Yesterday was one of those days that had journalists scrambling. www.uspanthersjersey.com/Mike-Mitchell-Jersey-Green-Monday/ . I was one of them. With tight deadlines looming, I wrote my script for my TSN report talking glowingly of Adam Scotts breakthrough win, of how he was not necessarily good, but good enough. On a day when just about everyone was floundering, if not outright collapsing, Scott seemed to be holding steady. He started the day with a four-shot lead and held that same margin after nine. But as he began to leak oil, it became apparent that I might just need a second script. This happens from time to time and after being around majors for a long time, you get the sense when you should start covering your posterior and by the time Scott made bogeys on 15 and 16, I added a second script, this one focusing on Ernie Els winning. Of course we all know which one ended up being used. As a journalist, youre supposed to be objective and not get too involved but I can assure you that yesterday, while many were happy for Ernie, one of the true nice guys in the game, just as many were saddened by the collapse of Scott, also very likable and approachable. I taped my stand-up for TSN on the 18th green and beside me were three different Aussie networks, putting together their eulogies for Scott. You could hear the emotion in their voices and their words were somewhat kind for the 32-year-old. They talked of a missed chance and a sad ending, not of a choke or collapse or of being Greg Normanesque. And when Scott came in for his interview, you could hear a pin drop at first. He was still in shock, I think. Most people tip-toed around the questions, getting the answers that were needed but not trying to pile on to the Aussie who really couldnt offer up a reason for his bogey-bogey-bogey-bogey finish. There was even applause when he ended, a rarity – and really a no-no – in the media centre. Els, meanwhile, sent RBC execs into palpitations when he said in his victory speech that he was going to blow off going to Canada. I got a clarification from him later in his press conference when he said he was merely not going to go on the charter and would call RBCs CEO Gord Nixon to get a pass on todays pro-am, hoping to arrive sometime Monday afternoon. The pass was granted, I understand. Els will be in Hamilton and will likely have the Claret Jug with him. He will also be at a big dinner on Tuesday night for Right To Play. Hes a wonderful guy and a tremendous winner. www.uspanthersjersey.com/Chris-Gamble-Jersey-Green-Monday/ . Jonathan Huberdeau had two goals and two assists as the league-leading Saint John Sea Dogs humbled the P. www.uspanthersjersey.com/Charles-Godfrey-Jersey-Green-Monday/ . Zheng completed the quarterfinal win against the 20th-ranked Italian in the grass-court warmup for Wimbledon after four sessions of play across two rain-drenched days. "It was not easy," Zheng said.NEW YORK, N.Y. - Major League Baseballs No. 2 executive testified that the sport wasnt concerned if the head of a Florida clinic distributed performance-enhancing drugs to minors because MLBs sole interest was his relationship with players under investigation, a person familiar with the Alex Rodriguez grievance hearing told The Associated Press. MLB chief operating officer Rob Manfred testified this week and was asked by Rodriguezs lawyers about documents indicating Biogenesis of America founder Anthony Bosch had given PEDs to high school students, the person said Saturday, speaking on condition of anonymity because the testimony is confidential. Manfred said he assumed, based on documents in MLBs possession and media reports, that Bosch had distributed illegal substances to minors, but he never asked Bosch about it. Manfred also said MLB was interested only in possible criminal activity involving players, the person said. Bosch agreed to co-operate with MLBs investigation, and 14 players in all were suspended this summer. Rodriguez was given the harshest penalty, a 211-game suspension announced Aug. 5. The players association filed a grievance to overturn the suspension of the New York Yankees third baseman, and arbitrator Fredric Horowitz has presided oveer eight days of hearings in the case, which is scheduled to resume the week of Nov. www.uspanthersjersey.com/Amini-Silatolu-Jersey-Green-Monday/. 18. Federal and Florida authorities have begun investigations of the now-closed clinic. As part of a June 3 agreement between Bosch and MLB, part of which was read to the AP, MLB promised to inform federal and state law enforcement agencies of Boschs co-operation and its value in ridding baseball of PEDs. The Daily News reported Saturday that Rodriguez paid $305,000 for evidence, an allegation denied by a spokesman for the three-time AL MVP. The newspaper said Rodriguez and his representatives confirmed the payments during testimony. Citing an unidentified source familiar the proceedings, the News reported Rodriguez and his surrogates spent the money to purchase evidence that included videotapes, documents and affidavits. "Its not true and as usual not only are certain parties leaking information but they are leaking false information," Rodriguez spokesman Ron Berkowitz said in an email to the AP. Porter Fischer, the former Biogenesis associate who gave the Miami New Times documents last winter that sparked Major League Baseballs investigation, said in July he turned down MLBs $125,000 offer for evidence but he did receive $5,500 in cash. ' ' '
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