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• Big 12, SEC have deal for football champs to play (Yahoo! Sports) May 18, 2012
  The Big 12 and the Southeastern conferences have announced a deal that will pit their football regular-season champions against each other in a New Year's Day bowl game for five years beginning in 2014, positioning themselves for the expected switch to a four-team playoff.
• Cubs P Kerry Wood retires after 13-plus seasons (Yahoo! Sports) May 18, 2012
  CHICAGO (AP) Kerry Wood, who electrified baseball with a 20-strikeout game as a rookie in 1998 before his career was slowed by injuries, is retiring.
• Heat regroup, relax after shocking loss to Pacers (Yahoo! Sports) May 18, 2012
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) After the storm, silence. The Miami Heat stayed off the floor.
• Hawks keeping Drew as coach for 2012-13 season (Yahoo! Sports) May 18, 2012
  ATLANTA (AP) The Atlanta Hawks have committed to Larry Drew for one more season.
• Lakers' Blake, wife target of attacks on Twitter (Yahoo! Sports) May 18, 2012
  EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) Lakers guard Steve Blake and his wife received multiple online threats after he missed a big shot late in Game 2 of Los Angeles' second-round playoff series with Oklahoma City.
• Clemens key accuser: 'I misspoke' about evidence (Yahoo! Sports) May 18, 2012
  WASHINGTON (AP) Roger Clemens' lawyer jabbed his left index finger and hammered away, relentlessly attacking Brian McNamee over his personal life and accusing the government's chief witness of ''making up this stuff on the fly.'' The attorney finally sprung his trap and pointed out what appeared to be a flaw in the McNamee's story about the collection of evidence that turned up in a beer can.
• White Sox beat Cubs 3-2 in Kerry Wood finale (Yahoo! Sports) May 18, 2012
  CHICAGO (AP) Gordon Beckham hit a tie-breaking home run in the eighth inning Friday and the Chicago White Sox overcame the loss of star Paul Konerko to beat the Chicago Cubs 3-2 in what was the final major league game for Cubs reliever Kerry Wood.
• Phillies' Manuel, umpire suspended 1 game each (Yahoo! Sports) May 18, 2012
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) Phillies manager Charlie Manuel has been suspended one game for his nose-to-nose argument with plate umpire Bob Davidson during a game on Tuesday night.
• Jockey Desormeaux fails test, out of Preakness (Yahoo! Sports) May 18, 2012
  BALTIMORE (AP) Hall of Fame jockey Kent Desormeaux won't ride in Saturday's Preakness after failing a Breathalyzer test in New York.
• Loomis: Brees deal has to be right for both sides (Yahoo! Sports) May 18, 2012
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) Saints general manager Mickey Loomis says he isn't taking any of Drew Brees' recent complaints about the slow pace of contract negotiations personally.