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By establishing herself as an offensive threat, Bird's forcing teams to guard her and opening up the floor for her teammates. As a result, she leads the league in assists with 16 in two games.

Yesterday, Gov. Chris Gregoire sought to help prevent further injury for the millions of athletes who suffer sports-related concussions, by signing one of the nation's first and toughest laws regulating high school athletes' level of activity after sustaining a concussion. The new motto is, "When in doubt, the player has to come out." The Zachery Lystedt Law--inspired by the 16-year-old Maple Valley football player, who suffered a life-threatening brain injury--mandates adolescent athletes who have suffered a concussion cannot come back to play until they have a written approval from a doctor.

Erik Bedard, the best 70-pitch starter in the big leagues, has decided to have shoulder surgery, officially ending his season. Bedard had struggled with shoulder problems all season and last pitched on July 4. He was the Mariners' biggest off-season signing last year, acquired in a trade with the Orioles for 5 players. The team expected the lefty to be the ace of the starting rotation this year. Instead, Bedard started only 15 games this season, and finished with a 6-4 record.