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And just like that, another Clinton lackey ruins something great:

Miami accepted an invitation to join the Atlantic Coast Conference on Monday, spurning a flurry of last-minute offers from Big East officials to remain in their league.

The decision was formally announced in a statement released by Miami moments before a news conference with university president Donna Shalala and athletic director Paul Dee got under way.

And, as usual for the Clinton crowd, it was all about money. I have no idea what will become of the Big East now.

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Grumble:

The Atlantic Coast Conference reached deep into its expansion playbook late Tuesday and pulled a shocking end run.

School presidents and chancellors voted Tuesday night to invite Miami and Virginia Tech to join the conference — a scenario that excludes fellow would-be Big East defectors Boston College and Syracuse.

Sources also told ESPN that the vote was 7-2 in favor of inviting the two football powerhouses.

I hate Donna Shalala. Lying troll.

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It looks like the Big East football conference is officially done:

Five schools filed a lawsuit Friday to try to prevent Miami and Boston College from jumping to the Atlantic Coast Conference, accusing them of secretly taking part in an expansion plan that could ruin the Big East.

The lawsuit, filed in state Superior Court in Hartford, Conn., says Miami and Boston College professed loyalty to their conference while concocting a “deliberate scheme to destroy the Big East and abscond with the collective value of all that has been invested and created in the Big East.”

Big East schools went ahead with millions of dollars in renovations and upgrades under the assumption they would be part of a healthy conference for years to come, the lawsuit contends.

Go to hell, Miami and BC, but Miami in particular. One more reason to dislike Donna Shalala.

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This stinks:

Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs was ejected when umpires found illegal cork in his shattered bat during Tuesday’s 3-2 Interleague win over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

Sosa broke his bat in the first inning on a grounder to second base with Chicago runners at second and third.

But crew chief Tim McClelland examined the bat along with the three other umpires immediately after the out was called and the run scored.

What the hell was he thinking- does he want to hit it 800 feet?

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Like him or not, you can not deny his greatness:

Colorado’s Patrick Roy is retiring, ending the 18-year career of one of the greatest goaltenders in NHL history. Patrick Roy didn’t leave with another Cup, but he will retire with the most NHL victories.

Roy will make the announcement at a 2 p.m. ET news conference Wednesday, team spokesman Jean Martineau said.

A four-time Stanley Cup champion, Roy is the NHL’s career leader in victories with 551 and games played with 1,029. He also is the career leader in playoff victories, games played and shutouts.

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Much to my surprise, the University of Virginia defeated Johns Hopkins today in the NCAA Division 1 Lacrosse Championship. After watching Hopkins rip Syracuse in the second half of the semi-final game, I was convinced no one would beat Hopkins.

Congrats Cavaliers.

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I have not mentioned a word about Annika Sorenstom (I just had to look her name up to spell it correctly), but reviewing the sports headlines this morning, I about blew a gasket. Check out some of these headlines:

From ESPN: Sorenstam Misses Cut, But Oh What A Run!

From the WaPo: No Bunker Mentality Here: Guys Give Annika Her Due

And leave it to the NY Times to have the drippiest lede:

Sorenstam Fails to Conquer, but Wins Fans on the Way

By JERE LONGMAN

Annika Sorenstam did not make the cut in her first PGA tournament. But if she could not quite stay on the bull, at least she had grabbed it by the horns.

You would think she had won the Grand Slam. Let’s get something excrutiatingly clear- she lost. Bigtime. She was 96th out of 111, and this was a field missing Vijay Singh, Ernie Els, and Tiger Woods, so you might as well say she finished 99th out of 114. That is not some crowning achievement. It is called a failure, in most books, when you are in the bottom 15%. If your academic performance is in the bottom 15% in high school, chances are you ride in a small bus and get excused from school earlier than the other kids.

I was not against Annika Sorenstam playing this week- she was given an exemption and invited, according to the rules, and she had every right to be there. I did not want her there, not because she was a sexist pig, but because I thought it was gimmicky and she didn’t stand a chance in hell. If anything, she has done irreparable damage to the LPGA. Think about it- I watch golf every week it is on, but I have never watched the LPGA. Never, and I will watch bowling if there is no other sports show on. I can recall even watching a jump-rope competition on ESPN one day because there was nothing else on- but the LPGA? NEVER. That was my attitude before the LPGA sent their best player to the PGA to be ritually slaughtered. If the best their best can do is 96th, why watch them at all? If Tiger Woods went to the LPGA, do you think he would finish 96th?

I wish Annika no ill will- there is no doubt she is a phenomenal athlete and she would kill me on the course any day of the week, but I would like it if we keep this ‘achievement’ of hers in perspective. She failed, and what she did was not that amazing- in fact, 95 other people did it better than her. There is nothing wrong with failure, Annika, so dust yourself off, go back to the LPGA, and take your place in history. And a note to sportswriters- please get a grip.

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