{"id":33962,"date":"2011-02-14T11:12:54","date_gmt":"2011-02-14T19:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=33962"},"modified":"2023-02-07T06:54:04","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T14:54:04","slug":"february-14th-2011-gossip-headlines-gambling-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/sports\/february-14th-2011-gossip-headlines-gambling-news\/","title":{"rendered":"February 14th 2011: Daily Sports News \u2013 Gossip \u2013 Headlines"},"content":{"rendered":"

Water Cooler \u2013 February 14th, 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 – MLB news: Pujols, Cards push deadline to Wednesday; Sabathia ponders opting out? Dukes claims MLB blackballed him for coming clean on drug use<\/strong>

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Bleak days for Albert Pujols Contract Negotiations...<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

As bleak as Albert Pujols\u2019 contract negotiations are going with the St. Louis Cardinals \u2013 he rejected their most recent offer \u2013 neither side has given up on striking a deal. The deadline has been pushed back to Wednesday since Cards Hall-of-Famer Stan Musial will be honored at the White House on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Pujols\u2019 teammate, Matt Holliday, is trying to help the cause. He said on Friday that he\u2019d be willing to defer more of the salary on his seven-year, $120-million deal if it gave the Cards a better shot of re-signing Pujols.<\/p>\n

Could C.C. Sabathia exercise his opt-out on his current pact with the New York Yankees after this season? \u201cAnything is possible in a contract,\u201d he recently told the New York Post<\/em>. With Cliff Lee now making about $2 million more per season on average, maybe the younger C.C. feels slighted?<\/p>\n

Elijah Dukes is back in the news. He never made headlines for baseball during his playing career, instead drawing attention for fathering six children with four women and getting arrested multiple times. He recently told the Tampa Tribune <\/em>that he feels he was blackballed by baseball because he came forward about drug use \u2013 his own and that of some Washington Nationals teammates.<\/p>\n

Dukes admitted to smoking Marijuana occasionally before home games with the Nats and said some other players would smuggle drugs onto planes and use them in hotel rooms during road trips. Dukes is out of baseball now and trying to make it as a rapper, Fly Eli.<\/p>\n

NBA news: Bobcats shopping Boris Diaw? DeMarcus Cousins banned from own team flight; Paul Pierce injures foot; Melo-drama hurting Knicks?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Charlotte Bobcats are making a bit of noise in the lowly Eastern Conference playoff hunt; at 23-31, they\u2019re two games behind Indiana in the race for eighth place. As a result, they\u2019re looking for a shakeup to put them over the top. They\u2019ve made forward Boris Diaw available for a trade. He averages 11.1 points, 5.3 boards and 3.7 assists on the year. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

It was a rough weekend for DeMarcus Cousins and the Sacramento Kings. After a 99-97 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder last night, Cousins confronted Donte Greene, angry that Green passed to Tyreke Evans instead of him for the final shot in the game. Few details about the incident have been released but we do know that Greene left the locker room \u201ccomposed\u201d and without any physical marks on him.<\/p>\n

Still, Cousins was banned from the team flight to Phoenix late Saturday. The team may suspend him but wants to review the incident further.<\/p>\n

The Boston Celtics beat streaking Miami yesterday but the news wasn\u2019t all good. Paul Pierce had an epically bad game, going 0 for 10 from the field. He said he\u2019s battling minor injuries to his hand and foot and will have an MRI on the foot today.<\/p>\n

The New York Knicks haven\u2019t been themselves of late and Raymond Felton believes he knows why. He says the Carmelo Anthony trade rumors are \u201cbeing talked about too much\u201d and affecting the team negatively. The Nicks are 4-8 since the New Jersey Nets publicly pulled out of the Melo sweepstakes and made New York the frontrunner to land him.<\/p>\n

NHL news: Mario Lemieux attacks NHL\u2019s handling of Penguins\/Islanders brawl<\/strong><\/p>\n

Did you see the New York Islanders hammer the Pittsburgh Penguins 9-3 on Friday? The game was straight out of the 1970s, filled with wild brawls. It ended with 346 penalty minutes, 15 fighting majors, 20 misconducts and 10 ejections. Trevor Gillies, Matt martin and Eric Godard all received multi-game suspensions.<\/p>\n

Mario Lemieux slammed the league for failing to properly punish the Islanders, as Isles forward Eric Godard was the first to leave the bench and start the brawl. Gillies got a nine-game ban for a head shot that concussed Eric Tangradi.<\/p>\n

Lemieux said that the Islanders \u2013 who were fined $100,000 by the league \u2013 \u201cmust bear some responsibility for their failure to control their players.\u201d He also suggested \u201cIf events relating to Friday night reflect the state of the league, I need to rethink whether I want to be part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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