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Kansas City Royals right-handed pitcher Zack Greinke today was the overwhelming choice as the 2009 American League Cy Young Award winner in balloting by the Baseball Writers Association of America.  Greinke’s Cy Young season is the fourth in Royals history as he becomes the third pitcher to win the award, joining two-time winner Bret Saberhagen (1985, 1989) and David Cone (1994).

The first Missouri Mavericks game was a sell out, a thriller and a moment in time most of us won't forget for a long whiel.
I didn't know what to expect when I arrived at the Independence Events Center, but I know that I liked what I saw - both on and off the ice.
The Events Center staff was personable and knowledgeable. The game itself was spellbinding as the Mavericks overcame a 2-0 deficit to claim a 3-2 shootout win that featured the glovework of goaltender Doug Groenestege and the marksmanship of Chad Hinz, Jeff MacDermid and Bill Vandermeer.

Toriano found out about the death of his son while he was covering an assignment for The Examiner. I would never feel comfortable talking about this, had the news not already been reported by a blogger. Toriano stayed at the event, wrote the story, then left to deal with this tragedy. Although he has been a member of the sports staff for a short period of time, I can assure all Examiner readers that the quiet, and dignified young man we like to call the stealth reporter, is truly a pro's pro.
 

If Tom Delay's rump-shaking samba embarrassed you as much as it did me - and every other person on the planet - take a moment to read about some folks who really deserve some recoginition: