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The man who came through in the clutch last Thursday night (Oct. 1), and got the Yankees into the Wild-Card Playoffs is apparently checking himself into an alcohol rehab(ilitation) center today! Yankees’ C.C. Sabathia (6-10, 4.73ERA) made the announcement at 1pm today! His timing couldn’t be any worse as the Yankees prepare for a wild-card Playoff on Tuesday night in the Bronx, but hey you gotta do what you gotta do! I think it serves as an inspiration to…

As we prepare for Halloween I got a special treat on Derrick Rose’s behalf! I feel for the fellow only playing in 32% of the NBA games in the last four games, after being a warrior and playing 98% of the games the three seasons prior, but this pic is LOL funny! Check more after the gate…

#RiseOfTheUnderdogs The arch-rival Boston Red Sox were playing like it was the seventh game of the World Series, and the NY Yankees finally broke them; beating them 4-1 tonight, and clinching a playoff spot! It was first time the Yankees are going to the Playoffs since 2012, and the 52nd time in their illustrious history! It was also the Yankees 10,000th regular season win! Read more after the jump…

The NY Yankees paid tribute to Yogi Berra, who passed away on Sept. 22 at 90 years old, coincidentally exactly 69 years from his MLB debut. He lived beyond his years, and played beyond his peers; accomplishing 18 All-Star appearances, 15 consecutively. He was also an astounding 10-time World Series Champion with the NY Yankees, and even played and coached briefly crosstown for the NY Mets later in his career…

It seemed as if Summer was switching to Fall right when the NY Yankees took over the three-game Subway Series (against the NY Mets) at Citi-Field over the weekend! The fans put on their coats, as the Yankees put on a show tonight!

Lithuania served Serbia a crushing defeat, 67-64, on Friday to advance to the EuroBasket (FIBA) Finals to take on Spain! Lithuania (and Spain) have automatically clinched a spot at the 2016 Olympic games in Rio (Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016) by advancing to the Finals! Serbia must now claw and nail through the Olympic qualifiers next July flirting with Greece, Italy, France, and the Czech Republic!

Some say age is defiant, some say Yahoo! Sports completely copied my style, but who is to say that 50-year old Rafael Palmeiro, a former Cubano MLB baseball star, is gonna play baseball again! Well, Palmeiro is set to join his 25-year old son, Patrick, in an independent Texas league for the three remaining games of the season… Rafael does not only get a chance to fulfill the “field of dreams” in real life, but can also re-hash his name, as he tested positive for steroids late in his career.

#AllHandsOnDeck… The NY Yankees have cut the gap (in the AL East) to three games back from the first place Toronto Blue Jays following a wild, dramatic 4-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays tonight! Here is the story…

At the #USOpenFinal, the crowd was a little (a lot) silly cheering when Novak Djokovic missed shots and sometimes yelling stupid phrases when he served. Fortunately, Djokovic tuned out the BS, and thrived beating Roger Federer 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4! Djokovic has won three Majors this year (Australian Open, Wimbledon, US Open), and now has 10 Majors in his career!

It was absolutely a tale of David & Goliath with Vinci at a 300-to-1 odds to win, and Serena perhaps get caught up in the hype and distractions (Drake kept leering in the crowd)! She seemed to be a bit over-animated on her winners and at points even serving up unusual facial expressions! The biggest story in Women’s Tennis and the US Open was building up to be Serena Williams going onto win the Calendar Slam (winning all four majors in the same calendar year), BUT in the semi-final today the story changed quickly! 43 ranked Roberta Vinci played her heart out, and ignored all the cheers and jeers from the crowd for the heavily favored Williams, and came back to win 2-6, 6-4, 6-4!!!