Due to extensive holiday travel, a full day's work spent getting the fantasy football league web site ready and 13 teams participating in the September Roster Expansion(!), there will be no News & Notes column this week. The Commish sends his apologies but he's just plain flat out too tired to write anything with any substance to it. He promises to return next week when we'll discuss the results of the roster expansion, the Rise of the Caruso Brothers (yes they're in first place now!) and Manny Ramirez calling in sick for the Yankee series...

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