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GIL LeBRETON He had a smooth smile and, it seemed, a closet full of rich Italian suits. And when he joined the New York Yankees, the move was lauded as perfect. The perfect ballplayer on the now-perfect team. But all the king’s horses and all the king’s men will never be able to put Alex Rodriguez together again.Not after Saturday. For a guy who seemed obsessed with maintaining a high-gloss shine on his public image, Rodriguez has to be devastated by the story Saturday on Sports Illustrated’s Web site that he was among the 104 players who tested positive in 2003 for performance-enhancing drugs. This one he won’t be able to blame on the New York newspapers, or try to talk his way out of by blinking his puppy dog eyes at Katie Couric. For baseball, those were suspicious times and Rodriguez’s prodigious numbers were as suspicious as any of them. And whether baseball had an anti-drug policy in 2003 or not, or that the players union should have destroyed the s

Dallas Mavericks sixth man Jason Terry sustained a broken bone in his left hand in the first half and missed the rest of Saturday night's game against the Chicago Bulls.

Dallas Mavericks sixth man Jason Terry sustained a broken bone in his left hand in the first half and missed the rest of Saturday night's game against the Chicago Bulls.

RANDY GALLOWAY Babe says it’s just as well. That Dan shouldn’t have been the man in the first place. Troy has uttered similar comments. That’s Laufenberg and Aikman, respectively, and as several disagreeing (with them) e-mailers have pointed out, both consider Jason Garrett almost family.Regardless, when Babe and Troy speak, I listen.Last week’s strange saga involving Dan Reeves was not merely a confused mess, it left the Cowboys, as an organization, looking weak and silly, and Jerry Jones, as an owner-GM, looking Al Davis-esque.The opinion, however, from here was and is that Reeves would have been a great hire, based on the current 'situation' at Valley Ranch.Then again, admittedly, this base premise from Babe and Troy is correct:If you want to hire a head coach, then fire the one you’ve got (that’s you, Wade). And as Babe also pointed out on CBS-11 on Friday night, the same goes for the offensive coordinator (that’s you, Jason.)Yes, bringing

Biedrins' injury should open the door for other big men to fill in

CHESTERTOWN, Maryland, February 7. FRESHMAN Nick Longworth (Media, PA/Strath Haven) and sophomore Matt Violette (Westbrook, ME/Westbrook) each won two individual events as the Washington College men&#...

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, February 7. THE Florida State swimming and diving teams were defeated by Auburn on Saturday at the Bobby E. Leach Center pool. The Seminole women lost 166-120 and the men were be...

Canadian teenager Patrick Chan continues to take men's figure skating by storm, capturing a gold medal Saturday in the ISU Four Continents championships.

So it's semi-official now - nobody can save baseball's numbers. Yeah, like that mattered. According to a report on SI.com authored by Selena Roberts and David Epstein, Alex Rodriguez, the man best positioned to overtake Barry Bonds' home run record and the...

Boston Celtics head coach Doc Rivers has been fined $15,000 for verbal abuse of game officials, it was announced today by Stu Jackson, NBA Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations.