BBC:
Basketball, synchronised swimming, taekwondo, and boxing are the big winners in UK Sport's Olympic 2012 funding programme - but shooting and fencing lose out. (Read More)
CNN:
The NHL's Public Enemy No. 1 is in trouble yet again, this time over one ugly phrase. Think a guy like Sean Avery is good for hockey? Michael Farber sounds off. (Read More)
BBC:
UK Athletics chief executive Niels de Vos says he is happy with his sport's funding ahead of the 2012 Olympics despite a £1.4m cutback. (Read More)
ESPN.com:
Sean Avery was suspended indefinitely for crude off-the-ice comments about his ex. But when it comes to words and thoughts and morality in pro sports, whose rules apply? Who are we protecting, exactly?. (Read More)
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com:
7:42pm: O'Brien believes Chicago's return to be Flowers, Lillibridge, third baseman Jon Gilmore, and pitcher Santos Rodriguez.7:05pm: MLB.com's Mark Bowman says the White Sox will actually receive four players in the deal. They'll choose from a list of five, with Flowers and Lillibridge their top targets.5:34pm: Rosenthal (Read More)
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com:
WEDNESDAY: The Astros are having a press conference for Hampton in about 25 minutes, implying that he passed his physical.TUESDAY: Dave O'Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution says Hampton turned down a slightly higher offer from the Braves to be closer to his children, who are in Arizona.MONDAY, 3:31pm: Ken Rosenthal s (Read More)
New York Times:
In a sterling example of the entrepreneurial spirit fueling a nationwide boom in college club sports, Doug DeLuca succeeded in fielding a Vermont tackle football team in only a year’s time.br/br/span a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=620774875118440bb14e0afe5c538165u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/03/sports/03ve (Read More)