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Benoit:
Vince McMahon Defends WWE in Chris Benoit Murder-Suicide: A subdued Vince McMahon appeared on the Today show this morning to discuss the murder-suicide involving WWE wrestler Chris Benoit and explain why he doesn't believe the WWE or steroids are to blame. "Obviously, this is not an act of rage, it's an act of deliberation," McMahon said. "It's all speculation until the toxicology reports come back."
More: WWE Releases Chris Benoit Text Messages, Says Couple Fought Over Son's Disability
NBA:Report: Portland Has Decided On Oden: ESPN's Ric Bucher is reporting on the box with flashy images in front of me (I believe the Associated Press Stylebook calls this a 'television') that Portland execs have told him they will pick Greg Oden in tomorrow's draft.
Suns Now the Frontrunners in the Race for KG: One way or another, it looks like KG is going to get traded in the next day or so, and the only questions are where and at what price. After talks between the Lakers and T'Wolves have broken down, it appears that the Phoenix Suns are the leading contenders to land the Big Ticket
Charlotte Would Rather Not Keep Its Pick: While most teams are trying desperately to wedge themselves into the draft's top 10, those contrarian Bobcats really doesn't feel like picking at #8, according to ESPN's Andy Katz. Phoenix trade bait Shawn Marion is not said to be a part of the deal.
'Oh My God, That's Chad Ford's Music!' Consider this a programming note if nothing else: ESPN is holding an 'interactive mock draft' with scouty Chad Ford and pundity Bill Simmons trading picks and barbs. And seriously, Ford is murdering The Sports Guy.
MLB:A 9-Game World Series?: Scott Boras is not only capable of robbing their teams of insane amounts of money, but he's also an idea man. He's proposed extending the World Series from a seven game format to nine.
Football Video:
First Look: Futbol Meets Football:
Fellow FanHouser Tom Mantzouranis wrote yesterday about adidas' new ad campaign featuring Reggie Bush and David Beckham playing each others' football games. The Futbol Meets Football web site has now gone live. Here's the video. To my surprise, it actually does resemble a similar adidas campaign a few years back that featured Beckham and rugby star Jonny Wilkinson.
Carson Palmer's Sausage Shilling: By now, you have probably seen the advertisement where Carson Palmer is showing us how much he loves smoked sausages. Well, there is a commercial that is making the rounds here in the 'Nati area. Yeah, it's pretty bad.
'NCAA '08' Has Boise State's Trick Plays: That thing got put out of business when EA Sports' various college football titles arrived on the scene. However, it will be tough to top this year's game when you factor in Arkansas' Wildcat/single wing offense and this icing on the cake: backyard football perfected in Boise State's Fiesta Bowl performance.
Tennis:
Wimbledon: Tatiana Golovin Causes a Stir
Tatiana Golovin is about to become the next big star in the world of women's tennis, and the reason, according to the British newspaper The Sun, is red knickers.
Serena Williams Has Serious Muscle
