Bruce Tenen

A veteran left hander gave up three runs and seven hits on Wednesday, coming off a start where he hurled four scoreless innings. This same lefty is making a strong statement to make the Colorado Rockies' opening day starting rotation, after posting a 2.77 ERA in four Cactus League starts this spring. 

Nothing that unusual, except that this southpaw is Jamie Moyer, who turns 50 in November. 

During last week’s outing against San Francisco, Moyer threw 30 of his 45 pitches for strikes, in four perfect innings. 

Moyer made his big league debut for the Cubs in 1986 and has a lifetime record of 267-204, with 2,405 strikeouts in his 628 starts. He last pitched in the Big Leagues for the Phillies in 2010

Ian Thorpe is a legendary swimmer in Australia, having won five Olympic gold medals and 11 world championships, while setting 13 world records between 1999 and his retirement in 2006. Thorpe had held the 200 meter freestyle world record for eight years.

Thorpe was the talk of the Australian sporting public, when he announced last fall that he would be making a comeback, in an attempt to swim in the 2012 London Olympic Games.  Thorpe was the most famous and popular swimmer in the world before Michael Phelps emerged onto the scene.

Earlier this month, at competitions in Adelaide, Australia, Thorpe failed to even make the finals of the 100 and 200 meter freestyles. As a result, his quest to compete in London is officially over.

Sochi, Russia will not host the Winter Olympics until February 2014, but the location has already faced their share of controversies, including one that surfaced this week.

A judge in the region of Krasnodar blocked plans for a Pride House in Sochi, where gay athletes and officials could meet for social events and conferences. Svetlana Mordovina ruled that the Pride House is "extremist" and that "fighting homophobia is immoral." 

"The aim of the organization contradicts the basics of public morality and the policy of the state in the area of family, motherhood, and childhood protection. The activities of the movement leads to propaganda of non-traditional sexual orientation which can undermine the security of the Russian society and the state,” claimed Mordovina.

Apparently bored by a string of successful defenses of his WBC heavyweight title, Vitali Klitschko has identified his next opponent, Kiev mayor Leonid Chernovetsky. 

Klitschko will be running for mayor of the capital city of the Ukraine this fall.

The elder of the Klitschko brothers, Vitali (40), belongs to the UDAR party and is running on an anti-corruption platform.  He also supports greater cooperation between Kiev and the rest of the Ukraine.

Dr. Ironfist sports a 44-2 record and denies that he is retiring from boxing.