MLB:
– The Twins’ Kevin Slowey went the distance for a complete game, 5-0 shutout of the Brewers Sunday. Slowey yielded just three hits and fanned eight, while Delmon Young hit his second dinger of the season.
– John Lackey won his fourth straight start, mowing down nine while giving up just three hits and zero runs in the Angels’ 1-0 victory over the Dodgers. Every game in this three game series produced a shutout.
– A.J. Burnett struck out 11 over seven innings and gave up zero earned runs in the Blue Jays’ 1-0 win over the Braves. The 11 K’s were a season-high for Burnett.
– Just one week after the Cubs swept them at Wrigley, the White Sox exacted their revenge, taking three from their in-city rivals over the weekend. The Chi Sox got home runs from Jim Thome, Carlos Quentin and Brian Anderson as the topped the Cubs 5-1 on Sunday Night Baseball.
NFL:
– The Bucs gave running back Ernest Graham a new four-year, $11 million contract. Graham will be insurance in case Cadillac Williams doesn’t recover from the season ending knee surgery he had last season.
– The Arizona-Republic doesn’t think Anquan Boldin will get a new deal this summer, but Cardinals’ GM Rod Graves has apparently been in contact with Boldin’s agent.
– It appears more and more likely that the Falcons will just cut Joe Horn. Atlanta GM Thomas Dimitrof confirmed to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that the Cowboys have not expressed interest in the aging receiver.
