Jeter's place secure

I meant to share this much sooner, but it's been another crazy week. I Tweeted this while providing real-time updates on the YES Blog. I was on hand to watch Derek Jeter pass Lou Gehrig to become the Yankees' all-time hits leader. Jeter may not be the greatest to ever wear a Yankees uniform, but you can make a case of him perhaps being the best shortstop to have played the game. His career is far from over, which means 3,000 - and perhaps 4,000 - hits are in sight.

MMA has returned to CBS with Strikeforce's huge November 7 show, which was supposed to be in Newark, N.J., but thanks to a Miley Cyrus booking will take place outside of Chicago. Here's hoping CBS learned from the Elite XC debacle and that Strikeforce doesn't make the same mistakes.

Appearing next week on FIGHT's! Web site: Features on Ryan Schultz and Zak Cummings. The magazine was set to publish a piece on Brock Larson until Larson lost to Mike Pierce at UFC Fight Night 19. Larson is a great guy and I'll be calling him to chat informally this weekend. His career is far from over and his spot in the UFC remains secure, but Wednesday was definitely a step back.

My quickie UFC 103 predictions:
Franklin over Belfort: Split decision
Dos Santos over Cro Cop: Unanimous decision
Kampmann over Daley: 1st round TKO
Koscheck over Trigg: 3rd round TKO
Griffin over Franca: Unanimous decision
Escudero over Miller: Unanimous decision
McFedries over Drwal: 1st round KO