also, the future for Andy Pettitte appeared cloudy. A near-retiree the past two winters, Pettitte had a tired left shoulder and a resolute goal: win the World Series.
Both veterans played convincing and decisive roles in the Yankees' 27th World Series title, Matsui taking home the Most Valuable Player Award and Pettitte winning the clinching game in all three rounds of the postseason. Both contributed perhaps more than the Yankees and their fans could have imagined. And both now have no real concept what the future holds.
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Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Chivas USA's Thornton wins Goalkeeper of the Year
In what isn't exactly a huge surprise, Chivas USA goalkeeper Zach Thornton was awarded MLS Goalkeeper of the Year for 2009.
Leading the league in shutouts and goals against, Thornton was a near shoe-in for the award that was given out Wednesday afternoon.
Playing in what is being considered the best year of his 13 in MLS, Thornton led Chivas to a 13-11-6 record with a career-high 12 shutouts.
His playing career had led him across Major League Soccer with spots in New York, Chicago, Colorado and Chivas. He spent the majority of his career with the Fire, making more than 200 appearances for the club from 1998 to 2006.
A native of Edgewood, Md., Thornton has also had eight caps with the U.S. national team between 1994 and 2001.
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Leading the league in shutouts and goals against, Thornton was a near shoe-in for the award that was given out Wednesday afternoon.
Playing in what is being considered the best year of his 13 in MLS, Thornton led Chivas to a 13-11-6 record with a career-high 12 shutouts.
His playing career had led him across Major League Soccer with spots in New York, Chicago, Colorado and Chivas. He spent the majority of his career with the Fire, making more than 200 appearances for the club from 1998 to 2006.
A native of Edgewood, Md., Thornton has also had eight caps with the U.S. national team between 1994 and 2001.
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Dallas Football Classic bowl will debut New Year's Day 2011
The replacement for the Cotton Bowl game has been lined up.
Dallas city leaders say the Dallas Football Classic is planned for New Year's Day 2011. The plan calls for using teams from the Big 12, Big Ten and perhaps Conference USA.
The first game will likely pit the seventh-ranked team from the Big 12 against the sixth-ranked team from the Big Ten, should those teams be excluded from Bowl Championship Season consideration.
The plan needs NCAA approval. It would run through the 2013 season.
The Cotton Bowl game is moving to the new Cowboys Stadium in Arlington this season. That prompted officials to come up with a replacement game for the 77-year-old Fair Park venue.
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Dallas city leaders say the Dallas Football Classic is planned for New Year's Day 2011. The plan calls for using teams from the Big 12, Big Ten and perhaps Conference USA.
The first game will likely pit the seventh-ranked team from the Big 12 against the sixth-ranked team from the Big Ten, should those teams be excluded from Bowl Championship Season consideration.
The plan needs NCAA approval. It would run through the 2013 season.
The Cotton Bowl game is moving to the new Cowboys Stadium in Arlington this season. That prompted officials to come up with a replacement game for the 77-year-old Fair Park venue.
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Phillies make the right deal in trading for Lee
Ruben Amaro, Jr., Philadelphia's rookie general manager, earned the National League executive-of-the-year award on Wednesday.
Amaro acquired a top-end starter without having to meet the heavy price set by the extortionists from Toronto. Amaro made a move that helps the Phillies now without harming their future.
The Phillies, defending World Series champions, passed on Toronto ace right-hander Roy Halladay and acquired Cleveland left-hander Cliff Lee as the centerpiece in a six-player deal. The move establishes the Phillies, suddenly rich in pitching, as the top club in the NL.
To appreciate what Amaro accomplished, the deal must be put into context.
Toronto general manager J.P. Ricciardi, scrambling to keep his job, aimed high and asked for the most advanced young players in the Phillies organization: left-hander J.A. Happ, who is in the major-league rotation; minor-league right-hander Kyle Drabek, getting closer to being major-league ready with each start; and an outfielder — Dominic Brown or Michael Taylor.
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Amaro acquired a top-end starter without having to meet the heavy price set by the extortionists from Toronto. Amaro made a move that helps the Phillies now without harming their future.
