A - Ageless. Roy Jones Jr. has seriously tarnished his reputation with some bad losses the last couple of years, but on Saturday night the 40 year old looked like he was back on top of his game. He totally dominated former champ Jeff Lacy to retain his NABO light heavyweight title and move to 54-5 with a 10th round TKO. Next up for Jones should probably be retirement, but of course it won't be. Instead, he'll face IBO cruiserweight champ Danny Green in November.

B - Brawl. The Tigers and the Red Sox brawled at Fenway Tuesday night. It all started when Kevin Youkilis charged the mound and threw his helmet at Detroit pitcher Rick Pocello as he had been hit with a pitch. Pocello wasn't an innocent victim, though - he had already thrown at Victor Martinez earlier in the game. Youkilis and Miguel Cabrera had also been hit the night before, so a problem was inevitable. Youkilis and Porcello got five-game suspensions for their efforts.

C - Cliff Lee. Maybe the Phillies did get the right Cy Young winner after all. Lee has stolen a page from teammate CC Sabathia's playbook by totally dominating his opponents since moving from the Indians to the NL. Lee has now won all three games for Philadelphia, and has only allowed three runs in 24 innings in the process. His control has been crisp - he has struck out 23 and walked just six. He's also enjoyed something he rarely got in Cleveland - run support.

D - Deja vu. The results were the same as last time in Thursday's Super Bowl rematch on Thursday night, though this game obviously didn't matter nearly as much. Pittsburgh beat Arizona, 20-10, though the two star quarterbacks only threw a combined 16 passes, and neither looked particularly interested or were wildly effective. How interested was Arizona in the game? Not very - all-world receiver Larry Fitzgerald only had one pass tossed his way.

E - El Tri. The Americans didn't need to beat Mexico in Mexico City to make the World Cup field. Good thing. Mexico fell down by a goal early, but fought back late to win 2-1, and stretch their unbeaten streak against the Americans in Azteca stadium to 20 games. The Mexicans didn't score the winning goal until the 82nd minute, but they had seized control of the game well before that, and the final result seemed like an inevitability for much of the second half.

F - Fan. Most fans like to read sports news, but there are those few out there who insist on making it. Take Johnny Macchione, for example. He's the Cubs fan and obvious genius who decided that he should throw a full beer at the Phillies' Shane Victorino as the outfielder was making a catch. The Cubs originally punished the wrong fan, but Macchione was eventually tracked down and charged with battery and illegal conduct within a sports facility. Stay classy, Cubs fans.

G - Gina Carano. Carano is the female face of women's MMA. Or at least she was until she got crushed on Saturday night. Carano suffered her first loss on Saturday in the hands of Cristiane 'Cyborg' Santos. Worse yet, she didn't even make it out of the first round. Santos was relentlessly aggressive, and Carano had no answer for it at all. Strikeforce made the bold decision to take a huge risk on Carano and make her the main event star of this card, so this result is a nightmare for them.

H - Hand. The Colts have to face all sorts of changes and challenges this year - no Dungy, no Harrison, offensive line issues, and real questions about the defense. The defensive concerns didn't get eased at all this week, either. Bob Sanders is on the sidelines recovering from knee surgery to address the problems that plagued him last year, and now Pro Bowl safety Antoine Bethea has suffered a setback of his own - a cracked bone in his hand will likely lead him to missed time.

I - Impressive. Mark Sanchez didn't wait long to win over New York Jets' fans. He took his first snap in his first preseason game, dropped back, and looked deep. Very, very deep. He found wide receiver David Clowney 48 yards down the sideline. Sanchez only threw four passes in the game, but he looked confident and composed in his early action, and it certainly wouldn't be a surprise to see him win the quarterback competition by the time the season starts. What do they have to lose?

J - Jeremy Tyler. The next ugly precedent has been set in the world of young basketball stars. Tyler, a high school player from San Diego who should be starting his senior year in a few weeks, has decided to leave school and sign with Israeli pro team Maccabi Haifa. It's a one-year deal worth $150,000, and will likely be the first of two deals before Tyler can return to the U.S. for the 2011 NBA Draft. Before making this decision with the guidance of agent B.J. Armstrong Tyler had committed to Louisville.

K - Kicked out. Donte' Stallworth will have a full year to sit around and think about what an idiot he is. The league suspended him for a full season without pay after he plead guilty to killing a pedestrian while he was drunk behind the wheel. Combine that with his 30 days of jail time and the undisclosed financial settlement with the victim's family and it really hasn't been a good year for the Browns' receiver. The sad part, though, is that the ridiculous nature of NFL contracts means Stallworth loses little - he has a five year, $35 million contract, but is due only $745,000 in salary this year.

L - Louisville. Rick Pitino must have been jealous of all of the attention that John Calipari was getting just down the road from his school, because he has certainly found a way to get himself back into the news in a big way. Pitino is mired in a crazy soap opera. The father of five admits to having sex with a woman at a restaurant, but from there it truly gets strange. The woman claims Pitino paid for an abortion, though Pitino denies it. It gets worse - the woman subsequently married the team's equipment manager, and she now claims that the manager was paid by Pitino to marry her. Pitino's job is safe, but the drama surely hasn't ended.

M - Milwaukee. The Brewers have been a frustrating disappointment this year, and management reached its breaking point this week. They tried to shake things up for the team that is mired below .500 with a few bold moves - they fired their pitching coach, sent former all-star shortstop J.J. Hardy to the minors, and cut third baseman Bill Hall. It probably won't be enough because the team still has pitching depth issues, but at least it's a clear sign that the team won't accept the mediocrity they have faced.

