Reuters - Washington Redskins quarterback Donovan McNabb returns to Philadelphia on Sunday to face the Eagles in a game with more story lines than a soap opera.
AP - LeBron James' manager said he believes race played a factor in how the two-time reigning NBA MVP's decision to join the Miami Heat was covered this summer.
AP - Tom Lehman dug deep for an answer when asked why the U.S. got whipped so badly under his leadership in the 2006 Ryder Cup in Ireland.
AP - It wasn't even a year and a half ago that Nazr Mohammed was so frustrated at being buried on the bench by Bobcats coach Larry Brown that he wanted out of Charlotte.
AP - The man must love the sound of his own voice.
AP - Surely it was time for Clinton Portis to lodge a complaint. After all, the Washington Redskins running back logged only one carry in the second half of last week's game, and he's got a history of lashing out when he thinks he's getting a raw deal.
AP - Saints coach Sean Payton says he'll wait until Sunday to decide whether hobbled running back Pierre Thomas plays against Carolina.
AP - Dean Smith was a popular man on Thursday.
AFP - An emotional Alberto Contador on Thursday denied knowingly taking a banned substance and blamed contaminated meat for a positive dope test that led to the suspension of the three-time Tour de France winner.
Reuters - Tour de France winner Alberto Contador and the Tour of Spain runner-up Ezequiel Mosquera were suspended for suspected doping Thursday in a devastating blow to cycling's battered image.
AP - Rob Bolden's poise came through loud and clear over the phone.
AP - Tour de France champion Alberto Contador's claim that the steak he ate is to blame for his positive doping test is plausible, experts say, since the drug he's accused of taking is sometimes illegally given to beef cattle.
AP - Europe captain Colin Montgomerie has admitted to a late change of heart over who would hit his team's opening drive in the Ryder Cup.