With Kovalchuk back, now the Devil’s in the details for Jersey

In addition to being the fastest thrower in all of the land, Cincinnati Reds left-hander Aroldis Chapman appears to be a law-abiding resident alien of the United States.

To wit, Chapman reportedly is trying to update his automobile license plates now that he has moved from Class AAA Louisville — in Kentucky, o’ course — to big-league Cincinnati.

Changing states isn’t the only reason Chapman might want to keep up to date; His cars have vanity plates that indicate how fast he goes — from the mound to the plate, that is.

Chapman’s Lamborghini plate reads "MPH102"; His Mercedes: "101 MPH."

As we learned over the past week or so, that’s several miles per hour ago for Chapman.

He hit 105 mph in a minor league game before being promoted. He threw 102 in his major league debut and reached 103.9 mph in his second appearance. (We round up in America.)

Chapman, apparently, refuses to drive in expired plates.

Writes John Fay of the Cincinnati Enquirer:

"I just texted his adviser," Louisville trainer Tomas Vera said. "He’s going to see if he can get 104MPH and 105MPH."

So that’s why Chapman checks himself out on the scoreboard to see how hard he’s throwing. He digs the speed, baby.

Jon Bois of SB Nation already has done some leg work to see if those plates are available in Ohio and Kentucky (in case he stays registered there). The results are mixed, though Bois has hatched an extremely amusing alternative vanity plate solution that requires a 25-vehicle motorcade.

Here’s another thing you learn by going to the Ohio and Kentucky DMV sites: Anytime you see a zero on a license plate, it’s not a zero — but instead the letter "O."

Heh, the more you know.

And, as for the Lamborghini itself, it goes a little faster than one of Chapman’s pitches.

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Lindsay Lohan pictures clip woman pushing stroller with her car

I’m guessing Lindsay Lohan and her people are very happy it’s a holiday weekend, meaning most people aren’t paying attention to the news and things can just die down. Remember my fact or fiction post from Friday about a paparazzo claiming Lindsay hit a woman pushing a stroller?

Well, Radar Online now reports that another witness has come forward with the same claim.

“I pulled up next to Lindsay after I saw her knock the stroller,” said Austin Visschedyk, a photographer who was on the scene. “I said; Whoa, what the f*** are you doing?”

Lohan was momentarily speechless, according to Austin, before she replied: “Well, I saw them, but they didn’t move out of the way.”

Lindsay reportedly was driving the Maserati she picked up the day after she left rehab. However, she’s said to have returned the car, according to Radar Online. I can’t tell what car she’s getting into in these pictures, which were taken on Friday, when Lindsay was spotted leaving a movie.

It’s interesting that no one from Lindsay’s camp has denied this story, but maybe they’re concerned that issuing a denial will just get the story more attention. Or it actually did happen.

My question: why did NO ONE call the police if this happened? At least it sounds like no one was seriously hurt. Thank goodness for that.

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Lindsay Lohan pictures clip woman pushing stroller with her car
Lindsay Lohan pictures clip woman pushing stroller with her car
Lindsay Lohan pictures clip woman pushing stroller with her car
Lindsay Lohan pictures clip woman pushing stroller with her car
Lindsay Lohan pictures clip woman pushing stroller with her car
Lindsay Lohan pictures clip woman pushing stroller with her car
Lindsay Lohan pictures clip woman pushing stroller with her car
Lindsay Lohan pictures clip woman pushing stroller with her car
Lindsay Lohan pictures clip woman pushing stroller with her car
Lindsay Lohan pictures clip woman pushing stroller with her car

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Chances are you’ve witnessed this scene before. A victorious fighter, flush with adrenaline, steps up to the mic for a post-fight interview. His face is lit up like a full moon and, at least in that triumphant moment, anything seems possible. He’s just cold-clocked a qualified competitor on national TV. He feels like a giant among ants.

He’s Julius Caesar. He’s Alexander the Great. Conqueror of kingdoms and destroyer of worlds. So is it any surprise what he says when asked who he’d like to face next?

‘I’ll fight anybody they put in front of me.’

Really? Anybody? Because – and don’t take this the wrong way, guy with only two or three UFC fights under his belt – ‘anybody’ covers a lot of territory. A lot of very, very dangerous territory.

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As an amendment to the Collective Bargaining Agreement
dealing with long-term contracts is finalized
, there’s been a raging debate
over whether the NHLPA comes out a winner or loser.

I don’t believe the NHLPA had any intention of opening up
the CBA to address the structure of long-term contracts before it needed to in
the next CBA negotiation.

The ill-defined rules were allowing players like
Johan Franzen to remain with the Detroit Red Wings, Roberto Luongo to remain
with the Vancouver Canucks and Marian Hossa to sign with the Chicago Blackhawks
to win his first Stanley Cup. They were vague enough where the NHL could only
wag a finger and say "don’t do that" to teams circumventing the cap.

That is, until the Ilya Kovalchuk 17-year, $102 million
contract raised the bar on structural absurdity, gave the NHL a contract to
attack and resulted in a landmark arbitration victory for the League. With
momentum, the NHL managed to compel the NHLPA to do something no labor union should want to do in a
non-crisis situation: Engage in a round of collective bargaining under a valid
CBA, from a defensive posture. The fact that the NHLPA had to sit at that table and define the previously
undefined is, to me, a defeat. 

However, sometimes you start with crap and end with fertilizer. The
contracts of Kovalchuk, Hossa, Luongo and Marc Savard as safe, according to
multiple sources. While long-term
contracts have now been defined as five or more years under the proposed amendments, a player like Drew Doughty (20) could still
sign a 15-year deal tonight and have it work under the new CBA rules.The NHL hasn’t touched that kind of contract … yet.

TSN is
reporting the details of the CBA amendment
, and what you get out of the
tangled mess of numbers and years are a few concessions from the players and a
win for the NHL in rendering years after age 40 meaningless for a cap hit at,
say, age 32.

From TSN:

First: For long-term contracts extending beyond the age of 40, the contract’s average annual value for the years up to and including 40, are calculated by dividing total value in those years by the number of years up to and including 40. Then for the years covering ages 41 and beyond, the cap charge in each year is equal to the value of the contract in that year.

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Secondly, for long-term contracts that include years in which the player is 36, 37, 38, 39 and 40; the amount used for purposes of calculating his average annual value is a minimum of $1 million in each of those years (even if his actual compensation is less during those seasons).

(You’re correct, it’s too late on a Friday to process that.)

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NHLPA working into the night. Among the details yet to be determined: Any punitive damages
for the Devils and Kamp Kovalchuk
for their previous attempt at
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TCU wanted to prove that it had what it takes to contend for a national championship. The Horned Frogs’ 30-21 win over Oregon State wasn’t the blowout some expected, and proved more about TCU’s toughness than anything.

But the TCU ground game that might be championship-caliber.

Playing against a team that had the 25th-ranked rush defense in 2009, the Horned Frogs racked up 280 yards on the ground on 54 carries, with Ed Wesley tallying 133 rushing yards and Matthew Tucker and Andy Dalton contributing 77 and 64, respectively.

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Dressed casually in a pink smiley face top with jeans, the “City” starlet joined her parents, Jeffery and Vicki Lyn, as the trio partook in a fun-filled family lunch outing.

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Set to take place on September 11th, Miss Port tweeted on Friday, “Just stuffed and stamped all 1,200 invites for my presentation! They are sent with love! Starting to get excited for NY!!”

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