Yardbarker Morning Bark: Renaming Mark McGwire Highway

MARCH 03, 2010 YB HOME  |  SUBSCRIBE  |  ARCHIVE       JEFF SAYS: Mark McGwire Highway Congratulations to everyone who picked Mark Twain in their Renaming-Mark-McGwire-Highway office pools. I really thought St. Louis born thespian and Quantum Leap Mega-Star Scott Bakula had this one wrapped up. I guess I was wrong. 10 Mark Twain To Replace Mark McGwire? The Cardinal Nation blog According to an AP report, the Missouri State Senate voted unanimously on Monday to rename a six-mile segment of Interstate 70 in St. Louis from 'Mark McGwire Highway' to 'Mark Twain Highway.' The road was selected to commemorate McGwire's then-record 70 home runs hit during the 1998 season... 9 SI: 96 Team Tourney Increasingly Likely SPORTS by BROOKS Stewart Mandel of SI has an extensive update on the prospect of the NCAA basketball tournament expanding to 96 teams... 8 Hockey Fans, Prepare To Be Disappointed The Big Dead Sidebar The Olympic hockey tournament has brought buzz back to the National Hockey League, and just in time for the remainder of the schedule. That's the good news... 7 Kahn: Ricky Rubio Is Coming To Minnesota The Scores Report Minnesota GM David Kahn thinks that Ricky Rubio will likely come to Minnesota in a year and a half... 6 Jets Players Unhappy With Release Of Thomas Jones No Guts, No Glory The trend around the NFL of unloading your "older, yet productive" running back this offseason continues as the New York Jets will release Thomas Jones on Friday... 5 Yankee 60-Yard Dash Times Bronx Baseball Daily In light of the NFL Scouting Combine, where college players that have entered the draft have a tryout testing their agility, speed, and strength, I thought I'd do some research on some of the Yankees' old 60-yard times... 4 Kubrick Says Cruise & Kidman Ruined Eyes Wide Shut Film Drunk In 1999 when he did Eyes Wide Shut, Stanley Kubrick hadn't directed a movie since Full Metal Jacket 12 years earlier. Now Jacket drill sergeant R. Lee Ermey says Kubrick told him what he really felt about Eyes Wide Shut... 3 Tiger Coming Back Soon? SPORTS by BROOKS For the first time since his Thanksgiving accident, Team Tiger is now leaking details of his personal life in an attempt to fend off tabloid reports... 2 Padres Can't Let Adrian Gonzalez Go Rumors and Rants The Adrian Gonzalez Contract Situation isn't so much a sword of Damocles for the San Diego Padres as a guillotine waiting to drop and mercifully end all the speculation. Some one is going to do the impulsive thing this summer and trade their whole farm system to San Diego for Adrian Gonzalez's services... 1 OJ Simpson's 'Acquittal Suit' To Be Donated To Smithsonian Terez Owens On Monday a judge approved a plan to donate the suit OJ was wearing when he was acquitted of murder to the Smithsonian Institution...  Have a link, comment or question? Email pitch@yardbarker.com  To customize your Morning Bark, manage your MB preferences.  To cancel your subscription, you can unsubscribe here.   Customize your Morning Bark! Pick a favorite team, or ten, and get the latest news and rumors every day. Pick My Teams     Random Teams Pick Yours     Minnesota Vikings McKinnie Unveils Possibly Legitimate Excuse Brett Favre to Reveal Future on Jay Leno’s Tonight Show Bryant McKinnie is Still Trying (in Vain) to Justify Himself Peterson's wish: Two more years for Favre   New York Mets Iggy closing should ease concerns about the 8th... Muniz on the comeback trail... Who was that Livingston guy... Ike Davis Impresses, Mets Win Spring Opener Spring Training Opener (82 photos)   Chicago Cubs Is Andrew Cashner a Ground Ball Pitcher? Cubs Get Ready for Cactus League Play “Deal or No Deal”: Should the Cubs keep Aramis Ramirez Cubs Gearing Up for the Games Diamond Sends Greeting Card to Sori   Contact Us | Privacy Policy | Terms of Service | About Us | Jobs | Blogger Tools © Copyright 2010 Yardbarker, Inc. 611 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. All Rights Reserved Don't forget to add news@yardbarker.com to your address book or safe sender list so that our emails get to your inbox.