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ON THE RISE: Ask the Expert: Cubs, Red Sox, Angels dangerous when healthy

TOP STORIES ON NBA
• Bobcats avoid big names with picks
• McGrady for Francis? | • Bird's offer
• Lakers keep Payton | • Rudy T next?
• Kobe hearing ends; no trial date set

TOP STORIES ON WIMBLEDON
• Serena rusty, but wins anyway
• Roddick leads as play suspended

Aynsley Floyd / AP file

• Mock draft, team needs, previews, more• WP: Young man's game getting younger• Glier: Point guards are cream of draft crop• How would you select first round of NBA Draft?

OTHER TOP STORIES

• Big Ben, Hamilton decline Athens invites• Cavs reach deal with Jazz for Pavlovic• Shockey has surgery on right foot• Bucs' Pittman suspended three games• Patriot leaves Super Bowl ring in restroom• Ruth bat expected to fetch $1 million-plus• Soriano leads AL players in fan voting• Notes: Contreras’ family leaves Cuba• Defending Publinx champ Wie 1 stroke back• Harrick lands with ABA expansion team• Georgia eliminates Arizona from CWS• Nicklaus to skip U.S. Senior Open

MLB

SCORES | STANDINGS | TEAMS | ODDS

• IT CAN ONLY GET BETTER
Ask the Baseball Expert: Despite injuries, Red Sox, Angels, Cubs remain in contention

• Notes: Contreras’ family leaves Cuba• Giants can take over lead from Dodgers• Padres' No. 1 pick allegedly bit bouncer• Interactive: Baseball's Rumor Mill

NBA

SCORES | STANDINGS | TEAMS | ODDS

• BOBCATS AVOID BIG NAMES
Charlotte selects 19 players in expansion draft, most with low profiles, low salaries, like Kings' Gerald Wallace (pictured).

AP file

• Celizic: Bobcats fans must be patient• Bird says he made better offer for McGrady• McGrady-Francis trade in works?• Big Ben, Hamilton decline Athens invites

NFL

SCORES | STANDINGS | TEAMS | ODDS

• GANNON AS CONFIDENT AS EVER AT 38
Raiders QB expects to start, even with addition of Collins

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• Shockey has surgery on right foot• Bucs' Pittman suspended three games• Super Bowl streaker guilty of trespass• Interactive: Team-by-team season preview

TENNIS

• RUSTY SERENA ADVANCES
Defending champion not smooth in win over Zheng

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• Roddick leading when play suspended• McEnroe says he could beat Williamses• NBC's Austin: Martina proves her point• Austin: Serena can win title with serves

GOLF

• DEFENDING CHAMP WIE SHOOTS 70 IN FIRST ROUND
Teen sensation trails 2 teen-agers by one, but still is golfer to beat in U.S. Women's Publinx

AP FILE

• On the Fringe: It’s not about fair• WP: USGA veered way off course• WP: Tiger no longer great player, good guy• Whine of week: Get thicker skin, Tiger

MOTOR SPORTS

NASCAR | F-1 | IRL | CHAMP

• IT'S ALL GOING JOHNSON'S WAY
Bestwick: Driver even has luck on his side this season

AP File

• Nextel Cup schedule, results• Nextel Cup standings• Nextel Cup tracks

NHL

SCORES | STANDINGS | TEAMS | ODDS

• A RUSSIAN TO THE RESCUE
TSN: Likely No. 1 draft pick Ovechkin ‘is in his own class’ and good enough to rescue Capitals

AP File

• TSN: Unusual offseason of bargain hunting• Duff: Who knows when NHL will return?• Full coverage of every team• NHL transactions

OLYMPICS

SCHEDULES

• REPORT: USADA SAYS MONTGOMERY DOPED
100m world-record holder accused of using steroids, EPO as far back as 2000

AP File

• Pound warns HGH users to avoid Athens• Report: Big Ben, Rip decline invites• NZ boxer who killed child Athens-bound• Gymnastics couple at home in Oklahoma

OTHER SPORTS

• ITALY WINS, BUT IS OUSTED
Roundup: Italians top Bulgaria 2-1, but are ousted in first round for second time in last three European Championships