AP - Packers wide receiver Greg Jennings has a three-year, $27 million contract extension and he didn't have to boycott the offseason program or training camp to get it.

AP - It's almost too much for Jared Mitchell to wrap his mind around.

AP - Serena Williams is writing a TV script that borrows from some of her favorite shows, including "Desperate Housewives," "Sex and the City" and "Family Guy."

AP - Several hundred mourners gathered Wednesday at a rural Iowa stadium named for a popular high school football coach who authorities said was gunned down by a former player who was to have been taken to a psychiatric ward days before.

AP - With one signature, Julius Peppers went from a disgruntled star seeking to leave town to a rich man who may stick around in Carolina for awhile.

AP - Talk about a full reversal of fortunes.

AP - The Cleveland Cavaliers are close to acquiring center Shaquille O'Neal in a trade that would pair him with MVP LeBron James, multiple people with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press early Thursday.

AP - The International Olympic Committee says it is following developments in the case of the two gymnasts on China's 2000 Olympic team who are suspected of being underage.

AP - A breakaway Formula One series was averted Wednesday when Max Mosley ceded to the rebel teams' demand that a planned budget cap be scrapped and the FIA president said he won't seek re-election.

AFP - Roger Federer demonstrated why he is adored by centre court but Maria Sharapova's return to Wimbledon's main stage turned sour on Wednesday as the Russian became the tournament's biggest casualty to date.

AFP - Brazil could be forgiven for regarding South Africa, a team ranked 70 places below them in the world rankings, as easy fodder in Thursday's Confederations Cup semi-final.

Reuters - Cablevision Systems Corp, Major League Baseball and the New York Yankees cable network said on Wednesday they reached a multiyear deal for live streaming online Yankees games in the team's home market.