The NBA fined three coaches for publicly criticizing referees during the NBA playoffs.
Houston's Rick Adelman, Portland's Nate McMillan and Boston's Doc Rivers all were penalized $25,000.
Adelman and McMillan are facing each other in a first-round series that the Rockets lead 3-1. Both coaches were fined for comments after Houston victories.
Rivers was assessed a fine for comments made after Game 4, a 121-118 loss to Chicago in two overtimes that tied their series at 2.
Pro football: Favre released by Jets, free to sign with any team
Brett Favre was released from the reserve-retired list by the New York Jets, making the quarterback a free agent if he decides to again come out of retirement.
When Favre was dealt to New York from Green Bay in August, there were conditions in the trade that required the Packers to be compensated if the Jets moved the three-time MVP. Those no longer apply if he signs elsewhere.
More pro football: Sproles signs rich 1-year deal with Chargers
Chargers running back Darren Sproles signed the $6,621,000 million contract he was tendered as the team's franchise player.
Sproles had been scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent before the Chargers tagged him as their franchise player. His pay is the average of what the top five running backs in the league are paid.
The speedy little running back and dangerous return specialist made $1.1 million in base pay last year.
Sproles will make just less than star running back LaDainian Tomlinson, who redid his contract in March in order to remain with the Bolts. ... The Arizona Cardinals granted running back Edgerrin James' wish to be released and cut two others who played significant roles in the team's run to the Super Bowl.
While James' move was anticipated, the release of cornerback Rod Hood and defensive end Travis LaBoy was not.
The moves clear salary cap space for the Cardinals, who want to sign new deals with linebacker Karlos Dansby and safety Adrian Wilson, and eventually with unhappy wide receiver Anquan Boldin.
Basketball: Former UNLV, NBA player Gondrezick dies
Former UNLV basketball star Glen Gondrezick, who later played for the New York Knicks and Denver Nuggets before turning to broadcasting, has died. He was 53.
School officials and close friend Bobby Gleason said Gondrezick died Monday at St. Rose Hospital in Henderson, Nev., after apparent complications from a heart transplant that he received last September.
"From what the doctors told us, the body just rejected the heart," Gleason said. "Gondo never gave up. The heart did."
High school baseball: Fla. prep pitcher fails in bid for 5th no-hitter
It was just one hit, but still you would have expected some reaction from the pitcher, Patrick Schuster.
After all, he wasn't used to giving up any at all.
The Mitchell High School ace was going for a fifth straight no-hitter and another piece of the Florida state record book. But a screaming double over the right fielder's head on an 0-1 count in the third inning put an end to that.
Schuster simply walked around the mound, then got back on the rubber while a standing room-only crowd of more than 1,000 applauded his effort.
Pro soccer: FIFA sets out drug-testing plans for elite players
FIFA set out its plans for drug-testing top-level soccer players in 2009 in a program agreed to with the World Anti-Doping Agency.
The football governing body's new anti-doping rules come into force on Friday as a pilot project created after it objected to players being held to the toughest standards of the new WADA code which governs all other sports.
FIFA called it a "football-specific approach to an effective and efficient anti-doping program for the most popular sport worldwide."
Tests will be targeted at players classed in three high-risk categories: those sidelined for long periods through injury or suspension, players with Champions League clubs, and international players.
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