Philadelphia Phillies: Roy Halladay to have shoulder examined

After two more bad starts, including his most recent in a 14-2 shellacking by the hapless Miami Marlins, Philadelphia Phillies ace Roy Halladay is getting his right shoulder examined in Los Angeles. After the game, Halladay admitted his shoulder had been hurting since April 24. His two subsequent starts were, shall we say, ineffective.

Halladay is 2-3 this season with a 6.75 ERA. Virtually every metric shows that he has not been the force he once was. He is still striking out batters at a good rate, but he is getting hit much, much more and is allowing one home run every four innings.

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Floyd Mayweather vs. Robert Guerrero: Live Blog

Floyd Mayweather and Robert Guerrero face off tonight in a welterweight title fight. Coverage kicks off at 9 p.m. eastern, be sure to join us!

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Geno Smith reportedly has “diva attitude”

Grab some popcorn and settle in kids, this Geno Smith story just keeps getting better and better.

While Smith is blaming his now-former agents for his big tumble in the NFL draft, several NFL sources have now claimed the West Virginia quarterback’s attitude led to his fall.

Smith was selected by the New York Jets with the 39th pick in the 2013 NFL Draft, but was projected by some as a top-10 talent. Smith fired his agents after the slide, but reports have come out that he was aloof during team visits and didn’t even pay attention during meetings with prospective teams.

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Minnesota Timberwolves: Flip Saunders in, David Kahn out as team president

On Thursday night, Flip Saunders confirmed that he has signed a long-term contract to become the president of basketball operations for the Minnesota Timberwolves. Saunders will also hold a minority ownership stake in the team.

Saunders spent 10 seasons as the head coach of the Timberwolves from 1995-2004. He led Minnesota to eight-straight playoff appearances and a trip to the Western Conference finals in 2003. He later coached the Detroit Pistons and Washington Wizards for three seasons each.

The Wizards fired Saunders 17 games into the 2011-12 season. Since then he has been an NBA analyst for ESPN.

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LeRoy Butler supports Jason Collins, forced to cancel speaking event at church

Former Green Bay Packers safety LeRoy Butler will always be known as the guy who created the Lambeau Leap, but perhaps now we’ll also remember him as a man who stands up for his convictions and publicly calls out hypocrisy.

On Tuesday night Butler took to Twitter to reveal that he was forced to cancel a speaking engagement at a church because he voiced support for NBA center Jason Collins coming out of the closet. A member of the church contacted Butler and said the pastor wanted to cancel the event because of a supportive tweet the former All-Pro safety had sent congratulating Collins (tweet after the jump).

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Tim Tebow clears waivers, becomes a free agent

As was expected by virtually everyone, former New York Jets quarterback Tim Tebow has cleared waivers and is officially a free agent for the first time in his career. He can now sign with any NFL team, if he can find an interested party.

Tebow was waived by the Jets on Monday after suffering through a terrible season in New York. Truthfully, we all suffered through his lone season with Gang Green. Had the former first-round pick been claimed off waivers, the claiming team would have had to pay the rest of his contract, which would have totaled about $1.9 million over the next two seasons.

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Jets QB Geno Smith fires agents

It looks like new draft pick Geno Smith is already a perfect fit for the New York Jets culture of Idiocracy.

USA Today is reporting that Smith fired his agents on Tuesday as a result of slipping down to the 39th spot in this year’s NFL Draft. Smith was under the impression he’d go in the Top 10, and — get this — apparently thought he had a very good shot at being the No. 1 overall pick.

If Smith’s agents actually mis-fed him that information, they deserved to lose their jobs. But if he actually thinks he should have been the top pick in this year’s draft and is firing them because his agents couldn’t hoodwink anybody into sharing that line of thinking — well, Mr. Smith has found the perfect landing spot.

From top to bottom, the Jets organization lives in a land of delusion.

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