a negotiated deal on suspension for a-rod. a-rod is returning to the field. andy joins us with this morning s bleacher report. good morning, christine. it is business as usual for a-rod yesterday as he was back on the field in tampa taking part in a simulated game. he is on his way to trenton, emergency new jersey, where he will start another rehab assignment. the yankees announced yesterday that a-rod radio woo play for the trenton tonight and tomorrow if he is not suspended and prevent from playing pending an appeal. a-rod could rejoin the yankees early next week. they are trying to woushgt a deal that would allow him to avoid a lifetime ban. an announcement is expected any day now. philadelphia eagles wide receiver riley cooper continues to deal with the firestorm he created when he used a racial slur towards a security guard at a kenny chesney concert. the incident was caught on tape. many of cooper s teammates like
side by side. he got one day off but now he s back. i know, funny. i tell you what is not funny what s going on with alex rodriguez, his representatives meeting with major league baseball trying to negotiate a deal that s just a suspension, not a lifetime ban. let s bring in mr. andy scholes, happy friday. not looking good for the big yankee. we ll see what happens with this whole negotiation thing. a-rod is acting like it s business as usual. yesterday he s back out on the field in tampa taking part in a simulated game, now he s in trenton, new jersey, where he ll begin another rehab assignment, he ll play for the trenton thunder today and tomorrow as we talked about his reps and major league baseball continue to avoid a lifetime ban but serve a lengthy suspension for his whole part in the biogenesis drug scandal. an announcement is expected any day. riley cooper continues to
a-rod rehab. physical image rehab and negative image rehab, if that s even possible. what s happening down there? this suspension is looming close, mlb saying a decision will come down this week. with so much controversy looming, alex rodriguez continues to show up to his rehab assignment here in tampa, florida, the training facility as usual. he arrived an hour ago, took some bp in the batting cage, is headed out to the field to do ground balls. typical normal assignment to be healthy and continue with the tigers. john? they tell the media they will fight any suspension. why fight it? why not just accept the penalty like ryan braun did last week, and ryan braun will be playing again next season.
president obama gave a big speech yesterday on the economy, a really big speech. it was actually longer than his last state of the union address. so it should be noted he opened with 20 minutes of anthony weiner jokes. too easy they write themselves. the vatican announced pope john paul ii will be a saint where he cured a woman of severe brain injury which is impressive. not as impressive as anthony weiner still being married but that s impressive. that is impressive. very good late night tv fodder. as long as you get your name right it s good pr. i m sure that s what mr. weiner is banking on now. another controversy, alex rodriguez has changed his tune and says he will now accept another rehab assignment. ahh, remember, where does this this take us in the saga? andy scholes with the bleacher report. his doctor yesterday says there s no injury what s going
organization. he declined to comment on specific hernandez questions and talked about moving on from the unfortunate situation. i think everyone had a certain range of emotions, whatever they might have been. they were really personal. i dealt with them. you know, at some point you have to move forward and i think we as a team are doing that. it s been a challenging off season but we are going to try to move forward as best we know how. the university of florida, like the patriots, continue to do what they can to distance themselveses from aaron hernandez. yesterday, they removed a brick from their campus. it was the last step for florida to remove his name and likeness from the facilities. in the daily a-rod update, the third baseman changed his tune and will accept another rehab assignment. during an interview in new york