Contributor Bulletin

The NCAA Baseball tournaments are underway in various conferences. Right now, coaches and players alike are focusing on what could prove to be a really big safety issue down the road. Matt Hiseman of the University of San Francisco will head out on Sunday to pitch. The fact that he is pitching isn’t that big of the deal, the fact that he has sustained two head injuries while on the mount is definitely a big deal.

For Hiseman, he will have his eyes wide open even as he attempts to regain his balance coming out of a long stride. Hisman is making the news because he has been hit in the head twice by a ball which a batter connected with. The NCAA Baseball games are tough on everyone, but no one ever wants to think about the dangers outside of the normal twisted ankles and torn rotator cups. However, a head shot is way more dangerous than either of those injuries.

For Hiseman, hitting the mound is definitely a serious matter. He, even if no one else does, understands the dangers. Five years ago he took a shot that damaged his sinus cavities. Now, NCAA baseball fans are waiting for him to take the mound again knowing that just three months ago he was hit again and had his skull fractured and suffered from bleeding in his brain.

Vijay Singh:For eighteen years, the PGA has held a spot in the top 50 for Vijay Singh. Not necessarily at number one or at number fifty but he has been an icon in the top 50 for eighteen long years. Now, he as slipped to number 51 in the world. Singh must get to work and quickly.
Vijay Singh did not qualify for the final 36 holes at the Texas Open and now his rank is suffering the consequences. That was five tournaments in a row that Singh had let get by him. The last time Singh fell out of the top 50, he came back to win the German Open the very next week. Singh holds the distinct honor of being the only player to hold the number one spot in the last ten years.

The only other player holding the top spot in the last decade is Tiger Woods. The horrible part of falling out of the top 50 is that Vijay Singh will need to find a way back in the top 50 or he will have to qualify to even play in the U.S. Open. The fact that Singh was able to be part of the top 50 for the last eighteen years but has now lost his position could help golf fans understand just how difficult some of the courses are playing right now. For now, no one seems to be conquering every course on the tour every time out.

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Several players have made the leap from the NFL over to the UFL lately. For now, many players who seem to be old hat in the NFL are looking to play in the UFL to extend their careers. And, Daunte Culpepper is one of them. Culpepper rumors are all over the place right now, but it doesn’t appear that it will be long before all the information is out.Culpepper played in the NFL last year with the Detroit Lions. And he is looking to move over to another Lions club, the UFL’s Sacramento Mountain Lions to be exact. Culpepper has been around the NFL for a long time but rumors also involve Culpepper looking for off-season work and coming up blank. If he heads to Sacramento, he will be reunited with a head coach and General Manager Denny Green.

Culpepper played his first full season as a starter in the NFL with Green in 2000. Neither of these guys were returning calls regarding this possible switch but more rumors have UFL commissioner Michael Huyghue in Sacramento. Apparently assistant coaches have been telling the rest of the team that Culpepper will be the starting quaterback. If Culpepper makes the move and joins the folks in the UFL, he will be one of the first big name players to join in the fun, but he most likely won’t be the las

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Indy 500:If you are in Indianapolis right now, you are most likely involved in the 2010 Indy 500 in one way or another. Rain managed to keep the race cars off the track although some were able to make runs between showers. The top speed on the track on Sunday was 227.046 mph by Helio Castroneves. The cars will be back on the track through Thursday and then Friday kicks off the Fast Friday with Pole Day Saturday and Bump Day Sunday.

During practice this afternoon for the Indy 500, Brazi’s Mario Moraes crashed. He was not injured but Greg Beck, team owner, has announced that the numbers 98 and 99 cars will not be racing. Today Scott Dixon pulled te days top speed by making a 226.549 mph lap. Race fans are watching to see if former Formula 1 driver Takuma Sato will be able to break either the speed of Dixon or Castroneves.

Speaking of Scott Dixon, he is the 3/1 favorite to win the Indy 500 with Ryan Briscoe and Helio Castroneves following at 4/1. From there the odds drop quickly with Dario Franchitti at 9/2 and Tony Kanaan at 10/1. If you are feeling lucky, go ahead and take a look at Justin Wilson who crawls in at 100/1. Otherwise, it’s just best to go with who the racing world knows already as champions.