Hass was released by Chicago prior to the 2008 season. He was a sixth-round pick of the New Orleans Saints in 2006.

Tomlinson added that the reason he has been listed as doubtful is because he exited last weekend's game against the Colts in the second quarter, not necessarily because his chances of playing Sunday have been severely limited by the injury.

Something tells me this debacle won't end pretty, nor will it subside any time soon. Stay tuned...

Hanson, 38, has kicked 41 field goals of 50 yards or more, eclipsing Morten Andersen's total of 40.

Tomlinson is listed as doubtful for San Diego's divisional playoff game in Pittsburgh Sunday. Assuming he does play, it's hard to imagine LT being marginally effective, especially in cold weather. It appears the rushing load will be placed on the shoulders of Darren Sproles.

The move to release Jones occurred after John Barr, a reporter with ESPN's "Outside the Lines," contacted the Dallas organization, as well as Jones' attorneys, about a segment scheduled to air Sunday chronicling Jones' alleged involvement in a June 2007 shooting in Atlanta.

An important component of the Eagles' offensive line, Runyan is expected to be in his usual tackle spot when Philadelphia plays Sunday at New York.

Like offensive teammates Brian Westbrook and tackle Jon Runyan, who also opted to skip practice, Klecko is expected to play Sunday against the Giants.

Smoltz has been a dominant starter and closer in his career and has a career ERA of 3.26. He has a record of 210-147 to go with 154 career saves. In his six appearances in 2008, he posted a 2.57 ERA and struck out 36 batters in 28 innings.

Smoltz, 41, is a certain Hall-of-Famer who was still looking sharp before he went down last season. In his six appearances, he posted a 2.57 ERA and struck out 36 batters in 28 innings.

Baldelli has managed just 155 games over the past three seasons. He will mostly be used as a fourth outfielder and serves as an insurance policy to the oft-injured J.D. Drew.

The Rockies had been actively pursuing Redding. The Mets and Orioles have also been rumored to be after Redding.

Roberts has generated trade interest from a number of teams over the past year, but an extension would likely put an end to those. He stole 40 bases last season and is among the very best fantasy second basemen in the AL.

At some point between the end of 2007 and the start of 2008, Hill simply lost command of his pitches. He doesn't figure to be back in the Majors any time soon.

Marshall has plenty of upside as he has exhibited excellent control in the majors. He threw 65.1 innings last season and posted a 3.86 ERA. However, he is currently the Cubs only left hander out of the bullpen, so they may hesitate bumping him into the rotation.

Crede has been limited over the past two seasons due to a balky back. He is a good defensive third baseman with some pop and would seem to be a better option than Travis Metcalf.

Prince has responded to the void left by Hamilton and Rasheed Wallace. After a hot start, Prince slowed down in December. He has picked it up of late though. He appears to be a good sell-high option.

Aldridge took 21 shots in the game. He has shouldered more of the offense with Brandon Roy on the sidelines. He is averaging 20.4 points over the last five games.

Billups' numbers are up this season in Denver and he has been one of the top point guards in the game. Look for the trend to continue moving forward.

Smith will be a valuable fantasy commodity for the next month. Aside from his scoring contributions, Smith provides very good production in the steals category.

Wade continues to lead the league in scoring with 28.7 points per game.

It's good to see Marion can still produce these types of numbers, but he has done it very seldom this season. Don't expect this to become a trend, though, as the Heat won't play the Nuggets every night.

Kleiza is an excellent fantasy option for the course of the next month. He should provide could scoring, three-point and rebounding totals.

Nash played 43 minutes which was a good sign for those that were concerned about his back. However, don't expect the ailment to just disappear. Nash could deal with the injury for the rest of the season.

With his three points Wednesday, Burrows equaled his total from the previous 14 games combined.

With just three shots on goal against the Oilers, needless to say, Bernier was efficient, scoring on 66.7% of his attempts.

Ruutu was unavailable for comment Wednesday, as he was traveling with the team to its game tonight in Boston, which will be the start of his two-game suspension.

In the Rangers' current stretch of five losses in seven games, Drury has arguably been the team's best player, registering eight points in that stretch.

Of Halak's 15 starts this season, he has allowed more than three goals just twice.

The 38-year-old Lang, who now has five points in his last two games, scored the go-ahead goal at 4:40 of the final period, which turned out to be the game-winner.

White has sat out the last five games because of an upper-body injury.

The organization fully anticipates Brassard, a talented young center, to be at full strength come training camp next season.

Sauter has shown flashes of talent in the Nationwide Series and Sprint Cup Series throughout his career. This will be Sauter's first full-time run in the Truck Series, and a solid season will likely put him back in the mix for a ride in one of the top series.

Sadler was released and replaced by A.J. Allmendinger. If Sadler manages to win his ride back Judge Judy style, the No. 19 might become the most dysfunctional team in NACSAR history.

Ganassi is looking to win his fourth straight Rolex 24 win, and Montoya is one of the best road racers around. The No. 01 has to be on the short list of contenders.

