{"id":32330,"date":"2011-01-17T10:58:27","date_gmt":"2011-01-17T18:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=32330"},"modified":"2023-02-07T06:57:39","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T14:57:39","slug":"january-17th-2011-gossip-headlines-gambling-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/sports\/january-17th-2011-gossip-headlines-gambling-news\/","title":{"rendered":"January 17th 2011: Daily Sports News — Gossip — Headlines"},"content":{"rendered":"

Water Cooler \u2013 January 17th, 2011<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Here we go with today\u2019s sports water cooler talk. Here, you won\u2019t just find the straight news; you\u2019ll find the stuff everyone is talking about \u2013 the ice breakers, the\u00a0Twitter Sports Picks<\/a> and topics\u2026well, basically all the stuff you discuss at the water cooler. <\/p>\n

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Today’s Sports News<\/h3>\n

NBA news: Four players ejected as Clippers beat Lakers<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ejections in the Clippers vs. Lakers Game<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Blake Griffin hype train was already raging out of control. Then the Clippers beat the Heat. Then, yesterday, they beat the Lakers in a wild game that saw four players ejected.<\/p>\n

After Griffin crashed into Lamar Odom\u2019s back while trying to grab a rebound on a Randy Foye free-throw with just over five seconds to go, Odom grabbed Griffin by the jersey. Baron Davis then jumped in and shoved Odom by the chest. Griffin, Odom and Davis were predictably ejected \u2013 but so was Ron Artest.<\/p>\n

Huh? No one seems to know what Artest\u2019s role was in the fracas. I guess the refs just assumed Mr. Malice at the Palace had to be involved and ejected him without even thinking? <\/p>\n

NFL news: Belichick benches Wes Welker for start of Divisional Playoff game<\/strong><\/p>\n

Did the New England Patriots lose at home to the New York Jets yesterday partially because they had the wrong mental approach?<\/p>\n

First there was Wes Welker, who ranted leading up to the game while trying to use as many expressions involving \u201cfeet\u201d as possible. He was taking shots at Rex Ryan and the foot-fetish scandal involving his wife. Then there was Bill Belichick\u2019s decision to bench Welker for the start of Sunday\u2019s game.<\/p>\n

Belichick wanted to send a message to Welker: don\u2019t go over my head and act out like that. But benching your receptions leader to start a playoff game? A little overconfident, no? Maybe next time Belichick will make Welker carry pads in practice.<\/p>\n

MLB news: Reds extend Joey Votto; Athletics sign Grant Balfour, Brian Fuentes<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Cincinnati Reds have locked up the National League MVP for three years. First baseman Joey Votto has signed a three-year, $38-million deal. The 27-year-old exploded for a .324 average with 37 homers, 113 RBI, 16 stolen bases and a .424 on-base percentage last season.<\/p>\n

The Oakland Athletics have added an elite setup man and a four-time All-Star closer to back up the injury-prone Andrew Bailey in their bullpen for 2011. On Friday, they signed Grand Balfour to a two-year, $8.1-million deal. He had a 2.28 ERA with 56 strikeouts over 55.1 innings with Tampa Bay last year. The A\u2019s also added Brian Fuentes. He saved 24 games between the Angels and Twins last year and notched a career high with 48 saves in 2009.<\/p>\n

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Sports water cooler headlines and sports gossip for Monday January 17th, 2011. Shea Matthews weighs in with his analysis and opinions on today\u2019s sports action\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":195,"featured_media":28200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1141],"tags":[29373,28750,11131,42853,158,5409,42852,11206,8042,42851,39620,3091,3121,22116,748,839,42854,1085,22115,1157,22112,37896,1825,22678,10922,29659],"class_list":["post-32330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-2010-11","tag-28750","tag-baron-davis","tag-belichick","tag-bet-on-sports","tag-blake-griffin","tag-brian-fuentes","tag-cincinnati-reds","tag-divisional-playoffs","tag-grant-balfour","tag-joey-votto","tag-la-clippers","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-mlb-news","tag-nba-news","tag-nfl-news","tag-randy-foye","tag-ron-artest","tag-sports-gossip","tag-sports-handicapping","tag-sports-headlines","tag-sports-news","tag-sportsbook-com","tag-todays-sports-headlines","tag-twitter","tag-wes-welker"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32330"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105444,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32330\/revisions\/105444"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}