
Roy Halladay trade appears unlikely … Rep. Steve Cohen wants to meet with NBA officials about age requirement … Sex assault lawsuit names Ben Roethlisberger … Yao’s surgery goes according to plan … Kellen Winslow Jr. reveals details about staph infection … J.P. Losman is the face of the UFL … Expectations set low for Matthew Stafford … Antonio Burks was shot four minutes after arrival … Drew Brees touts Saints’ defense improvements … Roger Goodell expected to make a decision on Michael Vick, “sometime in the near future” … Natural grass for new Cowboys Stadium … Former OU legend Jamelle Holloway arrested for shoplifting … OT: Thickness personified

Ryan Miller: the dunk was “as good as it could’ve been hyped up to be” … Jason Whitlock obviously knows more about Steve McNair’s personal life than McNair’s own family … McNair had filmed suicide prevention ad weeks before his death … Even in retirement, Rodney Harrison still has an axe to grind … The Kobe and Lil’ Wayne VIBE cover shoot that undoubtedly sent the magazine under … Rockets granted injury exception for Yao … Lenny Dykstra files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after weaseling everybody he knows for cash … Go to the refrigerator, pour a glass of your favorite beverage, get comfortable wherever you are reading this, sit back and en-joy …

Scoop Jackson’s piece on the Rockets in lieu of Yao Ming’s injury, really puts things in perspective. I mean, its okay for Tracy McGrady to steal money from a playoff team, but stealing money from a lottery team should keep him out of the local clubs for a while.