Sacramento's NBA Hopes Dim; Rick Santorum, Fantasy Baseball Savant
The NBA in Sacramento looks unlikely, Rick Santorum talks up his fantasy baseball team, and Londoners worry long airport lines will ruin the Olympics.
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People are still talking about Manchester City's improbably EPL title, Donovan McNabb has lost weight, corrected his form, and wants one more shot, and David Stern acknowledges flopping is marring the NBA playoffs
The NBA in Sacramento looks unlikely, Rick Santorum talks up his fantasy baseball team, and Londoners worry long airport lines will ruin the Olympics.
Also: why Daytona 500 organizers used Tide detergent to clean up after last night's spill, Donald Driver and Martina Navratilova will be the sports types on Dancing With the Stars, and the Angels are sorry for offending Albert Pujols with their promotional billboards
Today in sports: More fallout from the NBA blockbuster trade that wasn't, Fox is a strange position when it comes to the trying to get the Los Angeles Dodgers TV rights, and Cleveland Browns quarterback Colt McCoy's dad has harsh words for the way the team treated his head injury last night.
NBA Commissioner David Stern vetoed a major trade that would have sent superstar Chris Paul to the L.A. Lakers, after small-market owners revolted over the deal.
Today in sports: Floyd Mayweather, Jr. says Manny Pacquiao won't even talk to them about fighting in June, if not for the lockout the average NBA player would have pocketed a $425,000 check today, and U.S. Soccer gets a much-needed win.
Also in sports: the NFL Players Association cops out on testing for human growth hormone, Washington Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos has been kidnapped in Venezuela, and the NBA lockout talks are riding a "wave of optimism" as they head into the evening.
Today in sports: The NBA lockout sparks its first racially inflammatory war of words, President Obama finally gets around to calling the St. Louis Cardinals, and the role NFL coaches play in encouraging illegal hits.
Penn State football coach Joe Paterno released a statement saying he will retire at the end of the season, ending his 46 year tenure with the Nittany Lions, but to fully understand what he lost in the Jerry Sandusky abuse scandal, you need to understand the kingdom he built.
NBA owners fight one other as the lockout drags on, the former heavyweight champ dies of liver cancer, and nobody wants to buy a piece of the New York Mets.
Today in sports: Joe Paterno's culpability in the Penn State sexual assault scandal, looking back at Magic Johnson's HIV announcement 20 years later, and a Wednesday deadline in the NBA labor talks.
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