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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Kansas City Royals left-hander Jason Vargas was taken to the hospital Wednesday and had an appendectomy. Royals manager Ned Yost, after Kansas Citys 5-4 win over Tampa Bay on Wednesday night, said the surgery went great and that there were "no complications." Yost says Vargas "started really having severe discomfort" around 4 a.m. Wednesday. There was no timetable given for how long Vargas will be out. Bruce Chen could replace Vargas in Sundays game against Detroit. Royals All-Star outfielder Alex Gordon was scratched from Wednesdays lineup due to a sprained right wrist. He will have an MRI and see a hand specialist Thursday when the team returns to Kansas City. Gordon did enter as a defensive replacement Wednesday in the ninth inning. He said the major problem is pain when swinging a bat. "I dont think its anything serious," Gordon said. Yost said the injury could "very well" impact Gordons status for next weeks All-Star game. Kansas City third baseman Mike Moustakas was also out of Wednesdays lineup with the flu. He was feeling better late Wednesday, but is not expected to start Thursday. Cheap Nike Chris Paul Basketball Shoes China . Ashley Wagner will skate in the womens short program for a U.S. team thats in seventh place. Davis and White won the silver medal at the Vancouver Games and are two-time world champions. Cheap Basketball Shoes Store .L. - Defending womens champion Alberta improved to 3-0 at the Canadian junior curling championships with a 10-3 win over Ontario in Sundays afternoon draw. http://www.cheapbasketballshoesstore.net/?tag=cheap-nike-lebron-james-basketball-shoes-china . Altidore strained his left hamstring in the Americans opener against Ghana on June 16 and didnt play in their next two games. "We dont know how much because we need to see how hes going, but hes available," U. Cheap Nike Paul George Basketball Shoes China . The Rangers announced after Thursdays 4-2 loss to the New York Yankees that they would purchase Williams contract from Triple-A Round Rock. The 32-year-old Williams was released by Houston earlier this month after going 1-4 with a 6. Wholesale Basketball Shoes . Now Arizonas new manager is hoping Yasmany Tomas can have the same effect on the Diamondbacks.A week before his light heavyweight title defence at UFC 172, Jon Jones told TSN.ca that one of the most exciting parts of his career is "just breaking records, you know?" After his dominating victory over Glover Teixeira in Baltimore to retain his title for a record seventh time, its time to take a look at what the Rochester native has accomplished and ask, is he the best ever? With the win over Teixeira, Jones took sole possession atop the light heavyweight division with 14 wins in the modern 205-pound era. It was his 11th straight win, also a division record and tied for third longest in UFC history behind former middleweight champion Anderson Silva (16) and former welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre (12). No other light heavyweight champion has ever successfully defended the belt seven times. Only Silva (12) and St-Pierre (9) have more. Jones landed 138 significant strikes on Teixeira, the most ever in a light heavyweight title fight, and with 824 for his career he passed former champ Forrest Griffin (796) for the most in division history. Jones stuffed all five of Teixeiras takedown attempts, bringing his ccareer takedown defence rate to 96.dddddddddddd6% (28 of 29), which is the best percentage of any UFC fighter with a minimum of 20 opponent takedown attempts. And if the numbers arent enough, watching him pick apart opponent after opponent says it all. UFC president Dana White told reporters at the post-fight press conference that Jones "never looked better than he did tonight." And thats saying something for a guy who has beaten five former champions and whose only loss is a disqualification for illegal elbows. "I think it was the best performance of his career," White said. "Jones, I think that if he didnt prove it in the (Alexander) Gustafsson fight, he definitely proved it in this fight -- Jones has a chin. He evolves every time he fights, he comes out and puts on a clinic and does new things." With each demolition - save for the five-round war with Gustafsson at UFC 165 - Jones continues to set new standards in his division and the UFC. With all the legends that have graced the octagon over the years, is Jon Jones the greatest of them all? As always, its Your! Call. ' ' '