collective bargaining agreement has ratified the league smash a three team trade involving new orleans hornets star chris paul. chance of a lifetime the five members of team russia's ice cores dunhill squad prepare to travel the world in their quest for success. let's start with the news this hour that russia's first ever formula one driver has been let go by randall the telly petroff now on the lookout for a new team after the romain grosjean was handed reynolds' second seat petroff known as the v. borg rocket sent on his way despite having a contract until the end of next year the twenty seven will be on this private rental in twenty ten earning his first podium place the following season in australia tensions are rose last month when petroff criticised the british team following that. stating that they locked. his partner last season whom santa has also left me right there on former team reserves who know the men in the drive. to basketball were an excuse and were unable to hold the surging barcelona in the europa league last night the spaniards on an eight games but who next have reason to

collective agreement is ratified believe a great team trade involving new orleans hornets start crease pole. and chance of a lifetime the team rushers scores down to support prepare to travel the world in their quest for success in twenty twelve. but let's start with the news that russia's first ever formula one driver has been let go by ran over tell a bit of now in search of a new team after him uncle john was handed a second seat but also known as the rocket was sacked despite having a contract until the end of next year the twenty seven year old began his ride with . his first put in place the following season in australia tension last month there when petrov criticised the british team following the abu dhabi grand prix stating they lacked. his partner last season during a santa has also been left in the rock and form a rare no team. now the man in the driver's seat. formula one race driver of the from. qualis dream coming through is something i've been working. from two years now and. it's a bigger mission for me the. dream come true and this is very difficult to find the exact w

they go to the new orleans hornets.ght now, you put chris paul with a young, up and coming team, and who knows? chris paul now a los angeles clipper! >>> golden state made the playoffs. baron davis was a driving force. now he is a man with $27 million owed him and not a team. the cleveland cavaliers who inherited his contract from the clippers let him go today. they have a new rule in the nba called the amnesty rule where you still have to pay the guy, but if you cut him, he doesn't count on your salary cap so you can go out and get other players. of baron davis, i give him credit. he goes, i'd like to play for the knicks or lakers. so we'll see how hungry they are. >>> the newest warrior, qwamay brown. i don't think we've ever talked this much about a backup center. but when you're a former no. 1 pick in the entire league by michael jordan, hey, you know, it's qwamay brown. there he is. one year, $7 million. a little chip on his shoulder. >> i don't feel like i have anything to prove for being a no. 1 pick. i let that

trading today in new orleans hornets star chris. chance of a lifetime the five members of team are. prepared to travel the world in their quest for. twenty two. pictures and that's coming up very shortly but let's begin with basketball were unable to halt the surging barcelona in the euro league last night the spawn beaten eight games but who next have reason to celebrate as well they are through to the top sixteen stage despite the loss barcelona shooting an underwhelming forty percent a lead from the field but realty dominated proceedings when it mattered most down in the fourth quarter while the couple turned up the heat american that. ten points and making two of three from beyond the arc as well sixty three fifty five. the n.b.a. team owners and players just ratified a new collective bargaining agreement but there's already a huge development on the new free agent the league via. trade which would have sent new orleans player chris paul to the star late in the los angeles lakers the hornets are currently owned by the league. and the opportunity to intervene in the developing tr

the new orleans hornets team thirty two year old a little we used to practice after learning he was used as a bargaining chip on his no on a sweet texas. it's been the perfect weekend for the barcelona football club blog granted not only defeating their biggest rivals real madrid away from home but in doing so moved top of the spanish premier league table it was on the field. for the research early on karim benzema scoring the fastest ever el classico goal in twenty three seconds but. through alexis was deflected strike from the last word in the three one victory then coming by the head of. top the standings on goal difference from reality but the losers do hold a game and. this is what it meant to the barcelona faithful despite winning just about everything there is to win in football these past number of seasons defeating ryall in the spanish capital is always i treat for them the famed last run bless his soul was the centerpiece for boston celebrations the team beaten in six visits to the burnaby zero next in store for the european and spanish champions the world cup in japan this ver

