AP - A new study shows that 43 percent of the professional positions in the NBA's league offices are held by women, giving the league its highest grade for gender. -- read full article
AP - Pittsburgh prosecutors have dropped a misdemeanor drug charge against Steelers wide receiver and Super Bowl MVP Santonio Holmes. -- read full article
AP - Minnesota coach Brad Childress says he never set a deadline of this week for Brett Favre to decide whether to play for the Vikings. -- read full article
AP - Missing for two games, Orlando found its Magic touch. Making easy shots and tough ones from everywhere, the Magic won their first game in two visits to the NBA finals as Dwight Howard and Rashard Lewis scored 21 points apiece in a 108-104 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 3 on Tuesday night to pull within 2-1.
AP - Third-line teammates Jordan Staal and Tyler Kennedy gave the Penguins a two-goal lead, and Marc-Andre Fleury held off the defending champion Red Wings repeatedly during a frantic third period as Pittsburgh beat Detroit 2-1 on Tuesday night to tie the unpredictable NHL final series at three games.
AP - An emotional Phil Mickelson returned to the PGA Tour on Wednesday, trying to keep some normalcy in a life that has been turned upside-down by the discovery that his wife has breast cancer. -- read full article
AFP - Andy Roddick admits his likely Queen's third round clash against fellow four-time champion Lleyton Hewitt would have made a good final at the pre-Wimbledon warm-up event.
AFP - England can practically guarantee their place at the 2010 World Cup if they beat minnows Andorra at home in the last round of this season's European qualifying matches.
Reuters - Kobe Bryant had a simple explanation for his shooting problems during the final three quarters of the Los Angeles Lakers' 108-104 loss to the Orlando Magic on Tuesday. -- read full article