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There are days when the sports news is just that \u2013 sports news \u2013 and days like today when the top stories read like something out of\u00a0The National Enquirer. <\/em>Um, enjoy?<\/p>\n MLB news: Miggy getting too jiggy with booze<\/strong><\/p>\n We didn\u2019t officially know but, looking at his, er, physique, we did know. Miguel Cabrera has come to terms with his alcoholism and is now being treated for the disorder. The All-Star Detroit Tigers slugger hit rock bottom in the final stretch of Detroit\u2019s regular season during a wild drinking binge that led to back-to-back 0-for-4 performances during two crucial games. We\u2019ve all been there, Miggy. Here\u2019s hoping you (a) at least had fun on that last binge and (b) come back strong this season. Don\u2019t be surprised if he has a career year.<\/p>\n Apparently deciding not that the Mike Jacobs experiment was a bad idea, but just that they needed a different version of Mike Jacobs, the Kansas City Royals have signed Rick Ankiel to a one-year deal with a 2011 option. He managed just 11 homers in 372 at-bats during his injury-plagued 2009 season but did smack 25 dingers the year before.<\/p>\n NBA news: All-Star starters announced<\/strong><\/p>\n If you thought the\u00a0American Idol <\/em>voters were clueless, get a load of the NBA All-Star vote. The sentimental ballot-punchers put Allen Iverson, who is averaging a career-worst 14.4 points per game, into a starting slot at the upcoming All-Star game. They also came within a hair of voting Tracy McGrady, who has played\u00a0six games<\/em> this year, in as a starter. It\u2019s almost like America just awakened from a 2004 coma and still thinks those old guys are the faces of the game (and that\u00a0Lost <\/em>is a good TV show).\u00a0 Among other undeserved, sentimental vote-ins was Kevin Garnett. We love KG but 15 points per game and limited minutes don\u2019t warrant a starting spot over CB4, do they? Golf news: Shock and awe! More Tiger recordings released<\/strong><\/p>\n For TMZ lovers out there, new audio recordings from the Tiger Woods car crash investigation are being released. In one of the new recordings, a Florida Highway Patrol trooper explains that Tiger \u201cwasn\u2019t doing anything he shouldn\u2019t be doing\u201d and that he only has minor injuries. I guess Elin got him with her nails but whiffed with the golf club? Interesting.<\/p>\n Taking a break from your infomercials? Wondering where Tiger is right this second? Well, evidence suggests he\u2019s at the Pine Grove Behavioral Heath and Addiction Services for treatment of sex addiction. Though the Hattiesburg facility won\u2019t confirm or deny his presence there, security has been conveniently tightened, with police patrolling the perimeter and fences heightened to keep paparazzi out.<\/p>\n NHL news: Laraque kicked to the curb<\/strong><\/p>\n Georges Laraque, the NHL\u2019s undisputed heavyweight champ of about the last decade, was handed his walking papers by the Montreal Canadiens yesterday. Apparently, head coach Jacques Martin didn\u2019t buy into Laraque\u2019s bruising approach to the game and decided he couldn\u2019t help the team anymore.<\/p>\n Laraque isn\u2019t going quietly. He was emotional and slammed the team for abandoning him in a vulnerable time. Laraque\u2019s roots trace back to Haiti and he was grief-stricken by the Earthquake. Now, he\u2019s going there to help the relief efforts. It\u2019s more fun to watch him punch guys but, hey, good for him.<\/p>\n <\/strong> Sports water cooler headlines and sports gossip for Friday January 22nd, 2010. 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