Allan Iverson retires

Future hall of famer Allan Iverson announced his retirement today. It's sad that no team in the league wanted to pick him up, but it is also sad that he would not accept a lesser role.

He's had a couple of down years due to injury and if he really has anything left in the tank like he claims, he should accept what he is given and show that he can work his way up.

He does deserve the benefit of the doubt, but he shouldn't let his pride get in the way of his career and should work his way up again.

This should not be happening to a star of his caliber. Shame on both the league and Iverson for not being able to agree on some sort of deal.

I want to believe he'll be back, but every team has a young star whom they have a lot of money invested in and are expected to lead their respective teams. Iverson cannot expect to be the first option anymore.

Stafon Johnson speaks

USC running back Stafon Johnson, who had the freak injury when a bench bar fell on his throat, verbally spoke for the first time since the accident.

In a press conference he said, "God has a plan. Run Stafon, run."

He can now swallow and eat solid foods and he is expected to fully recover.

Manny vs. Cotto

Manny Pacquiao completely destroyed Miguel Cotto tonight.

Pac Man is a warrior with gloves of steel. He went up against a world class fighter and picked him apart.

From the time Cotto walked out to the ring he didn't have any swagger. He looked focussed but not confident.

Cotto's wife had to take her son out of the arena so he wouldn't see his father getting brutally mistreated.

Cotto was fighting blind. He couldn't see the punches coming. Cotto took the first round and it seemed this was going to be close, but it turned quickly.

Cotto might never be the fighter he was before fighting Antonio Margarito and it's sad because the old Cotto would have made tthis a much more interesting fight.

All that's left is Pacquiao vs. Mayweather.

Make it happen, promoters.

USC gets smashed again

This time by Stanford. Stanford is the only team since 2001 that has beaten USC at home, they've now done it twice as they ruined USC's BCS title bid in 2007.

The best and most ironic part is that Pete Carroll was upset over Stanford running up the score! He probably said it on purpose, but he knows they deserved every point against them.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has leukemia

NEW YORK -- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is being treated for a rare form of leukemia, and the basketball great said his prognosis is encouraging.

The NBA's all-time leading scorer was diagnosed last December with chronic myeloid leukemia, he told The Associated Press on Monday.

The 62-year-old Abdul-Jabbar said his doctor didn't give any guarantees, but informed him: "You have a very good chance to live your life out and not have to make any drastic changes to your lifestyle."


Abdul-Jabbar is taking an oral medication for the disease. He is a paid spokesman for the Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis, which makes a drug that treats the illness.

"I've never been a person to share my private life. But I can help save lives," he said in a midtown Manhattan conference room. "It's incumbent on someone like me to talk about this."

Abdul-Jabbar became concerned last year after feeling odd sensations. He went for tests at UCLA, where he dominated college basketball in the late 1960s, winning three straight NCAA championships from 1967 to 1969.

"I was getting hot flashes and sweats on a regular basis," he said. "That's not normal, even for my age."

An exam showed his white blood cell count was "sky high" and a doctor quickly diagnosed his condition. At first, all Abdul-Jabbar heard was the word "leukemia."

"I was scared," he said. "I thought it was all the same. I thought it could mean I have a month to live."

"That was my first question," he said. "Was I going to make it?"

A longtime student in martial arts, Abdul-Jabbar said he took the approach of a samurai -- to face death without fear.

"I had my face on," he said.

Instead, doctors told him CML was treatable with proper medication and monitoring.

Abdul-Jabbar is a special assistant with the Lakers and said he hasn't had to cut back his level of activity of coaching, change his regimen or adjust his diet. "I'm able to sneak out for Thai food," he said.

"There is hope. This condition can be treated. You can still live a productive, full life," he said. "I'm living proof I can make it."

Abdul-Jabbar recently returned from an academic conference in Abu Dhabi and has several speaking engagements planned. Among the people he regularly talks to about his condition is his son, a third-year medical student at the University of California, San Francisco.

The six-time NBA MVP intends to post updates to his Facebook and Twitter accounts and stay connected through www.CMLearth.com, a Web site for those afflicted by the disease.

About 5,000 cases of CML are expected to be diagnosed in the United States this year, the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society said. More than 22,000 people are living in the U.S. with the disease.

The disease tends to initially be diagnosed in people in their mid- to late 60s, and usually affects men more than women.

"I want to spread the word," Abdul-Jabbar said.


Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press

weekly sports rap-up: Nov. 2 - Nov. 8

This week in sports there seemed to be a lot of tension
The Yankees won the World Series through monetary intervention
Usain Bolt bought a cheetah, which he’ll probably train to race
And people were getting in trouble at a record setting pace
Fans don’t want Larry Johnson to break the rushing record for the Chiefs
Manu caught a bat in the arena and later got a lot of grief
NOW wants Tom Cable fired due to anger he can’t manage
Joe Girardi saved a woman from a car crash’s major damage
The Kings’ Andres Nocioni got a DUI
Tim Lincecum faced some charges cause he got caught getting high
We found out Lesnar has Mono and that’s why he won’t be fighting
Andre Agassi has a new book and poured his soul in writing
The McCourt divorce is lingering and getting very tiring
Iverson won’t play off the bench and is considering retiring
Elizabeth Lambert of New Mexico showed she’s a fighter not a talker
First time since the ’96 Olympics anyone’s cared about women’s soccer

Manny's coming back

Manny Ramirez is coming back to L.A. After a long and hard talk with his agent and realizing that no other team is stupid enough to pay $20 million to a steroid using clown who lost his confidence and right to juice.

