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    What's w/the Yankees

    in New York Yankees

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    A-Rod unhurt after private jet overruns runway

     

    BURBANK, Calif. -- A private jet, carrying New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez and six others, overran a runway at Bob Hope Airport on Friday and was brought to a halt by an arresting system.

     

    "I spoke to Alex. He's fine," agent Scott Boras said.

     

    None of the seven people aboard were injured, federal officials said.

     

    The Gulfstream G-II carried five passengers and two crew members, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a statement from Washington, D.C. It departed from Las Vegas earlier in the day.

     

    The twin-engine jet was stopped by the Engineered Materials Arresting System, a 200-foot-long stretch of pavement injected with air bubbles designed to collapse under the weight of an aircraft as large as a Boeing 737 jet traveling as fast as 50 knots, airport spokesman Victor Gill said.

     

    "It came to a pretty quick stop," Gill said.

     

    Damage to the aircraft was minor, the board said.

     

    An NTSB official was sent to investigate the 11:35 a.m. incident. The board planned to retrieve the cockpit voice recorder, gather radar data and evaluate how well the arresting system worked.

     

    There was no indication that the jet's crew reported any problems before landing or that the runway was wet, according to Tealeye Cornejo, an NTSB air safety investigator. Investigators will look into whether the jet had already arrived and was taxing at the time of the accident or whether it overshot the runway upon landing, she said.

     

    The aircraft, registered to a Wilmington, Del., corporation, approached from the west and landed on one of the airport's two runways. The runway was closed and reopened at 3:30 p.m. after the plane was moved, Gill said.

     

    Bob Hope Airport, in the San Fernando Valley north of downtown Los Angeles, is used by seven airlines and private aircraft.

     

    A Southwest Airlines jet skidded off a runway and crashed through a concrete barrier at the airport in 2000, injuring 43 passengers and the captain. The Southwest flight from Las Vegas went too fast and descended at a steep angle when it landed, according to a NTSB report. That jet ended up on a city street near a gas station.

     

    Friday's incident came just two days after Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle's plane failed to execute a U-turn and slammed into the side of a high-rise in Manhattan, killing Lidle and his flight instructor.

    How does it feel to have a better team than the Yanks, Mets fans?

    in New York Mets

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    To come in here now talking about Buying championships is ridiculous.

     

    Mets fans...Omar did start spending the money, you cannot argue that. It just seems that it's the nature of the beast in baseball...the good talent costs money, plain and simple.You can have some home-grown talent as well, but overall.....

     

    ..but to complain about spending money as a Yankee fan, can't do it. I can say what took you guys so long to start spending :TU:

    Panel of experts

    in Everything Sports

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    WEEK 6

    Sunday, Oct. 15

     

     

    Buffalo at Detroit 1:00 p.m. -Bills

    Carolina at Baltimore 1:00 p.m. -Ravens

    Cincinnati at Tampa Bay 1:00 p.m. -Cincinnati

    Houston at Dallas 1:00 p.m. -Dallas

    N.Y. Giants at Atlanta 1:00 p.m.-Da G-Men

    Philadelphia at New Orleans 1:00 p.m.-Saints

    Seattle at St. Louis 1:00 p.m. -Rams

    Tennessee at Washington 1:00 p.m.-Redskins

    Kansas City at Pittsburgh 4:15 p.m.-Steelers

    Miami at N.Y. Jets 4:15 p.m. -Jets

    San Diego at San Francisco 4:15 p.m. -Chargers

    Oakland at Denver 8:15 p.m. -Denver

     

    Monday, Oct. 16

     

    Chicago at Arizona 8:30 p.m. -Da Bears

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