chris paul at the very least in an inquiry about the disgruntled and new orleans hornet now he's goinge clippers. if you remember, the lakers were going to teen kobe bryant and chris hall of the other team in los angeles has won the game's other best players. chris paul, we will tell you without kidney the names that we have not heard of this guy named eric gordon goes to new orleans and chris brown will be a new member of the los angeles clippers to give kobe bryant some--a run for his money. now here is what is crazy, he has $27 million guaranteed but there's a new rule in the nba without warning to too much detail you can cut a guy and it will not count against your salary cap but you still have to pay him. so they cut him, they owe him $27 million they still did the money but they did not have that against the cap, so they can go out and sign somebody else. the nook aaron davis he's good for like a year or two and then he did in some trouble. some people, the more you get to know them the more you like them and when you get to know them, nothing but trouble. for cleveland as on the

the new orleans hornets agreed to send the all-star to los angeles as part of a multiplayer deal teamingp with kobe bryant in l.a. but the league, which has owned the hornets for the last year vetoed the plan. stern was lobbied by owners to stop the deal over concerns the lakers would be getting another huge name at the expense of smaller market franchise. what? cavs owner dan gilbert involved in that nasty back and forth over lebron james sent an e-mail "commission, it would be a travesty to allow the lakers to acquire chris paul in the apparent trade being discussed. this trade should go to a vote of the owners of the hornets. i know the vast majority of owners feel the same way i do. when will we just change the name of 25 of the 30 teams to the washington agagenerals? please advise." they say it was based on basketball reasons. making for an awkward start to the season for pau gasol and lamar odom set to be traded to new orleans and houston as part of the deal. instead they'll be expected to report to practice in los angeles. odom tweeted "when a team trades you and it doesn't go dow

has no intention of resigning with the new orleans hornet. 16 point.be would be spectacular together. lakers give up paul and la mar. rocket part of this in a 3 way deal. stern blocked it for now with small market owner complaining about big market poaching. fran chase currently owned by the league and deal on hold for now. heismann trophy handed out saturday and luck will be there. he picked up other hardware winning the camp award and college football player of the year. luck threw for 35 touch downs. cardinal face oklahoma state in the fiesta bowl. how tough is he. ryan clark yanks his arm to pop the shoulder into place. yike yikes. ben gets it even worse. left ankle bending in a way it's not supposed to. big ben so tough. left then came back. hits brown. weaving 79 yards against cleveland. steelers depet the browns 14-3. stee steelers will come to can stick for a monday night game with a 10 and 3 record. that is your toyota sports report. >> prediction on that game sf. >> about should be low scoring defensive battle, carolyn. it's too early to tell

the clippers welcoming chris paul to the west coast after a trade with the league-owned new orleans hornetsremember, paul was supposed to go to the lakers, but the nba vetoed that deal. the four-time all-star will earn 16.3 million bucks this season and pick up his option with the clippers next year for $17.7 million. as i said, the lakers have tried to acquire paul in a multiteam deal last week but rejected by david stern and the owners. so now he goes just across town to the clippers. >>> spanish golfer sergio garcia clearly unhappy with his play at the thailand golf championship. opening round on the par 3 8th, sergio hits his shot into the water. he's going to try again. and it's another disappointment. so what do you do? like any good golfer, there it goes. yeah. feel the rage. he chucks his 4 iron into the pond. love that. garcia finished with 4 over, 16 strokes behind the leader. he's tied for 100th place and looking for a new 4 iron. >>> coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe," the final debate before people actually start voting in this republican primary. newt defends hi