I can't believe I fell into the Mannywood trap last season. Get him out of town. Let him DH for someone else. Those $20 million could have been spent on Matt Holiday or ANYONE!

He better get it together.

MMA figh- I mean, women's soccer player

I thought the games here at Mt. SAC were vicious. This girl tops it all!

Another slow sports day?

How do you spot a slow sports day? Go on espn.com and if you find this picture as a top story; you just know.

Top 5: Reasons to hate the Yankees

There are tons of reasons to hate the Yankees, but in honor of their 2009 World Series championship, here are my top 5.










5. Fans- Now that they won again, New Yorkers can get on their high horses for a whole year. (Like if New Yorkers really needed THIS to get on their high horses.)









4. Roiders- All is well in Yankeeland. A-Rod and Pettite are the heroes of the World Series! and everyone forgot that they're probably hopped up on the juice. (But who cares, right? They won.)









3. The overrated overdog- Everyone wanted and hoped the Phillies could beat the Yanks. Ryan Howard was swinging like a mad-man, Pedro seemed like a secret weapon, Cole Hammels was going to hit his stride again, and their bats looked better than the Yankees. WISHFUL THINKING! After Cliff Lee, the entire pitching staff was terrible and had been terrible. Pedro is old and had been getting lucky. Hammels was never going to hit his stride because he didn't want to, and their swagger didn't match their game. Yankees exposed them, outcoached them and this could have been avoided if a true underdog would have gotten in and embarrased the Yankees yet again.









2. Thier TV announcer.









1. They bought the championship- Great run. Great season, whatever. They spent a billion dollars to outbid every single team in the league and buy the best players that were available. I know economics is the name of the game, but save it for Monopoly. Any team that can buy whoever they want is a favorite to win and it's that much sweeter when it backfires. For 8 years it backfired for the Yanks; they finally paid enough.

Bolt adopts a baby cheetah

Usain Bolt adopted an abandoned cheetah in Kenya on Monday.

He named the 3-month-old cheetah "Lightning Bolt."

It is only appropriate that the fastest man in the world own the fastest cat in the animal kingdom.

Bolt paid 13,700 to formally adopt the cub and will pay about $3,000 a year for its care as it will raised at an animal orphanage in Nairobi.

This week in Twitter news: Ginobili gets batty

btw, I dont think I kill the poor thing. I felt it moving in my hand...
10:13 PM Oct 31st from TweetDeck

Why the heck was Manu Ginobili touching a filthy bat?

Better question-why are there even bats in the Spurs' arena?


He had to take a ton of different shots for rabies, gave some sort of apology on Facebook and said not to do it at home.

If there are bats in your home I would hope you're not trying to catch them with your hand. Get out of there and call an exterminator. Or the Joker.

Clipper Nation: A night at Staples

I got some free tickets to the Clippers game against the Minnesota Wolves tonight and it actaully wasn't a horrible game.

Got a glimpse of Minnesota's Johnny Flynn. That guy is quick. He must have crossed over the whole Clipper team and maybe even his own team.

No Blake Griffin of course, but saw a lot of Baron Davis ball-hogging. Eric Gordon is great-at least he was worth the $15 I didn't spend.

The crowd fooled me. MVP chants surfaced and I thought Kobe walked in to catch the game! Apparently the chants for Chris Kaman? He had a pretty good game so I couldn't tell if the Clipper faithful were being sarcastic or if they really think he's good.

The halftime show was better than the game. Some girl was doing flips in the air and landing on a bouncy strip that was being held up by two dudes.

Weekly sports rap-up Oct. 26-Nov.1

This week the World Series started and now it's almost over
the Phillies won game one, then the Yankees just took over.
The Lakers got their rings as they start their quest for "back-to-back."
The Cavs started 0-2 now everyone is questioning Shaq.
Kansas City's Larry Johnson called his coach a "fag" on Twitter
While Brett Favre went back to Green Bay and saw all the fans were bitter.
Braylon Edwards finally got charged for assaulting Lebron's friend,
It got him out of Cleveland; bet you he'd do it again.
Dodger Owner Frank McCourt accused his wife of cheating
while USC went up to Oregon and took a Ducking beating.
Little Manny Pacquiao called out "Money" May
Floyd's usually the one talking but this time had nothing to say.
Jamie McMurry won the Talladega race
and we learned Raider's coach Tom Cable hit his ex-wife in the face.
The Titans winless streak is over now that they finally played Vince Young.
Next week's a big one for the Phillies as they fight down 3-to-1.