{"id":38370,"date":"2011-05-18T10:56:13","date_gmt":"2011-05-18T17:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=38370"},"modified":"2011-05-18T10:56:13","modified_gmt":"2011-05-18T17:56:13","slug":"may-18th-2011-gossip-headlines-gambling-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/sports\/may-18th-2011-gossip-headlines-gambling-news\/","title":{"rendered":"May 18th 2011: Daily Sports News \u2013 Gossip \u2013 Headlines"},"content":{"rendered":"

Water Cooler \u2013 May 18th, 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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Sports News – NBA news: Cavaliers win draft lottery; Knicks pursuing Ramon Sessions; Grizz not trading Rudy Gay<\/strong>

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NBA news: Cavaliers win draft lottery<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

Could we see a quick and immediate turnaround in Cleveland next year? The Cavaliers won the draft lottery last night. They\u2019ll pick first overall and they also have the fourth overall pick.<\/p>\n

Rumor has it that the Cavs could make point guard Ramon Sessions available in light of their draft position, as they might pick Kyrie Irving first overall. The New York Knicks are reportedly interested in acquiring him. Sessions has two years left on a four-year, $16-million deal. He averaged a career-high 13.3 points and 5.2 assists last season.<\/p>\n

Even though the Memphis Grizzlies made a big statement by making a surprisingly deep playoff run without Rudy Gay, they have no intention of trading him.<\/p>\n

\u201cWould you please make it clear that we\u2019re not trading Rudy Gay?\u201d Team owner Michael Heisley told The Memphis Commercial Appeal<\/em> last summer. He added, \u201cNo disrespect to Oklahoma City, but if we had Rudy Gay, we would have won the…series going away.\u201d<\/p>\n

NHL news: Thornton tried to fight Kesler; Pavel Kubina\u2019s status \u201cnot good\u201d; Mike Richards to lose captaincy? Daniel Carcillo suspended<\/strong><\/p>\n

Believe it or not, Joe Thornton tried to start the Western Conference final between his San Jose Sharks and the Vancouver Canucks in style \u2013 or so he claims. Thornton said yesterday that he challenged Ryan Kesler to a fight off the opening draw. He tried to bury his head into Kesler\u2019s chin while egging him on; Kesler declined the invitation and Thornton was kicked out of the faceoff circle. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The Tampa Bay Lightning don\u2019t expect Pavel Kubina (head) to join them in the Eastern Conference final any time soon. He hasn\u2019t played since taking an elbow from Jason Chimera on April 29 and reportedly hasn\u2019t even skated. \u201cHe\u2019s not even [with the team], so the update is not very good,\u201d said Tampa head coach Guy Boucher. \u201cEvery day there seems to be a little progression, it kind of slips back a bit.\u201d<\/p>\n

A couple of stories came out of Philadelphia today \u2013 one surprising, the other not so much. It appears captain Mike Richards and Flyers head coach Peter Laviolette aren\u2019t getting along \u2013 to the point that Richards may be asked to relinquish his captaincy.<\/p>\n

\u201cMike and I continue to work on our relationship,\u201d Laviolette recently said. \u201cI respect him. I like Mike as a person and we continue to work on that.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the expected twist, Flyers winger Daniel Carcillo has been suspended for the first two games of 2011-12 for displaying \u201caggressive behavior and inappropriate conduct directed at officials\u201d between the first and second period of Game 4 against Boston on May 6.<\/p>\n

MLB news: Wright, Teahen, Matsuzaka hit DL<\/strong><\/p>\n

Most of the latest MLB news is injury-related. As expected, the New York Mets have placed David Wright (stress fracture in back) on the 15-day DL. He suffered the injury on April 19 while diving to tag Houston\u2019s Carlos Lee. He\u2019s forbidden from baseball activities for at least 10 days.<\/p>\n

Daisuke Matsuzaka\u2019s resurgence this season was apparently short-lived. After an MRI revealed an elbow sprain, the Boston Red Sox placed the right-hander on the 15-day DL. He joins John Lackey there.<\/p>\n

Mark Teahen was supposed to get an extended look as the Chicago White Sox\u2019s starting third baseman but it wasn\u2019t to be. He landed on the 15-day DL with a strained oblique muscle and will be replaced by Dallas McPherson, a.k.a. the guy whose picture appears next to \u201cQuad-A player\u201d in the baseball dictionary.<\/p>\n

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