has no intention of resigning with the new orleans hornet. 16 point. he and kobe would be spectacular together. lakers give up paul and la mar. rocket part of this in a 3 way deal. stern blocked it for now with small market owner complaining about big market poaching. fran chase currently owned by the league and deal on hold for now. heismann trophy handed out saturday and luck will be there. he picked up other hardware winning the camp award and college football player of the year. luck threw for 35 touch downs. cardinal face oklahoma state in the fiesta bowl. how tough is he. ryan clark yanks his arm to pop the shoulder into place. yike yikes. ben gets it even worse. left ankle bending in a way it's not supposed to. big ben so tough. left then came back. hits brown. weaving 79 yards against cleveland. steelers depet the browns 14-3. stee steelers will come to can stick for a monday night game with a 10 and 3 record. that is y

the commissioner, he looked at this and said this trade is not in the best interests of the new orleans hornetsokay? mind you, the league owns the new orleans hornets. so whether that had anything to do with it, nobody knows for sure. but stern said no to the trade. yesterday he came back out and said okay, you two -- you guys with start negotiating again, see if can you come up with some kind of a trade that is fair for everybody. so that's what they're in the process of doing. whether they're able to pull this thing off or not has yet to be seen. but it is pretty complicated. >> all right. what about blake griffin? he can pull this off? or is that yet to be determined? >> blake if, you're watching this, don't quit your day job. this is a good video. you know, during the nba lockout, he made a commercial for red bull. he was supposed think big ping-pong professional ping-pong player gearing up in his first match was against a champion ping-pong player in su yong lee. and, yeah. >> she's got some nice arms on her. >> that's what i said, ooh. and as can you see, he starts off really good. and th

david stern looked at the deal and he said, no, this is not in the best interest of the new orleans hornetsrnets are owned by the nba. so he ixnayed the deal yesterday he said i'm going to give you the clearance to go back to the drawing table and see if you can come up with some kind of trade. they're trying to come up with a fair trade now. whether it gets done this weekend remains to be seen. >> we have a couple of seconds, but i have to show you a favorite clip of the day. blake grip. i shouldn't say he is your favorite clip of the day. >> no. actually, this is pretty funny. this is blake making a red bull commercial, playing a supposed pro ping-pong player. >> there, you've got it. >> that's my favorite clip of the day, yes. staying on an actual player, a championship player. blake thought that he could go one-on-one with her, do a great job. but no, she pretty much schooled him. but to his defense, the outfit she's wearing, i'm sorry, that is not ping-pong official uniform outfit. but he was distracted. >> but you know what? ray doesn't care. you'll still watch it. >> i'll watch it ev

the new orleans hornet attempted to deal him. but the trade again has fallen through.est was a deal to send paul to the l.a. clippers, which was thought to be agreed to. but then the clippers pulled out of the deal late this afternoon. last week, a trade of the l.a. lakers fell through. >>> let's talk college hoops. fang mitchell took his eagles on the road. not aprovide of the big boys. and they hung with the illini. michael harper with the steal and stuff. copcoppin down by 2. with seven minutes left in regulation. but illinois closed out the game with the scoring run. illinois wins it, 80-63, to beat it. coppin now 3-6. finally, the return of a hockey star as they get on hold. star crosby out again, with the return of concussion symptoms. the former mvp set out nearly a year with complications from head injuries. he played just eight games this year, before his latest setback. crosby's return is indefinite at this time. more coming up tonight at 11:00, back to you for now. >> thank you, mark. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, [ male announcer ] are you paying more

los angeles lakers, thought they pulled off a blockbuster trade getting chris paul from the new orleans hornetskers, planning, to send him to houston. lamar odom to the hornets as part of a three team trade. nba commissioner david stern vetoed the trade as hornets are still actually owned by the nba. and it was deemed not in the best interest of the league. very surprising news there. warriors trying to get chris paul. and they have made an offer to free agent, defending world champ, tyson chandler. but reports indicate, chandler is close to inking a deem with the new york eknicks. this would leave the warriors high and dry at least for now. former cam bear quarterback, aaron rodgers won the super bowl last year. this year a good chance the packers will add three more letters to his resume. mvp. rodgers is having a great season. the raiders know they will have their hand full sun day at lambeau. >> get him off his rhythm. some of the time when the ball is coming out quick in the short routes. that gets tougher. you have to have coverage combination to take away the short routes to buy your defe

