After Jackson was arrested Tuesday in Costa Mesa, Calif., and booked on a felony charge of evading arrest, and misdemeanor charges of hit-and-run and reckless driving following a chase with police, White said he was on a plane within “17 minutes” and actually beat Jackson to the Orange County Jail. Jackson was eventually released on $25,000 bail, and has a court date set for Aug. 15.

Then, yesterday, NBCSports.com reported that the former champ was hospitalized Wednesday for a mental health evaluation after friends were concerned by his “unusual behavior.”

Though White did not elaborate on Jackson’s condition, he did throw a load of support behind the fighter.

“When you’re in the UFC you’re part of this family and we really do care about most of the guys in this organization,” White told the Herald Wednesday night in his first public comments since Jackson’s arrest. “I’m not going to tell you I love every guy in here that fights for me, but most of these guys that fight for us, I truly do care about these guys inside and outside the Octagon. When bad (expletive) happens, you better believe I’m showing up.”

UFC’s ’Rampage’ draws serious concern - BostonHerald.com

THE UNDEFEATED HEAVYWEIGHTS

Shane Carwin 9-0-0  6′ 4″ (193 cm) 265 (120 kg)

THE UNDEFEATED LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS

Rashad Evans 16-0-1 5′ 11″ (180 cm) 205 (93 kg)

Thiago Silva  13-0-0  6′ 1″ (185 cm) 205 (93 kg)

Lyoto Machida 13-0-0  6′ 1″ (185 cm) 205 (93 kg)

Goran Reljic 8-0-0 6′ 3″ (191 cm) 205 (93 kg)

THE UNDEFEATED MIDDLEWEIGHTS

Johnny Rees 10-0-0 6′ 0″ (183 cm) 185 (84 kg)

Demian Maia 8-0-0 6′ 0″ (183 cm) 185 (84 kg)

Nate Loughran 8-0-0 6′ 2″ (188 cm) 185 (84 kg)

THE UNDEFEATED WELTERWEIGHTS

Dong Hyun Kim 10-0-1 6′ 3″ (191 cm) 170 (77 kg)

Paul Kelly 8-0-0 5′ 9″ (175 cm) 170 (77 kg)

Ben Saunders 5-0-2 6′ 3″ (191 cm) 170 (77 kg)

THE UNDEFEATED LIGHTWEIGHTS

Gray Maynard 5-0-1 5′ 8″ (173 cm) 155 (70 kg)

Dale Hartt 5-0-0 5′ 10″ (178 cm) 155 (70 kg)

The CFL season kicks off in Winnipeg tonight with the Blue Bombers hosting the Toronto Argonauts in a rematch of last year’s East Division final. Watch it live on Wendy’s Friday Night Football on TSN and TSN HD tonight at 7:30pm et/4:30pm pt.

The Blue Bombers, who beat the Argos 19-9 en route to the Grey Cup Game last Novemeber, will have a rookie handling their punting chores in their season opener.

When the Bombers released veteran punter-kicker Troy Westwood, they brought in Duncan O’Mahony to do their punting. But O’Mahony has a broken toe after stubbing it late Sunday night while en route to the bathroom. That means rookie kicker Alexis Serna will handle the punting chores as well.

The Bombers effectively lost the Grey Cup as a result of their playoff victory over Toronto, as quarterback Kevin Glenn suffered a broken left arm, forcing Ryan Dinwiddie to make his first CFL start in the league’s championship game. Dinwiddie threw three interceptions as Saskatchewan beat the Bombers 23-19.

Argos and Joseph meet Bombers again on TSN

Koscheck has come a long way from his Edinboro University wrestling days, when it was all about ground control; this is a well-rounded mixed martial arts fighter who destroyed Dustin Hazelett at UFC 82 with strikes, and who defeated Diego Sanchez while focusing on a disciplined standup attack.

And love him or hate him, Josh Koscheck is his own man. He’s a strutter, he knows how to fish a nymph on a cold river, he takes acting classes under Alan Autry (“The Heat of the Night”) in his spare time, and he’d like to be a UFC commentator down the line. He owns his own clothing company, Mar Clothing, because “I’m the type of person that can’t have a boss, man.” So he’s got to be his own boss.

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The “Hockey Night in Canada” theme song, a mainstay of Canadian households for 40 years and often thought of as the unofficial second national anthem, may have launched its final hockey game, according to the company that controls use of the song.The tune, which has opened the Canadian Broadcasting Corp’s

Saturday night National Hockey League broadcasts since the late 1960s, will not be renewed as the broadcaster has chosen to move in a new direction, said John Ciccone, president of Copyright Music & Visuals.

