The Sunday Scoop: Edition #1 – July 4, 2010

The Sunday Scoop provides you with the latest news of the big 4 (NHL, NFL, MLB, NBA) and any other news in the world of sports.

Hockey:

• Kovalchuk sweepstakes reportedly down to 3 teams: Kings, Devils, Islanders
• Leafs have 5 offers on the table for stud D Tomas Kaberle
• Kariya wants a cup; Pittsburgh bound?
• Souray clears waivers, is the AHL an option for the former all-star?
• A couple of Canadian stars, Marc Savard and Simon Gagne waive NTC’s

Basketball:

• Dirka Dirka Nowitzki pulls a jihad of a contract that could be worth up to $96m over 4 years
• Joe Johnson accepts $119m over 6 years from Hotlanta
• Bulls and Cavs give LeBron all they have to offer, will LBJ’s throne find a different area code?
• Paul Pierce re-signs in Boston, 4yr/$61 million big ones
• Raps losing interest in sign-and-trade for PF Chris Bosh

Football:

• Vick’s last wings to be cut by the Eagles?
• NFL debating whether regular season should be 16 or 18 games
• Plax sick of the joint, applies for work release from prison
• Stud WR Vincent Jackson suspended first 3 games, are the Bolt’s putting V-Jax on the trade market?
• Lions bring back DB Dre Bly on a 2-year contract

Baseball:

• Jays’ Wells, Buck, Bautista selected to AL all-star team
• Thome passes Harmon Killebrew with 574^th HR, now 10^th on all time list
• Teams lickin’ chops over possibility of acquiring ace Cliff Lee
• Jose Reyes still struggling with oblique injury
• Strasberg left off all-star squad

Other:

• Nadal raises his 2^nd Wimbledon trophy, 8^th grand slam title
• Brock Lesnar beats Shane Carwin in the second round by submission
• Uruguay vs Netherlands & Germany vs Spain prepared to battle to advance to soccer’s grand stage

-EP