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Welcome Back Sasha: Good luck to Sasha Pavlovic on his 10-day contract with the Dallas Mavericks. Hopefully he picks back up in the league if this is where he wants to be. Perhaps he can find his way back to the Cleveland Cavaliers. More Than a 'Melo Power Struggle: Carmelo Anthony has made it clear to the Denver Nuggets that he wants to be traded. However, while he has made demands, agent Leon Rose and General Manager Masai Ujiri seem to be exerting even more power than Anthony. While Carmelo is reportedly accepting the fact that he might not be traded for a couple more weeks, his agent Leon Rose--from LeBron James's entourage--is doing everything he can to facilitate this trade, including bringing more players into the trade. While he has not been able to include Chris Paul from the New Orleans Hornets, he has been able to add another one of his clients: Rip Hamilton from the Detroit Pistons. Meanwhile, Ujiri is looking to comply with Rose in adding reluctant Chau

*Originally published on Suite101.com in 2011; minor revisions made pertaining to Search Engine Optimization (SEO).  Pitcher Bert Blyleven may finally be elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2011.  For several years, baseball analysts and fans have heard and seen the name Bert Blyleven during the annual balloting for the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.  However, even baseball fans during Blyleven’s career might not be familiar with the Hall of Fame candidate.  Blyleven quietly put together one of the top pitching careers in Major League Baseball history.  Major League Baseball Career & Hall of Fame Candidacy Bert Blyleven spent 22 seasons pitching for the Minnesota Twins, Cleveland Indians, California Angels, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Texas Rangers.  Starting his Major League career in 1970 as the youngest player in the American League, the pitcher amassed 3,701 strikeouts and 60 career shutouts—which rank 5 th best and 9 th best all-time, respectively.