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Injuries, injuries, injuries. More players went down in preseason NFL action last night and something sad happened in baseball. We\u2019ll start Friday\u2019s news on a low note.<\/p>\n
NFL news: Avery, Addai, Brackett injured; Matt Leinart benched; Sam Bradford flourishes <\/strong><\/p>\n Last night\u2019s Patriots\/Rams matchup had its ups and downs. The bad news: speedy Rams receiver Donnie Avery went down with what coach Steve Spagnuolo said is probably \u201ca significant knee injury.\u201d It looks like they may have lost Avery for the season.<\/p>\n New England\u2019s Wes Welker, who battled back from torn ACL over the winter and spring, extended his hand to comfort Avery before he was carted off. So that\u2019s the bad news. The good news from that game: Sam Bradford looked like a stud. The No. 1 overall pick went 15 of 22 for 189 yards and two touchdowns, leading the Rams to a 36-35 win. Spagnuolo didn\u2019t say if the performance earned Bradford a starting job for Week 1 but it certainly boosted Bradford\u2019s chances.<\/p>\n A couple of Indianapolis Colts got scares in last night\u2019s loss to the Packers. Joseph Addai got concussed by a big hit in the third quarter. He said he \u201cjust got a little dizzy\u201d and insists that he could\u2019ve re-entered the game. Indy linebacker Gary Brackett also left the game with a hand injury but not much is known about its severity. <\/p>\n Maybe Matt Leinart won\u2019t get his shot to replace Kurt Warner after all. After struggling through the preseason so far, he appears to have lost Arizona Cardinals coach Ken Whisenhunt\u2019s confidence. Leinart has been benched in favor of Derek Anderson.<\/p>\n Anderson will start the Cards\u2019 third preseason game \u2013 which is widely considered the most important one in which most of the regular-season starters get increased reps.<\/p>\n Plenty of former NFL quarterbacks \u2013 Steve Beuerlein, Boomer Esiason, and Rich Gannon, to name a few \u2013 have publicly stated that they don\u2019t or never have seen Leinart as good enough to be a bona fide NFL starting quarterback.<\/p>\n MLB: Stephen Strasburg has torn elbow ligament; Pujols third youngest player to 400 homers <\/strong><\/p>\n Sigh. It\u2019s been a trying decade for the Washington Nationals, who were just starting to sense they turned the corner thanks to draft picks like Ryan Zimmerman, Stephen Strasburg and Bryce Harper. But the Nats \u2013 and the game of baseball \u2013 got some crushing news today.<\/p>\n Strasburg, the most hyped pitching prospect this millennium, has torn his ulnar collateral ligament. It\u2019s entirely possible that he\u2019ll need Tommy John surgery and miss the entire 2011 season. Expect a more formal announcement from Washington soon.<\/p>\n On a happier note, Albert Pujols became the third-youngest player to reach 400 homers; only Alex Rodriguez and Ken Griffey Jr. did it faster. Pujols also looks like he\u2019ll post a 10th straight season with a .300 average, 30 homers and 100 RBI.<\/p>\n UFC news: Silva\/Sonnen rematch will happen <\/strong><\/p>\n Fans clamoring for Chael Sonnen to get another shot at the UFC middleweight title after he came so close to beating Anderson Silva earlier this month will get their wish. Contender Vitor Belfort will have to wait for his shot.<\/p>\n Comments are welcome below!<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong> Sports water cooler headlines and sports gossip for Friday August 27th, 2010. 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