The Sports Rumors

Today’s Rundown 9/1

*New England Patriots strong safety Rodney Harrison has been suspended for the first four games of the regular season for violating the league’s substance abuse policy. He claims to have never done steroids, but used a human growth hormone instead. The safety took full responsibility for his actions and admitted his guilt. In somewhat of a classy fashion, Harrison pleaded with the media to not bother his teammates with questions about his suspension because they know nothing. He said he took the growth hormones to help accelerate his healing process from previous injuries.

I don’t approve of what Harrison did, but I do understand his reasoning. The NFL is a tough league and you had better be playing as many games as possible if you want to keep a roster spot; doesn’t matter who you are. Again, I don’t condone taking any kind of hormones that are against the league policy, but I do understand where Harrison is coming from. I hope we don’t see more of this in the coming season.

*Alex Rodriguez helped the Yankees extend their wild card lead over the slumping Mariners to 2 games with a 9-6 victory over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Arod had a hell of a day knocking his 45^th homerun out of the park along with driving in four runs. The Yankees are surging and the Mariners are sinking. They just lost their eighth straight game and are getting ready for a trip to the Bronx to face the Yanks. Its starting to look like the Yankees are not even worried about Seattle anymore and have their sights set on the Boston Red Sox. After their three game sweep of the Sox, the Yankees cut the lead to 5 games. The two teams have three games left against each other, in Boston. If the Yankees can cut the lead by 2 games heading into their series with the Sox, they’ll hold the division title in their own hands.

*Surprisingly, Maria Sharapova was eliminated in the second round by an 18 year old. That’s all I got. I don’t know anymore about it because I was watching college football all day, including arguably the biggest upset in college football history. I’ll have a full recap of the day later. Enjoy the rest of your night folks.