Stephen A. Smith's new show debuts on ESPN this week, and QUITE FRANKLY, I don't think anybody wants to see it.

George Karl is undergoing prostate cancer next week. The tumor was not believed to be very serious, and "only slightly larger then Earl Boykins"

No word yet on if the tumor will replace Boykins at back up pointguard for Karl's Denver Nuggets.

In the world of tennis, the Croatia Open began this morning in Umag, Croatia. In order to celebrate, Croatians were given food today.

Wolves hired ex-Orlando head coach Johnny Davis as an assistant coach.

At a certain point, some news stories aren't even worth reporting.

Terrell Owens hasn't decided whether he will report to training camp on time because of a contract dispute with the Eagles, his agent said Wednesday.

``The odds are 50-50,'' Drew Rosenhaus told The Associated Press. ``We probably won't make any determination until the start of camp.''

"Actually, can you hold on one second?" Rosenhaus continued, as he caught three babies falling down from a nearby tree. "Sorry about that. Where were we?"

Tedy Bruschi will miss the entire season after suffering a mild stroke last year. Nobody once questioned Bruschi's heart.... it was his brain doctors were worried about.

Belicheck's strange personnel moves are in the wind again. To accomodate Bruschi's absence, Tom Brady will play linebacker, and Troy Brown will slide over to quarterback.

After signing Flip Saunders, it appears as if the Pistons long-term goal is to make it to the first round of the playoffs for the next 8 years.

Quite ambitious if you ask me.

The Detroit Pistons are paying Larry Brown $15 million over the next three years not to coach. I'll not coach the Pistons for half that!

Joe Dumars, you have my number.

TOUR DE FRANCE? MORE LIKE TOUR DE LANCE, HAHA, YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST FOLKS!

The Los Angeles Lakers traded Chucky Atkins and Caron Butler to the Washington Wizards for underacheiving foward/center Kwame Brown and a white flag.

Joseph Hachem of Australia won the Main Event in the 2005 World Series of Poker, parlaying his $10,000 buy-in into $7.5 million.

It just goes to show you, if you play your cards right, you can be a millionaire too!

The Pistons meet with Larry Brown today to decide his future.

Brown to the Pistons: Have I mention I love you guys?

Pistons to Brown: Only like a million times, now clean out your desk.

Travis Best? No, he's not.

Michael Redd re-signed with the Milwaukee Bucks for $92 million.

On a related note you'd have to pay me double that to live in Milwaukee for the next 6 years

London received the 2012 Olympics today, and the Queen could not have been more thrilled.

"I cannot wait!" she said, "No seriously, in 7 years I'll probably be dead."

Its not a good sign for American tennis when Andy Roddick's concession speeches at Wimbledon sound rehearsed.

In other news, Federer dropped only one set for the entire tournament, which is good news for cat lovers, because Federer murders a single feline for every set dropped in Grand Slams. True story.

Roger Federer beat Lleyton Hewitt in straight sets today in the Wimbledon Semi-Finals.

Giant Appropriate Typo-ridden Headline reads: Federer Betterer at Tennis than Anybody

Sidenote: Editor regreterers making such an errant but true mistake.