new orleans and laker fans were salivating over the idea of paul playing with kobe bryant. one hour after the deal was announced the nba killed it. the league owns the new orleans hornetst interest. >>> okay. the legendary life of hollywood icon elizabeth tailor is going up for sale. jeanne moos has a look at prize possessions that could be yours during an auction next week. >> reporter: liz taylor is eyeing her own auction. she is eyeing her jewels. she is eyeing the line of people waiting to get in at kristies. she is watching your back as the clothes off her back go up for bid. from her beaded versaccis. maybe you'd prefer to own her tiara. the one given to her by husband number three, film director who said. >> elizabeth, you are my queen, you must have a crown. >> reporter: she wore yellow the first time she married richard burton. her fifth husband, she wore a kaftan. she never ran out of diamonds. >> it's the size of a cherry. >> reporter: richard burton gave it to her. >> she would call it her baby because she wore it every single day. >> reporter: she even wiggled it at larry king. most people have a jewelry box. what did she have? >> she had a jewelry room. >

commissioner david stern finally gave his blessing for the league-owned new orleans hornets to tradeo make the most exciting one-two punch in the league. who's furious, the other l.a. team. last week stern stopped a deal that would have sent the 26-year-old star to the lakers. a lot of people are criticizing the league saying this whole thing was completely unfair to the lakers and embarrassing to the league. >> paul, on the lakers would have been exciting. >> hamilton county ohio's prosecutor says he won't be filing criminal charges against the players in saturday's bench clearing brawl between the rivals. four players on each team got suspensions ranging from one to six games. the prosecutor says he spoke to both coaches and feels like the schools are doing a good job handling the situation. last night cincinnati played its first game since the fight and won. baylor honored its first ever heisman trophy winner. rg 3 got a chance to watch the doous bell low show early on to slam and then in the second half it gets even better from the deuce. watch him fly in and the windmill. bears

boston, estÁn interesados en hacer una mejora mediante la adquisiciÓn de chris paul de los hornets de new orleansnciar a rondo para conseguirlo. en guatemala, heredia con comunicaciones empataron 1-1, municipal derroto 2-0 a marquense. en honduras olimpia supero 1-0 a marathon. hasta aqui los deportes, buenas

hornets. final seconds, the big shot for the lead and gordon came from the clippers in the paul trade. big day for new orleans. drew brees sets the record and the new-look hornets win their opener 85-84. >>> that's your look at sports on "early today." i'm mario solis. >>> who's getting married? who had a baby? who is fighting over a dog? your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, this is where all dads would like to greet their newborns for the first time, if they're lucky. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today" as we go throughout the week, a lot of wet weather. three or four separate storms move into the pacific northwest. none of them by themselves is blockbuster, big, huge storm. but the cumulative affect, rivers will rise by the weekend. today's forecast from medford, northward. on and off rain. especially in coastal areas. vegas, phoenix, tucson, everyone looking nice. and a peek at wednesday, more of the same. one storm after another. not many dry days until the weekend. partly cloudy and cooler in areas of california tomorrow. >>> if you are wat

hornets. down one to the suns in final seconds and it's gordon hitting the big shot for the lead. gordon came over from the clippers in the paul trade. big day for new orleans brees sets the record and the new-look hornets win their opener 85-84. >>> that's your look at sports on "early today." i'm mario solis. >>> who's getting married? who had a baby? who is fighting over a dog? your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, this is where all dads would like to greet their newborns for the first time, if they're lucky. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." a lot of heavy rain moving up the eastern seaboard. wet snow mixing in over illinois and indiana. temps are warm enough that a lot of that will not accumulate. once we get to tonight, that's when the snow should accumulate. areas like cleveland, erie, maybe even pittsburgh, buffalo, syracuse, that's where you will see snow on the ground. today's forecast, today's a difficult travel day for the east coast. if you're watching us on wvit nbc 30 in hartford, connecticut, in nearby bridgeprij, ring in the new year with a siberian tiger and two new lynx. h

boston, estÁn interesados en hacer una mejora mediante la adquisiciÓn de chris paul de los hornets de new orleansrondo para conseguirlo. les recuerdo que este sabado se viene la pelea de boxeo entre antonio margarito y miguel cotto de esto y mas hablaremos esta noche solo a las once.