The Phillies, defending World Series champions, passed on Toronto ace right-hander Roy Halladay and acquired Cleveland left-hander Cliff Lee as the centerpiece in a six-player deal. The move establishes the Phillies, suddenly rich in pitching, as the top club in the NL.
To appreciate what Amaro accomplished, the deal must be put into context.
Toronto general manager J.P. Ricciardi, scrambling to keep his job, aimed high and asked for the most advanced young players in the Phillies organization: left-hander J.A. Happ, who is in the major-league rotation; minor-league right-hander Kyle Drabek, getting closer to being major-league ready with each start; and an outfielder — Dominic Brown or Michael Taylor.
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Favre's shadow will follow Vikings
All was right in the Upper Midwest football universe Wednesday in the wake of Brett Favre's re-re-reassessment of his comeback plans with the Minnesota Vikings (spot me a re- or two, since I've lost track).
Fans of the Vikings could go back to disliking Favre, a nemesis nonpareil and a turncoat the likes of which they would abhor had he been pondering a move from Minnesota to Green Bay rather than vice versa. Meanwhile, Packers fans could revel in the Vikings' troubles on the eve of training camp the way good. nasty rivals are supposed to. Even those dairylanders who might have been rankled by the manner in which Favre ended, dragged out, then ended again his stellar career in Green Bay could get behind the quarterback now for putting Minnesota through a wringer one more time, as he had on all those Sundays, without ever taking off his ball cap.
Then things got even better: Almost instantly with the news that Favre had told Minnesota coach Brad Childress that he would not be playing there in the 2009 season, people and pundits started speculating that the Vikings might be a logical destination for Michael Vick.
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Fans of the Vikings could go back to disliking Favre, a nemesis nonpareil and a turncoat the likes of which they would abhor had he been pondering a move from Minnesota to Green Bay rather than vice versa. Meanwhile, Packers fans could revel in the Vikings' troubles on the eve of training camp the way good. nasty rivals are supposed to. Even those dairylanders who might have been rankled by the manner in which Favre ended, dragged out, then ended again his stellar career in Green Bay could get behind the quarterback now for putting Minnesota through a wringer one more time, as he had on all those Sundays, without ever taking off his ball cap.
Then things got even better: Almost instantly with the news that Favre had told Minnesota coach Brad Childress that he would not be playing there in the 2009 season, people and pundits started speculating that the Vikings might be a logical destination for Michael Vick.
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Nix the Vick-can-play talk, backing up is his future
Mike Vick can play. Mike Vick can play. Mike Vick can play.
Those words came pouring out of many mouths Monday, the excitement evident in most of them after NFL commissioner Roger Goodell conditionally reinstated Vick for the 2009 season. Two lost years, a lengthy prison sentence, loss of millions and a beatdown in the court of public opinion later, Vick can once again play football in the NFL.
Prison-yard flag football is a thing of the past (Word is there is video of him playing it somewhere), and he's ready to lace up those high-tops again.
Mike Vick can play.
So he's eligible to play again, but can he play? By that I mean is he capable of playing at a high level?
The euphoria we heard Monday about Vick's return overshadowed the reality of things from a playing standpoint: Is Vick worth signing?
His agent keeps saying teams are calling, but I tend to believe that's more hype than reality. Why isn't he signed yet?
Vick, right now, is really just a backup quarterback.
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Those words came pouring out of many mouths Monday, the excitement evident in most of them after NFL commissioner Roger Goodell conditionally reinstated Vick for the 2009 season. Two lost years, a lengthy prison sentence, loss of millions and a beatdown in the court of public opinion later, Vick can once again play football in the NFL.
Prison-yard flag football is a thing of the past (Word is there is video of him playing it somewhere), and he's ready to lace up those high-tops again.
Mike Vick can play.
So he's eligible to play again, but can he play? By that I mean is he capable of playing at a high level?
The euphoria we heard Monday about Vick's return overshadowed the reality of things from a playing standpoint: Is Vick worth signing?
His agent keeps saying teams are calling, but I tend to believe that's more hype than reality. Why isn't he signed yet?
Vick, right now, is really just a backup quarterback.
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