The Loss of a Mariners Outfielder

Seattle Mariners outfielder Greg Halman found bleeding from a stab wound early Monday, November 21st in the Netherlands. By the time the ambulance came to the site, it had been too late. Halman's brother is now under arrest and will be questioned. The 24 year old had a successful career while playing in Seattle and with their minor league teams. Halman has been with the organization since he was 16 years old. Last month, he was on the Netherlands Baseball World Cup Team and they ended up winning the whole competition. The organization is sad to lose such a well rounded player from their team. Not much other information is known yet about the stabbing and reports say it will take some time to figure out what exactly happened.

Forced into Retirement

The former New York Knicks Guard, Cuttino Mobley filed a lawsuit against the Knicks, accusing the organization of forcing him to retire as a way to save millions of dollars. In 2008, Mobley was acquired from the Los Angeles Clippers and shortly after coming to the knicks they supposively forced him to retire. The reason Mobley is said to retire because of a heart disease. Mobley has grown up with this disease and was aware of his condition, but he was never advised to stop playing the game. The lawsuit states, knicks were aware of his condition before signing him to the team and after him coming to the team, he was sent to doctors whom they knew would tell him to stop playing basketball. The total earnings the team saved for his retirement is around $19 million dollars. The outcome of this lawsuit will be interesting to see, as well as how the team and Mobley handle this situation.

College Basketball Increase

As we all know the NBA season is does not look to be alive anytime in the near future; because of this league not being available to watch and enjoy, the increase of collegiate athletics has become much popular. The excitement of Men's college basketball is usually very energizing around the March Madness Tournament, but now the excitement is being seen even after the first games of the season. In my opinion, college basketball is much more entertaining and exciting than the NBA, since the players are playing the game since they love it. It will be interesting to see if all this attention on collegiate basketball will stay as popular as it is now or it will die down as the season continues.

Many teams are said to be even better this year, than they were last year. This will make the competition level even higher and bring out all the excitement. Will the exciement and attention stay on these basketball teams because of no NBA season right now, or will it diminish until the March Madness Tournament?

The Fate of Sizemore

As the World Series recently came to an end, many teams are now looking to rebuild or find new players and coaches for their team for the 2012 Season. The Cleveland Indians just yesterday declined the $9 million dollar option for centerfielder, Grady Sizemore. Sizemore was a player that hurt for a large part of the past season. With his contract being up, it was questioned what the Indians were going to decide what to do with the three time American League All Star. When Sizemore is healthy he is a huge asset to the team, but with him being hurt and having a few surgeries over the past year makes him more vulnerable to injury. All of the injuries and his body not being as healthy as the past was one of the big factors when deciding whether or not to accept his option for the next season. Sizemore has been with the team since 2005, when he got his start in the major league. He has made an impact on the Indians organization.

 As a free agent, there will be many offers to Sizemore and the Indians may end up getting him back onto the team. The fate of many players is up in the air for the upcoming seasons and it will be interesting to see where all of the players fall.