hornets. down one to the suns in final seconds and it's gordon hitting the big shot for the lead. gordon came over from the clippers in the paul trade. big day for new orleans. drew brees sets the record and the new-look hornets win their opener 85-84. >>> that's your look at sports on "early today." i'm mario solis. >>> who's getting married? who had a baby? who is fighting over a dog in your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, this is where all dads would like to greet their newborns for the first time, if they're lucky. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." the forecast does have heavy rain coming up the east coast as we go throughout the day today. right now already watching some really heavy rain around atlanta all the way back down through georgia, thunderstorms in the northern portion of florida. eventually we'll get the storm to the north and it will tap into just enough cold air in the back like buffalo, erie, cleveland, maybe detroit, upstate new york. you could see a little snow. not a big blockbuster event but just a little bit. we're quiet in the middle of the country today and tomorro

thursday, david stern killed a trade that would have sent chris paul from new orleans to the l.a. lakers. the hornets had nice value coming. anyone who knows anything about the nba was stunned about that action. now the trade is cemented again, awaiting approval. i am thinking this one gets done. chandler, giving new york in inside presence far greater than anything on staff. chandler led the mavericks to the title last season. the wizards are part of this three-team deal. knicks did not want to pay a million-dollar salary. let's and with a perfect example of why i love sports. you never know if you will see something truly unbelievable. pa montana state lost today. the catch of the year. definitely in the building. by any means necessary. keeps the ball off the turf. thank you, elvis. that was cool. the check of the forecast is coming up. see what kinds of acrobatics he can do. >> here's a look at some of the stories we're working on tonight. a former goodwill employees behind robberies at stores. he is behind bars. how police caught up with him. it has been 30 years since barry levenson's big scree

new orleans. drew brees sets the record and the new-look hornets win their opener 85-84.nd that's your first look at sports. i'm mario solis. >> for another quick look at the weather here's bill karins with a weather channel forecast. >> some snow in the forecast for once and if you look outside right now in st. louis it's snowing pretty good. i'm not sure we really expected it but on the back side it's cold enough that it's falling from the sky. actually a lot of the white you see is rain changing over to snow throughout the ohio valley and, you know, funny to be excited about the first snow of the season at the end of december but that's what we're dealing with in some areas. interstate 70 snow changing from st. louis over to indianapolis, up to ft. wayne, a batch of moderate snow that could accumulate. snow transitioning into detroit, toledo and cleveland towards the end of the day. temperatures pretty warm out there especially the east coast ahead of that storm. we're in the 40s in d.c. and 40s in new york city to start your morning and eventually it will move into th

new orleans star point guard practiced with his hornets teammates on monday.oposed trade that would have sent him to the los angeles clippers was rejected because the price was too high. an earlier trade by the lakers was rejected by the league. but they are trying to work out a new clippers deal. >>> nhl star sydney crosby of pittsburgh is out again with concussion-like symptoms. crosby collided with a teammate last week in boston and had to leave the game. the penguins star only returned to action in november after being out for ten months because of concussion. >>> well, when we return, another look at this morning's top stories and illegal immigration. the supreme court prepares to take up arizona's harsh new law. the supreme court prepares to take up arizona's harsh new law. captain, we have to keep going! [ growling ] one step at a time. come on, snowy. look! did you ever see a more beautiful sight? captain! it's just a mirage. - snowy? what is it, boy? - [ barks ] what do you see? [ yipping ] [ woman announcing ] just like snowy, your dog's one of a kin

