In the first half of the season, Carlos Delgado struggled. At the end of June, his batting average was .228. In the weeks before that, his critics said he should be benched, traded or released by the Mets. His team was floundering, and he got the blame.
The fault-finders saw Delgado as a well-paid veteran well past his prime, the worn-out symbol of a dysfunctional roster. Now, perhaps, Delgado is still a symbol, but the larger picture is much different, and so is his place in it.
The Dave Matthews Band brass has been silenced.
Saxophonist LeRoi Moore, one of the founding members of the Virginia-based jam band, died Tuesday afternoon at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles, E! News has confirmed. He was 46.
Exact cause of death is unknown, but it was due to complications from critical injuries that Moore sustained in a June 30 ATV crash on his farm near Charlottesville, Va.
Moore, who suffered a punctured lung and broken ribs at the time, had not performed with DMB since his accident, but had returned to L.A.—where the band is performing tonight at Staples Center—to begin an “intensive physical rehabilitation program,” according to a statement released by DMB, which also said that Moore’s fellow bandmates are “deeply saddened” by the loss.
(CNN) — Comic actor Bernie Mac died early Saturday of complications from pneumonia, according to a family member and his publicist. He was 50.
He had been hospitalized in Chicago, Illinois, for more than a week with the lung infection.
Danica Smith, the comedian’s publicist, had said Thursday that Mac’s condition was “stable,” The Associated Press reported.
“When I got the call this morning, it was just devastating news,” said Chicago Sun-Times columnist Stella Foster. “Let’s face it: Bernie Mac was one of a kind. He was the best of the best in terms of giving you a good laugh.”
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Brett Favre‘s journey from retirement and back has ended in New York.
The Green Bay Packers traded their three-time MVP and Super Bowl-winning quarterback to the Jets on Wednesday, ending an emotionally grinding month of indecision over Favre’s future.
The move ends a remarkably ugly split between Green Bay and one of its most beloved players, allows the Packers to move forward with new starting quarterback Aaron Rodgers and gives Favre a fresh start — although not exactly the one he wanted, as Favre’s first choice was widely believed to be the Minnesota Vikings.
