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The injuries continue to pile up in the NFL preseason. More on the latest big name to go down in today\u2019s news.<\/p>\n
NFL news: Sidney Rice out until at least midseason after hip surgery; Ochocinco fined for Tweeting<\/strong> The Vikings are thrilled to welcome back Brett Favre but he\u2019s probably not so thrilled that his top target from a year ago, Sidney Rice, won\u2019t be around for a while. Rice, who broke out last season with 1,312 yards, had hip surgery yesterday and will be sidelined for at least the first eight weeks of the 2010 season. It\u2019s entirely possible he\u2019ll end up on injured reserve.<\/p>\n With Percy Harvin also missing tons of time lately due to migraines, the Vikes have to be worried about their receiving situation. Why else would they dust off Javon Walker? They signed the veteran and former Brett Favre target from Green Bay yesterday. He hasn\u2019t played a full season since 2006.<\/p>\n It\u2019s not that the NFL hates all Tweeting; it just hates when its athletes use Twitter at the wrong times. It fined Chad Ochocinco (who else?) $25,000 for Tweeting during his Bengals\u2019 preseason game against the Philadelphia Eagles last Friday. Kickoff was at 8:07 p.m. and Ochocinco tweeted at 6:50 and 9:53. The wideout broke the rule stating that NFL athletes cannot use social media from 90 minutes before kickoff until the end of the game. <\/p>\n Ochocinco apologized \u2013 via Twitter, of course.<\/p>\n MLB news: Johnny Damon vetoes return to Boston; Roy Oswalt plays the outfield<\/strong><\/p>\n Give Johnny Damon credit for having the wherewithal not to surrender himself to an angry mob. The Boston Red Sox \u2013 the team he spurned to join the rival Yankees a few years back \u2013 claimed him on waivers yesterday. But Damon understood what every Boston fan understood \u2013 that his welcome probably wouldn\u2019t have been too warm in Beantown. So he exercised his veto power and refused to join the Red Sox.<\/p>\n How desperate was Damon to avoid Boston? He spurned the waiver claim despite saying he \u201cwould\u2019ve loved to have gone back and played with Papi and Varitek\u201d and realized that \u201cgoing to Boston could have helped out my free agency for next year, but so be it.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t tell every major-league pitcher that he\u2019s good for nothing besides throwing. During a wild, 16-inning romp between the Phillies and Astros last night in Philadelphia, Roy Oswalt got called in to play the outfield. Manager Charlie Manuel chose him because of his athleticism. Oswalt caught a ball in the 15th<\/sup> and got a standing ovation.<\/p>\n PGA news: Tour to make golfers play every tournament? <\/strong><\/p>\n Tiger Woods not playing and then not playing well has damaged golf ratings badly this year. Perhaps that\u2019s why the PGA is looking at instituting a major rule change that would require every golfer to play every tournament during the year.<\/p>\n That would mean we\u2019d see the Tigers and Phils of the world play even the Mickey Mouse events like the Canadian Open; it would also mean we\u2019d never see Steve Stricker win another tournament. BURN!<\/p>\n Comments are welcome below!<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong> Sports water cooler headlines and sports gossip for Wednesday August 25th, 2010. 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