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Bush Expresses His Love for the Saints - New Orleans Saints running back Reggie Bush, who during last month’s draft essentially tweeted a good-bye to New Orleans (“It’s been fun New Orleans”), told members of the media Saturday that he’d love to retire with the team. He also addressed his Twitter statement. “At the end of the day, I probably shouldn't have tweeted that and I probably shouldn't have said that and I'm sure a lot of people took it the wrong way and I apologize to the city of New Orleans if they have," he said. (Photo: AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)

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NFL Lockout: Still No Deal - On Tuesday NFL owners and players met at a Minneapolis courthouse for another round of court-ordered mediation but were unable to reach an agreement to end the ongoing lockout that threatens next season. Both sides will return to the table in June, a few days after an appeals court hearing on the legality of the ongoing lockout, the Associated Press reports.(Photo: DeMaurice Smith, executive director of the NFL Players Association AP Photo/Jim Mone)

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Charles Oakley Alleges “Gang-Style Beatdown” at Vegas Casino - Former NBA star Charles Oakley filed a lawsuit last week in Clark County District Court against the Aria hotel-casino for what he calls a “gang-style beat down” by five security officers last May 2010, after they tried to prevent him from returning to the casino’s VIP area. He reportedly suffered possible “permanent and disabling” injuries from the altercation. (Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

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Sugar Ray Leonard Drops Sex Abuse Shocker - In his autobiography, The Big Fight: My Life In and Out of the Ring, due to be released next month, boxer Sugar Ray Leonard revealed that he was sexually abused as a young fighter by a “prominent Olympic boxing coach” he left nameless. This is the first time Leonard, who turned 55 Tuesday, has ever revealed this publically. He says he’ll speak out more about incidents after the book is released in June, the New York Times reports.(Photo: Albert L. Ortega/PictureGroup)

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NFL Player Pleads Not Guilty to Sexual Assault - On Monday, Denver Broncos cornerback Perrish Cox pleaded not guilty to two counts of felony sexual assault. The attack allegedly took place last September, and the victim reported it to police in October 2010. His trial is set for October 18, 2011.(Photo: AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, File)

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Lakers Shannon Brown Squashes Cheating Rumors - On Saturday, Los Angeles Laker Shannon Brown, who is married to R&B star Monica, took to Twitter to deny a rumor that he was sleeping with his teammate Pau Gasol’s girlfriend Silvia Castro. "Ok let me put a end [sic] to this right now before it goes any further. I DID NOT SLEEP WITH @paugasol woman!!! First and last time addressing it!" he said. The other rumor floating around was that Vanessa Bryant, Kobe’s wife, had been the one to break up Gasol and Castro’s relationship, causing a rift between the teammates and ultimately leading to their playoff demise.   (Photo: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

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2008 Olympic Marathon Champ Dies in a Fall - The 2008 Beijing Olympics marathon champion and 2012 favorite Sammy Wanjiru, 24, died Sunday night after falling from a second-floor balcony at his home. A Kenyan police spokesperson has said that earlier Wanjiru had been found by his wife with another woman. (Photo: Jim Prisching/Getty Images)

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NBA Playoffs - On Thursday, the Chicago Bulls won their series against the Atlanta Hawks 4–2. On Sunday they went on to beat the Miami Heat by 21 points to take Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Final. As for the West, on Sunday the Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Memphis Grizzlies to win their series 4–3. They took on the Dallas Mavericks Tuesday night. (Photo: AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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Former NFL Running Back Ron Springs Dies - Ron Springs, an ex-Dallas Cowboy running back who had been in a coma since he lost consciousness during a 2007 operation, died on Thursday at age 54. The former Grambling University star played for the Cowboys from 1981 to 1985.(Photo: AP) 

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Celtics Re-Sign Coach Doc Rivers - Boston Celtics Coach Doc Rivers signed a five-year, $35 million contract extension Friday, which would make him the league’s highest paid coach next season.  

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Too Racy, Too Soon? - Serena Williams is facing some criticism after recently posting an older photo of herself posing in her bra and panties behind a sheer curtain on Twitter, weeks after a man was arrested for being on her property. They say the view of Williams in the photo—through a curtain—is the same that a stalker would have, and that it’s “reckless” to post such a photo so soon after the incident. She changed her Twitter avatar just a few hours later. 

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Ex-Michigan NBA Star Dead - Robert “Tractor” Traylor, former NBA player and Michigan center, was found dead Wednesday. He was 34. The official cause of death is still not known, but the belief is Traylor died of a heart attack while in his San Juan, Puerto Rico, apartment.(Photo: AP Photo/Tom Pidgeon) 

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Tiger Woods Withdraws From Championship - A knee injury forced golfer Tiger Woods to withdraw from the Players Championship Thursday. “The knee acted up and then the Achilles followed after that, and then the calf started cramping up,” Woods, who was limping from pain, told reporters. “Everything started getting tight, so it’s just a whole chain reaction.” Woods hasn’t won a major since 2008.(Photo: AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

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Bernard Hopkins Says Donovan McNabb Isn’t Black Enough - During an interview Tuesday (May 10), veteran boxer and Philadelphia Eagles fan Bernard Hopkins criticized former Eagle quarterback Donovan McNabb, implying that he’s not Black enough, and criticizing his suburban Chicago upbringing. "Forget this," Hopkins said, reportedly pointing to his own skin. "He's got a suntan. That's all."(Photo: Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)