George Cortez to CFL

Mike Zigomanis Vegan

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Nick Johnson/Blue Jays

A wrist injury ended Johnson's 2010 season in May, the fourth straight year in which he failed to play in 100 games. He wasn't playing that well, but the plate discipline that is his top skill was still evident, good for 24 walks and a .388 on-base percentage. After trading Mike Napoli, the Blue Jays are back down to a mishmash at first base, led by Edwin Encarnacion. Johnson's OBP would be a great fit for a team that didn't have nearly enough runners on base to take advantage of its power surge a year ago, and may have even fewer in 2011.

Bills insiders maintain that Edwards must win the starting job or else he’s not going to make the team, and the latter sure seems the most likely outcome.

Former Colts back Chad Simpson, who figures in the mix at return specialist, will be given every chance to take Lynch’s #3 RB job.
http://football.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/17723/20100716/2010_season_preview_buffalo_bills/

A thorough exam of the Bills roster but these two quotes stood out. Would like to hear feedback if anyone else reads the whole article.

Argos sign ex-Bills QB Gibran Hamdan

Meanwhile, his Team Canada teammate, Nazem Kadri, will be seeking to establish his persona in the minds of Leaf fans across the country as a bona fide candidate for stardom once he graduates to the NHL. In case you've been keeping score at home, the Leafs haven't actually used a first-round pick to draft a true star since Darryl Sittler. Unless you count Wendel Clark. Or Tuukka Rask."

I understand Cox can be a retard, but who in their right mind doesn't consider Clark a TRUE star?

Turk on Hot Seat

Alex Rios has turned into a $10-million embarrassment for the Toronto Blue Jays.

Never mind that he plays the outfield with a not-so-reckless indifference. Never mind that he has taken his five-tool gifts and squandered them with his lack of passion and apathy. Never mind that the hitting numbers aren't anywhere near where they are supposed to be.

All that pales when compared with his foolish act of the other night, exchanging swear words with a fan after turning down an autograph request from a kid, at a charity event no less. Available in today's technology for all to see on YouTube.

Whether management will see it this way or not, Rios essentially is done as a Blue Jay. Failing on the field can be accepted. Failing off the field reflects a certain lack of character. All the apologies in the world may not be able to correct that.

Eckstein has been called the least talented player ever to play a critical role on two World Series champions, but he is a guy who will do whatever it takes to win, including in the last few days taking a 97 mph Brian Wilson fastball in the gut (he took another one in the arm last night in the middle of their ninth-inning threat), faking out a baserunner and hanging in on a DP while getting rolled over. Eckstein is the best $850,000 anyone spent this winter.

"When you have a player like that, it becomes contagious," Towers said. "He sets the standard. He's so fricking intense. And he has the best in-game instincts I've ever seen."