Cavaliers guard Daniel Gibson has a separated left shoulder and will miss Cleveland’s Game 6 against the Boston Celtics.

Charles Barkley acknowledged he owes a $400,000 gambling debt to a Las Vegas Strip casino and promised Thursday to repay it after a prosecutor said the retired NBA star faced criminal charges.

Hold on, NFL. Spygate isn’t over. Not if the “incensed” Philadelphia Eagles fan in Congress has anything to do with it.

Prosecutors in Miami say a fifth person has been charged in the slaying of Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor.

Troubled ex-LSU quarterback Ryan Perrilloux may have found a place where he can get the playing time he craves.

Buster Posey was all over the field for Florida State.

Buffalo Bills tight end Kevin Everett, who is walking again after suffering a life-threatening spinal cord injury last season, was placed on the team’s waived/failed physical list Tuesday, freeing him to pursue long-term disability benefits from the NFL.

Annika Sorenstam will retire after the season, ending an LPGA Tour career in which she has won 72 tournaments to date and produced a defining moment when she teed it up against the men on the PGA Tour.

Prosecutors said Monday they will not seek the death penalty against four people charged with murdering Washington Redskins star Sean Taylor because the accused shooter was a minor when the crime was committed.

Kobe Bryant said the back injury that sent him to the locker room, dropped him to his knees and had him wincing in pain throughout the Lakers’ loss to Utah in Game 4 won’t keep him out of Game 5 of the Western Conference semifinals Wednesday night.

University of Florida defensive lineman Matt Patchan is recovering after being shot in the shoulder while at a Tampa-area park.

Mike D’Antoni has accepted an offer to coach the New York Knicks, according to media reports.

The Dallas Mavericks and Rick Carlisle reached a verbal agreement on a four-year coaching contract Friday night that seals his hiring as Avery Johnson’s successor.

Chauncey Billups spent almost all Wednesday night in the trainer’s room.

A federal judge ordered imprisoned quarterback Michael Vick to repay more than $2.4 million to a Canadian bank for defaulting on a loan.

A Chinese mountaineering team took the Olympic flame to the top of the world Thursday, a spectacular feat dreamed up to underscore China’s ambitions for the Beijing Games.

New Jersey Nets forward Richard Jefferson was charged with assault Wednesday for grabbing another man by the throat in a Minneapolis club earlier this year. But the player disputed the account of what happened.

The New York Knicks are well aware of Mike D’Antoni’s strong desire to coach the Chicago Bulls, as well as Chicago’s strong interest in hiring D’Antoni.

The NBA has scheduled a news conference for Tuesday at a Los Angeles hotel, where Kobe Bryant is expected to be announced as winner of his first Most Valuable Player award.

Another famous Chicago athlete was victimized early Monday morning.

Finally, David Witthoft shunned his Brett Favre jersey for the first time in 1,581 days.

The signals suggesting that Mike D’Antoni and the Phoenix Suns will soon part company are only getting stronger.

Chicago Bears running back Cedric Benson was charged with failing a sobriety test while operating a 30-foot boat, then resisting arrest before being hit with pepper spray and dragged ashore by officers.

From the start, Avery Johnson was a perfect fit as coach of the Dallas Mavericks.

Saying the BCS was in an “unprecedented state of health,” ACC commissioner John Swofford announced Wednesday that college football will not change the way it determines its national champion as it prepares to begin negotiations for future television contracts that will probably run through the 2014 season.

Big Brown had to overcome the far outside post 12 when he won the Florida Derby five weeks ago at Gulfstream Park. On Saturday at Churchill Downs, when he tries to become the first horse in 93 years to win the Kentucky Derby off just three starts.

Well-traveled Larry Brown has reached an agreement to return to the NBA as coach of the Charlotte Bobcats, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press on Monday.

Barry Zito was demoted to the bullpen Monday by the San Francisco Giants, who hope the former ace can correct his problems by working in relief.

As recently as the 2004-05 season, the New Orleans Hornets were an NBA joke with an 18-64 record. It looks like the coach of that team, Byron Scott, will get the last laugh.

It looks like suffering through a 15-67 season is enough to move Pat Riley off the bench and back into the front office.