Stewart and his fantasy owners hope he will be leading more than just parades in the coming months as he begins his first season as driver/co-owner of Stewart-Haas Racing.

The merger would add the Petty No. 43 car to the team, which would likely benefit Reed Sorenson. Sorenson, currently signed to drive the No. 10, is not locked into the to the first five races based on last season's owner points. He could either drive the No. 43 or use its points from last year to secure a starting position.

Regardless of how this gets resolved, it is still a distraction that the newly formed Earnhardt Ganassi Racing teams does not need.

Gordon earned 19 top-10s, which often made him a good value to fantasy owners, but with an average finish of 14.5 compared to 2007's 7.3, he was hard to place-and-hold.

Even though he made news for the wrong reasons on several occasions during the past two seasons, Stewart always made sure Home Depot got their money's worth. One wonders just how controversial Joey Logano will be.

Kim is coming off a fourth-place finish in the 2008 FedExCup, highlighted by victories at the Wachovia Championship and the AT&T National, and $4,656,265 in earnings. Villegas capped off a highly successful 2008 season ranked second in the FedExCup standings, including victories in the last two PGA TOUR Playoff events (BMW Championship and THE TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola). Winning the Mercedes-Benz Championship has traditionally sparked an outstanding season for the winner. Out of the last 17 winners at the season-opening event, last year's champ, Daniel Chopra, is the only one who failed to advance to THE TOUR Championship, the fourth and final event in the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup.

Dr. Paul Shirley will perform the operation, Singh said. He told Golf Digest.com that he wants to be back for the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, where he is scheduled to be paired with his son, Qass. That even begins Feb. 12. The Honolulu Star-Bulletin reported Wednesday that Singh withdrew from next week's Sony Open in Hawaii and that he would have the surgery. Singh, who won the Mercedes-Benz Championship in 2007, is the top money winner playing this week on the hilly Plantation Course at Kapalua. Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Sergio Garcia, who finished Nos. 2, 3 and 4 on the PGA Tour last year, are all skipping the event.

Ballesteros was diagnosed with a brain tumor last year that required several operations. He was released from a hospital Dec. 9 and returned home to northern Spain, where he began chemotherapy treatment. Jose Maria Olazabal replaces Ballesteros as captain. Ballesteros' nephew, Ivan Ballesteros , said it was too soon to consider a resumption of his playing career, but that returning as Royal Trophy captain is among his goals. Ballesteros, 51, was instrumental in the creation of the Royal Trophy match play event and led Europe to victory over Asia in the first two editions in 2006 and 2007. The European team features Ireland's Paul McGinley; England's Oliver Wilson and Nick Dougherty; Sweden's Niclas Fasth and Johan Edfors; Scotland's Paul Lawrie; Spain's Pablo Larrazabal; and Denmark's Soren Hansen. The Asian team includes Thailand's Thongchai Jaidee and Prayad Marksaeng; South Korea's Charlie Wi and S.K. Ho; China's Liang Wenchong; and Japan's Ryo Ishikawa, Hideto Tanihara and Toru Taniguchi.

One other betting option on Woods is how many majors he will win in 2009. William Hill offers 2-to-1 odds that Woods will win at least one major, 11-to-4 that he will win two majors, 14-to-1 that he will win three and 33-to-1 odds that he will win them all. In other words, the odds of Woods winning the Grand Slam are equivalent to Adam Scott winning The Masters. William Hill also has 11-to-10 odds that Woods will not win any major this year. All of this is predicated on him playing the Masters.

Ogilvy went on to explain the ball he uses also has two variations, according to his people at Titleist. Balls made in 2007 did not infringe on any patents and are the ball the Aussie will be striking this week.

The Buick has become a question mark by dropping their endorsement deal with Tiger, making the Northern Trust a realistic possibility. It's a Riviera course he has destroyed before but he skipped this tourney with the flu last season, and Sobel suggests that we have yet to learn if that means it is off the plate or he was really sick. If not then, the WGC Accenture Match Play Championship could be start #1. Only time will tell.

As anyone who has had the fortune of playing in Hawaii will tell you, the grain of the greens is an astonishing and confounding force. In 2008, the Plantation Course ranked the most difficult of all non-major events in the following statistical categories: overall putting average (1.733), putts per round (30.56), putting from 10 to 15 feet (24.44 percent) and putting from more than 25 feet (3.14 percent). This is no one-year anomaly, since the Plantation Course was also the most difficult in these same categories in 2007, as well as two additional putting categories. This season, five of the PGA's golfers ranked in the top 25 for putting last season will be on the links in Hawaii, including Brian Gay (#7), Ryuji Imada (#10), Andres Romero (#15), Greg Kraft (#20), and Mart Turnesa (#21). If they keep the putter pure again to start the '09 campaign, they could hold a distinct advantage.

Allenby himself has a strong streak going. After he missed the cut in his first tournament of 2008, the Sony Open in Hawaii, he proceeded to make 27 straight. He won't be on the links at Kapalua to keep the streak going this week, but as one of the more active golfers on the planet, you can bet Allenby will be found on the fairways shortly after.