Alex Rodriguez had successful surgery this morning and specialist Dr. Marc Philippon was extremely happy. Under the care of one of the best in his field, combined with A-Rod's tremendous condition and work ethic, Rodriguez should make it back by May and be a big part of the Yankees' fortunes. He'll have a more invasive procedure after the season, but that's for November and he's already been proclaimed ready for Spring Training 2010. The 2 Live Stews from Sports Radio 790 in Atlanta had me on this afternoon to discuss A-Rod, the World Baseball Classic and CC Sabathia, who I wrote last week is the key to the Yankees' chances in 2009.
It was assumed that it would be Rampage Jackson vs. Rashad Evans at UFC 98 following Jackson's victory over Keith Jardine Saturday night, but not so fast. The Junkie crew was all over Dana White's contention that Lyoto Machida still could end up getting a shot at Evans' light-heavyweight title. May and UFC 98 would be Rampage's third fight in five months and White wants to ensure he'd be 100 percent.
To me this makes sense. Give "The Dragon" the shot he deserves and let Rampage fight the winner. Then again, the heat between Rampage and Sugar Rashad after the Jardine fight was priceless. Machida may spoil those plans, but if he doesn't you're talking about month's worth of promotion and hype for what Jackson called "Black on Black!"
Meanwhile, Frank Mir's knee surgery moved his fight against Brock Lesnar to UFC 100 on July 11. The UFC's 100th event should be headlined by a heavyweight title fight.
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