N - Nadal. After being on the sidelines since the French Open, Rafa made his return to action this week in Montreal. He looked as rusty as expected after coming back from a knee injury, but he still made his way to the quarterfinals before falling to Juan Martin Del Potro. Losing when he did means that he will fall out of the top two in the world rankings for the first time since 2005. More significantly, he's still not certain whether he'll be healthy enough for the U.S. Open.

O - Orton. Maybe new Denver coach Josh McDaniels is regretting his offseason already. New QB Kyle Orton had a truly disastrous debut for the Broncos, throwing interceptions in each of his first three possessions of his first preseason game. If it's any consolation, and it probably isn't, Jay Cutler wasn't very good in his debut with the Bears, either. Despite the poor showing, Orton is still the man in Denver according to the coaches.

P - Pedro Martinez. After months of speculation, Pedro finally returned to the majors on Wednesday when he faced the Cubs with his new Philadelphia teammates. It wasn't a perfect outing, but it was okay. He allowed three earned runs in five innings. His five strikeouts and just one walk were encouraging, and he earned an easy win. The unfortunate victim in Martinez' return is Jamie Moyer. The ageless pitcher has been moved to the bullpen for the first time since 1996, and he's obviously not thrilled by that.

Q - Quentin Richardson. By now, Q is surely used to getting traded. After all, it has happened four times this summer alone. He's now in Miami with good friend Dwyane Wade, and it seems likely that he'll stay there for a while. Starting the summer as property of the Knicks, Richardson has briefly belonged to Memphis, the Clippers and Minnesota. I hope he was patient and waited to buy a house in his new city until the dust settled a bit. The good news for Q is that his last home is the best one.

R - Rios, Alex. The White Sox got a pretty good player in Rios, and the price was more than reasonable - they had to give up absolutely nothing. Chicago made a waiver claim on Rios when the Blue Jays put the outfielder on waivers, and stunningly Toronto let him go without trying to get anything in return. Rios is a good player, but Toronto gave him a fat contract last year, and they have clearly given up on the next couple years and valued dumping the contract more than having the player on their payroll.
 
S - Sore toe. Terrell Owens has made a huge splash in his short time in Buffalo, but little of it has come on the field in game action. A sore toe has kept the controversial wide receiver out of practice for a week, and it kept him out of the second exhibition game. He sprained the toe in the opening exhibition game, and it has been slow to recover. He's not worried about the injury, though, and expects to be back in action soon.

T - Tom Brady. Brady threw one rough interception in his first return to action since the first regular season game last year, but other than that the quarterback looked like he had never left. Brady completed 10 of the 15 passes he attempted, and he found the end zone twice. More significantly, he didn't move like he was favoring his knee at all, and he didn't seem to be tentative or lacking in confidence - something that can be a problem for some players coming back from an injury like this.

U - Ugly. I still don't want to panic unnecessarily, but the Tiger Woods we have seen this year is not the Tiger we are used to. After going into Sunday with a lead in a major I was so sure he was going to win that I didn't even bother watching the final round. Instead, he faltered badly and wound up with nothing to show in the majors all year. More than anything, Tiger has been defined by his ridiculously ferocious killer instinct, but that either isn't there in the same way anymore, or he isn't able to channel it in the way he used to. Either way, there is no way to know what we can reasonably expect next year.

V - Vick, Michael. After a couple of rocky years the former No. 1 pick has a new team and a fresh start. Landing in Philadelphia makes as much sense for Vick as anything, and it gives him a good chance of turning things around in the long term. The most surprising part of this story isn't where Vick ended up, but how much of a surprise it was. Vick met with Andy Reid in advance, yet there was almost no buzz about the Eagles until the deal was done.

W - Wallace, Ben. It seemed like a foregone conclusion that Big Ben was going to retire after his contract was bought out by Phoenix this offseason, but the big man apparently thinks he has more in the tank. Former Pistons' teammates Richard Hamilton and Tayshaun Prince lobbied hard to have Wallace join them with the Pistons again, and that's just what he did. He was very popular and successful with the Pistons, but has been hated by fans there since bolting for Chicago, so it will be very interesting to see how he is received this time around.

X - eXit. John Smoltz has looked nothing like he looked in his prime, but he didn't deserve the fate he got from the Red Sox. Smoltz was designated for assignment to the minors by the Red Sox after his dismal performances, but he has refused the assignment, and will now be traded or cut. There are reportedly several teams interested in his services, with Florida being the one that probably makes the most sense. Getting away from the intensity of Boston is probably a good thing.

Y - Y.E. Yang. Yang wasn't a household name among sports fans before this weekend, but now he's known as the first guy ever to slay the Tiger. He's also the first ever Asian-born player to win a major. Yang started the final round of the PGA Championship two strokes back of Woods, but solid play in the final round, an eagle on the 14th and a stunning hybrid shot on the last hole gave Yang the win and a lifetime of fame.

Z - Zoom. Usain Bolt is an incredibly fast dude. Despite setting the world record in the 100m in Beijing, Bolt faced criticism from some because he had started celebrating well before the finish line. This time he ran the whole way, and he blew the world record away - dropping it from 10.69 to 10.58. Tyson Gay was second at 10.71 - the fastest time ever by anyone other than Bolt - but he was never even close to challenging the Olympic champ. I really, really, really hope that Bolt is clean, but the last few years have made it almost impossible to believe that he is.