AP - Oakland Raiders wide receiver Javon Walker remained hospitalized with a concussion and a battered face Tuesday, one day after he was beaten, robbed and left unconscious on a Las Vegas street after a night of partying.

AP - Once he decided to fire Willie Randolph, New York Mets general manager Omar Minaya caught a flight to the West Coast, went to the team hotel and waited to deliver the news in person. "Eye to eye," Minaya said Tuesday. "It was done quick." Even if it seemed to take forever.

AP - With Russell and Havlicek sitting courtside, and Red surely lighting up a victory cigar somewhere, these Boston Celtics returned to glory like the great teams before them.

AFP - Former champion Lindsay Davenport still fancies her chances of fronting up for Wimbledon despite pulling out injured on Tuesday from the Eastbourne Championships.

AFP - France go into their do or die clash with Italy here Tuesday beset by doubt, reports of internal strife and player fatigue.

AP - SuperSonics owner Clayton Bennett testified Tuesday that he knew when he bought the team that it was losing money at KeyArena, but thought "perhaps we could turn that around."

AP - Terrell Owens wasn't on the field for the start of the Dallas Cowboys' mandatory offseason minicamp Tuesday, and the receiver might not be around the rest of the week.

AP - Oakland Raiders wide receiver Javon Walker could be released from the hospital Tuesday, a day after he was beaten, robbed and left unconscious on a Las Vegas street after a night of partying, police said.

AP - After weeks of speculation that his job was in jeopardy, Willie Randolph finally got fired by the New York Mets while most fans were sleeping.

AFP - Former Wimbledon champion Amelie Mauresmo beat Alize Cornet 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 here on Monday to brush aside memories of last year's final defeat at these WTA Eastbourne Championships.

AP - Matt Cerione's two-out, bases-loaded single drove in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning and three Georgia pitchers combined for six innings of shutout relief to lead the Bulldogs to a 4-3 victory over Stanford in the College World Series on Monday night.

AP - Defenseman Ryan Suter talked about the pressure to live up to his new four-year, $14 million contract starting this fall when Predators general manager David Poile interrupted.

AFP - Ivan Klasnic capped a quite remarkable return to top class football just over a year after undergoing a kidney transplant operation by scoring the only goal against Poland as Croatia beat them 1-0 in their Group B Euro 2008 clash.

AP - With embattled manager Willie Randolph some 3,000 miles from Shea Stadium and his many detractors, the New York Mets came through for him in the opener of a key road trip.