to clean up the mess. The New York training staff has been giving the players every type of preventative medicine they can come up with to ward off the flu and hopefully having all the players together on a plane will not have an adverse affect. more ›

Mother Nature didn't agree with the scheduled off-days in this year's National League Championship Series. Monday's rainout was the second of the series, and the Mets will stay in St. Louis to play Game 5 against the Cardinals today instead of being back in New York. The more recent postponement removes the imbalance the first created -- the starting pitchers will be working on normal rest instead of three days' worth. Early speculation that Chris Carpenter would be moved up to start today's game was ruled out by Tony La Russa. more ›

The game started well, with the Giants twice marching the ball 80-plus yards down the field and easily scoring a pair of touchdowns, but then the Cardinals put a few extra men on the defensive line to stop Giants running back Tiki Barber and force Kurt Warner to throw under pressure. On the Giants' third drive Warner was sacked twice and it all went down hill from there. For the rest of the game, the line could not buy Warner any time and he was sacked six times on the day. With Warner struggling mightily and golden boy Eli Manning on the sidelines, the quarterback controversy is beginning to really heat up. more ›

Two games later, Mike Mussina injured his groin and was pulled after three innings. It looks like Mussina is only going to miss one start and should be back on the mound on Tuesday to face the Baltimore Orioles, his former team. So with two of the five starters out of the rotation where does that leave the Bombers? more ›