“Effective immediately following the last playoff game of this season the CBC will cease using the Hockey Night in Canada.

Hockey Night song skating on thin ice | Oddly Enough | Reuters

Former Major League Baseball player Geremi Gonzalez was struck by lightning and killed over the weekend at a lake in his native Venezuela, authorities said on Monday.Gonzalez, 33, a pitcher who was signed to Japan’s Yomiuri Giants in 2007, had previously played for the Chicago Cubs, the Tampa Bay Rays, the Boston Red Sox, the New York Mets and the Milwaukee Brewers.

Lightning kills ex-Major League Baseball player | Sports | Reuters

A referee in the Vietnamese soccer league has been suspended for four matches for awarding a goal and then changing his mind, local media reported.Referee Nguyen Xuan Hoa was reprimanded by the country’s soccer federation for bowing to pressure from Danang, whose furious players stormed off the field after conceding a goal to Dong Tam Long An last week.

The Danang team returned 20 minutes later after Hoa reversed his decision and went on to win the game 3-2.

Referee banned for changing his mind | Oddly Enough | Reuters

Manchester United won their third European Cup last night after a dramatic
penalty shootout victory over Chelsea in the Champions League final.

Manchester United v Chelsea - How the penalty drama unfolded | Mail Online

On Saturday, May 31, the best mixed martial arts programming on television will be on Spike TV, as the network presents a special night dedicated to UFC® superstar Chuck “The Iceman” Liddell. The homage to Liddell will feature two Spike TV premiere events not to be missed by true UFC fans.

At 9:00pm ET/PT, Spike presents the world television premiere of “Ultimate Iceman: Chuck Liddell,” an hour-long documentary which chronicles the life of one of the sport’s true titans, in and out of the Octagon™.

Spike then debuts a special, “Liddell vs. Silva: UFC® Unleashed™-Special Edition” at 10:00pm ET/PT featuring the never-before-seen on cable battle between Liddell and Wanderlei Silva, which was fought last December at UFC 79: NEMESIS.

This historic contest featured the matchup that fight fans waited years to see. Liddell, the biggest name in the sport and former UFC light-heavyweight champion, sought to finally answer the challenges of long-time PRIDE® superstar Wanderlei “The Axe Murderer” Silva. In addition, the special includes exclusive, never before seen backstage footage.

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Unbeaten and still untested, Big Brown followed up his convincing Kentucky Derby victory by winning the Preakness Stakes in equally dominant fashion on Saturday.Big Brown, the overwhelming 1-5 favorite ridden by Kent Desormeaux, grabbed the lead at the top of the stretch and easily cruised away from the field for a 5-1/4-length triumph.

“Unlike in the Kentucky Derby where I had to start knuckling on him to get him to go get the leaders, today I was slowing him down not to pass the leaders,” said Desormeaux.

“It was really a dramatic change from two weeks ago in the Kentucky Derby.”

The Kentucky-bred son of Boundary will run in the Belmont Stakes on June 7 in New York with hopes of becoming the 12th Triple Crown winner and first since Affirmed in 1978.

Big Brown cruises to Preakness victory | Sports | Reuters

If you are a soccer fan going to watch Euro 2008 it could be worth having a vaccination to prevent catching a little known, but potentially fatal illness that is spread by ticks, a leading scientist warned on Saturday.In 2007, the number of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) cases requiring hospital treatment in Europe rose 30 percent to 13,000, with evidence pointing to warmer temperatures caused by global warming helping to spread the disease.

Endemic in 27 countries across Europe, including joint Euro 2008 hosts Switzerland and Austria, TBE can lead to paralysis, coma and in 1 to 2 percent of cases, death.

Some 2 million foreign fans are expected to descend on Austria and Switzerland for the tournament running from June 7-29, with UEFA expecting around 6 million fans in total.

Soccer fans warned of tick danger at Euro 2008 | Health | Reuters

Mike Green scored a goal and two assists on Friday as Canada defeated Sweden 5-4 in Quebec City to advance to the final of the world hockey championship.

Dany Heatley notched his 11th goal of the tournament, with Ryan Getzlaf, Jamal Mayers and Rick Nash also tallying. Goaltender Pascal Leclaire made 30 saves and also had an assist Friday at Le Colisée arena.

Canada will play Russia in the final on Sunday afternoon in Quebec City.

Canada to play for world championship