Will Robinson, the first black basketball coach at a Division I school and a Detroit Pistons scout who discovered Joe Dumars and Dennis Rodman, died Monday. He was 96.

Hedo Turkoglu didn’t get the call for a midseason honor when the Eastern Conference All-Star roster was announced this season.

The lovable losers’ 10,000th win was a memorable one, filled with blown leads, big hits, great catches and, lastly, high-fives all around.

The Miami Dolphins, having signed Michigan’s Jake Long as the first pick of the 2008 NFL draft, are shopping Pro Bowl defensive end Jason Taylor in hopes of acquiring another first-round pick, according to media reports in South Florida.

Maybe Big D can handle Pacman Jones.

Danilo Gallinari, the leading scorer in the Italian basketball league, declared for the NBA draft on Wednesday.

Chicago Bears general manager Jerry Angelo indicated Tuesday that the team won’t budge off its contract offer to linebacker Brian Urlacher, who has been skipping the team’s voluntary workouts while seeking a contract extension.

Former New England Patriots video assistant Matt Walsh, who has told ESPN.com he has potentially damaging information about the team’s taping practices, reached an agreement Wednesday to meet with league officials and turn over any video tapes he might have to support his allegations.

Kobe Bryant made clear Monday what’s been, at the very least, a bit ambiguous for nearly a year: He “absolutely” wants to stay with the Lakers and is open to finishing his career with them.

Adam “Pacman” Jones paid “extortion” money to a 29-year-old man arrested for a Las Vegas strip club shooting that left a club employee paralyzed, police said.

Former New York Knicks coach Isiah Thomas has been banned from having any contact with members of the team as part of his reassignment agreement with team president Donnie Walsh.

Colts running back Kenton Keith was out of jail Monday after being arrested for refusing to leave a nightclub parking lot and yelling at officers that he was a Colts player who had done nothing wrong, police said.

San Antonio Spurs guard Manu Ginobili won the NBA’s Sixth Man Award, given to the best player in a reserve role, on Monday.

The NBA playoffs tip off this weekend with Shaq, Kobe and KG chasing the same thing … but they aren’t alone.

Bengals wide receiver Chad Johnson left no room for doubt Wednesday: He wants out of Cincinnati as fast as possible and he doesn’t plan on reporting for any future Bengals functions — mandatory or voluntary.

The last time the New York Yankees scored this many runs against the Red Sox at Yankee Stadium, Mickey Mantle homered for New York and Ted Williams went deep for Boston.

Yankees reliever Joba Chamberlain left the team after his father collapsed at his home in Lincoln, Neb., and the pitcher was placed on the bereavement list.

Saints running back Deuce McAllister, coming off the second knee surgery of his career, will remain with New Orleans for at least one more season.

The 76ers saw Devin Brown’s shot fall short, heard the buzzer and darted toward the locker room for an apparent victory celebration.

There is the eight-year-old Paterno Library, which will serve students at Penn State University for decades to come.

Michael Beasley reportedly is expected to leave Kansas State after one season and enter the NBA draft.

NBA All-Star Carmelo Anthony was arrested early Monday morning on suspicion of driving under the influence, hours after his worst game of the season.

The Los Angeles Lakers took sole possession of the Western Conference lead Sunday.

Andy Roddick was handed the large American flag and then just stood there. He wasn’t going on a victory lap until his teammates joined him.

Former NBA referee Tim Donaghy’s sentencing has been delayed again.

Tiger or the field…Who Ya Got?

Major League Baseball and the players union have tentatively agreed to have an outside administrator oversee baseball’s drug-testing program.

Marion Jones’ former relay teammates paid the price Thursday for her doping offenses, losing their medals from the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

Trent Johnson is leaving Stanford after four seasons to become the new coach at LSU, according to reports in the Louisiana media and online.

Former Minnesota Vikings great Carl Eller was jailed Wednesday after allegedly fighting with police after being stopped for possible drunken driving.

Candace Parker had a whirlwind 24 hours.

ONE SHINING MOMENT!

Marquette picked assistant coach Brent “Buzz” Williams on Monday to replace Tom Crean, who left last week to become coach at Indiana.

Indiana freshman Eric Gordon is entering the NBA draft.

When they choose sides for football games in the yard at the United States Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kan., Michael Vick is the popular pick.