hornets. under pressure, eric gordon nails the jumper to put new orleans up by one with less than five on the lock. then phoenix loses the ball. after the inbounds pass, the hornets survive. the suns 85-84. >>> in charlotte, the clock is winding down and augustine to the hoop, giving them a one-point lead over the bucks. then mike dunleavy takes the desperation shot for the win, and it bounces off the rim. bobcats over the bucks, 96-95. >>> when we come back, another look at this morning's top stories and the japanese obsession with beethoven's ninth. is this your normal? jamie lee curtis?? oh, hi, yes...wow, you really went all out on the decorations, huh?! yeah, but i'm so slow taking them down after all the fatty holiday food. but that's normal. what do you mean that's normal? it doesn't have to be. to me, normal, means feeling good inside. not slow. try some activia. activia helps with occasional irregularity, when eaten 3 times a day. keep a video diary and let me know about your new normal. love your new normal or it's free. ,, hey, i got a leak ! yoo hoo ! wait a minute, come back ! um,

the hornet also send paul to los angeles in exchange new orleans will get gordon and two others plusirst round pick. now you have paul at guard, griffin at center. that is a golden ticket. and warriors, brown. the center officially joined them today after signing his deal. now a serviceable big man he still remembered most for being the bust draft number one out of high school ten years ago. >> i'm a 29-year-old, aim a father and -- my kids google now and everything that i want to do now on and off the court is positive. >> lot of steeler fans googling this guy's name tonight. the steelers saying ben is a game time decision for monday night showdown with the 49ers. big ben only -- he sprained his left ankle in thursday's win over clef land. he missed practice today. is he walking around in a walking boot. if he can't go charlie will start. >> what point will you find out? if you are the guy? >> the game is on monday wouldn't surprise me if i found out on monday. >> yeah. ben is going. the raiders, must win this sunday, yes chris paul -- once again if he had been a warrior, it would h

landscape the league vetoing a trade which would have sent new orleans player chris paul to the star laden los angeles lakers now the hornets are currently owned by the league itself allowing him to be officials to intervene and yvel a paying three team trade citing but full reasons the move would have seen the twenty six year old head to california in exchange for a big man lamar odom's paga sole houston they're also in. deal would have snagged a soul from the hornets in return for louis school like kevin martin who are on drugs on the twenty twelve first round draft pick post contract whoever expires in the summer then he can move legally. just one game in the national football league on thursday ahead of the big sunday slate ben roethlisberger showing he needs a little more than a leg to stand on helping his steelers see off cleveland while playing through a painful uncle sprain pittsburgh seven three off in the second quarter when big band took a massive suck on this helped off the field immediately but injury didn't keep the twenty nine year old in the changing room for too long though strolling in the second half to f

hornets are saint patrick's day. there was a trade that was supposed to send new orleans's chris paul to the lakers, that was nixed byommissioner. several small market owners thought the trade negatively impacted competitive balance. as of now the trade is still on hold. >>> we've got some game of the week special for you coming up tonight. drama, two games of the week. 8000 of you voted and it was so close, we couldn't figure out who won. edison, tc williams, oxen hill. two games, not where just one tonight. >>> excitement all over. >>> let's give you an update before we get out of the show tonight. one more update in the suspect in yesterday's virginia tech shooting. you are looking at a picture. police have identified this man here as the gunman. a 22-year-old college student ross truth ashley. they say ashley killed a campus police officer, then willed himself and they also say ashley had stolen a car wednesday from a real estate office in radford, about 15 miles from virginia tech. more on this at 7:00. >>> thank you for staying with us. good night, everybody.

