NEWS AND NOTES:

NHL:

The Oilers sign F Taylor Hall (27 goals, 26 assists in 2012) to a 7-yr extension worth an average of $6 mil per season

MLB:

Mets Pitcher Johan Santana (6-9, 4.85 ERA) has been put back on the DL due to back inflammation.  He will likely miss the remainder of the season.  What a shame that is for both Santana and the Mets.  Johan was able to come back after missing parts of 2 seasons and pitch the first no-hitter in Met franchise history, only to once again find himself on the DL and another lost season.

Oakland A's right hander Bartolo Colon will also miss the remainder of the season, but for much different circumstances.  He has been suspended for 50 games for testing positive for Testosterone, becoming the second player in less then 2 weeks who was caught cheating.  At least Colon did not have a friend create a phony web site and claim he bought a cream on the Internet that he did not know contained Testosterone.

But, I told many of my friends who are unfortunately NY Yankee fans that Colon was taking something last year, when he went out of the country to some Dr. Feelgood and was able to pitch so well last season with NY.  There ya go!