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-The Yankees had their five-game win streak snapped, falling to Seattle 3-2. The good news: In the loss, Randy Johnson went eight innings striking out a season high 11 on 129 pitches. The bad: Despite that kind of effort, the Bronx Bombers fell a game and a half behind Boston after the Red Sox shutout the Royals 1-0 to complete a three-game sweep. Josh Beckett tossed eight scoreless and Cy Young frontrunner rookie Jonathan Papelbon notched his 29th save to make Manny Ramirez' 25th homer stand up.

-Talk continues to center around A-Rod and whether he's mentally cut out to carry the Yankees to another postseason. One would think that after two years of already playing in New York, this wouldn't be an issue for the 2005 AL MVP. It's amazing that the so-called best player in baseball still struggles with the elements. At some point, he's got to block it out and just go and play the game the way he can. Dominate.

-There was a minor trade in hockey today involving the Rangers. The Blueshirts traded center Dominic Moore to Nashville in exchange for right wing Adam Hall. The Predators then turned around and shipped Moore plus a prospect to the Penguins for a 2007 third round pick. So the Rangers will see their fourth line center eight times this season. Still, this was a solid deal when you consider that New York still has Jarkko Immonen and Blair Betts to center the final two lines. While Moore was a solid player who gave an honest effort every night, he was limited offensively. Immonen has bigger upside and Betts can easily replace the former Harvard product. Aside from that, the Rangers added a player in Hall with some much needed size. Last year, he scored 10 of his 15 goals on the power play. The question is will his role change on Broadway? Stay tuned.

-In more upsetting news, former Devil Ken Daneyko was arrested back in May for drunk driving. A key defenseman who helped lead New Jersey to all three Cups, the likeable Daneyko apparently suffered a relapse. During the 1997-98 season, he entered a league alcohol-abuse program to confront the problem. This past season, he saw his No.3 jersey go up to the rafters on March 24. It's a pity that such a nice person is still battling such a serious problem. Wishing him a full recovery.

-Thursday, the British Open kicks off. It should be interesting to see how Phil Mickelson responds to his collapse at the U.S. Open in which he double bogeyed the last hole to lose a chance at winning three straight majors. While that will be fun to watch, everyone will also be keeping an eye on how Tiger Woods performs after failing to make the cut for the first time as a pro at a major last month. Both should definitely be in the running this weekend.