hornets and nba could not resist. they said eric gordon, chris kaman, and first round pick to new orleans for paul and a pair of second rounders. paul agreed to exercise a $17.7 million option, making him a clipper until 2013. paul's a clipper and dwight howard remains a member of the orlando magic. according to the team, he'll be there for a while. they pulled him off the trade market. >>> hockey, the best in the west, blackhawks and wild. looked like chicago would run away it with it. marian hossa and michael frolik, scored 89 seconds apart but minnesota rallied, tying in third. koivu with the equalizer. after a scoreless overtime, patrick kane won it in a shoot time and scored in the empty net. blackhawks won their fifth in a row 4-3. >>> chicago was playing well but no team is playing better than the bruins who kept it going against senators. paille scored a pair. boston atop the eastern conference after a 5-2 win over the senators. >>> finally with the iowa caucus just weeks away a new candidate making a late push for the republican nomination. according to public policy polling, tim tebow has a better net favora

hornets approved officially tonight. they sent gordon and chris kamen to new orleans.he hot ticket in the land of the lakers, no doubt. >>> life has not been the same for baron davis, or the warriors really since he left abruptly a few years ago. what they're calling amnestied. the cavaliers would rather pay out his salary, so they don't have him on the team. in this case, cleveland will pay baron davis $27 million to get out of town. >>> man with a rubber arm, guillermo mota will again make his way out of the giants bullpen, i'm sure on many occasion. always seems ready and willing to pick up the baseball. he will receive a 1 year, $1 million contract, in other words, just kind of lunch money for barry zito. >>> fox network and the nfc will continue doing business together. nine year extension on their current contract through 2022. it's already been agreed upon. the translation means the 49ers are going to stay right here for the most part on channel 2, and i think everybody's pretty happy about that, around here anyway. that's the sporting life for a wednesday night

hornets approved officially tonight. they sent gordon and chris kamen to new orleans.icket in the land of the lakers, no doubt. >>> life has not been the same for baron davis, or the warriors really since he left abruptly a few years ago. what they're calling amnestied. the cavaliers would rather pay out his salary, so they don't have him on the team. in this case, cleveland will pay baron davis $27 million to get out of town. >>> man with a rubber arm, guillermo mota will again make his way out of the giants bullpen, i'm sure on many occasion. always seems ready and willing to pick up the baseball. he will receive a 1 year, $1 million contract, in other words, just kind of lunch money for barry zito. >>> fox network and the nfc will continue doing business together. nine year extension on their current contract through 2022. it's already been agreed upon. the translation means the 49ers are going to stay right here for the most part on channel 2, and i think everybody's pretty happy about that, around here anyway. that's the sporting life for a wednesday night. gasia.

the hornets have agreed to send paul to los angeles in exchange new orleans receiving eric gordon and two others plus a first round pick. the nba rejected a trade last week that would have sent paul to the lakers. so now he goes to their so cal rival and that ought to be fun. >>> oakland hosts the lions there weekend at the coliseum. both teams are in similar situations in the play-off picture. raiders need to win to remain in the conversation. hue jackson thinks some of his team's mojo hinges on his facial hair. >> yeah, well, this is going to go. i have had about enough of this. i have been told by players that there's a group of them that like it, another group that don't like it. i have done it for several different reasons but i think it's time for this thing to go. i think when i was clean we were doing pretty good. so i'm going to go change this here pretty soon. >>> the 49ers got some good news. steelers linebacker james harrison is going to appeal the one game suspension he received for this hit on browns quarter mccoy last week. that' a no-no. a decision could come down tomo

hornets and rockets are hoping to reconfigure the trade that was going to send paul to l.a. commissioner david stern blocked the deal saying it's not good enough for the league's new orleans franchiserket owners have complained about the trade so they will try to rework it. >>> huge loss for the portland trail blazers. brandon roy must retire at the age of 27. his knees, bone on bone, no cartilage left. roy averaged 19 points a game. there's no way he can continue playing. and this is unbelievable. gilbert arenas, released by the orlando magic in one of those amnesty deals. you won't believe how much the magic still have to pay gilbert arenas. $62 million! that was the balance of his contract. arenas gets $62 million to leave. wow! hard enough to beat the green bay packers, but the raiders will try to do it short-handed. darren mcfadden remains out. moore and jacoby is still hurt. raiders go into green bay as the underdogs facing the defending super^bowl champs, who are 12-0 this year. silver and black have to have a better effort than they did last week in miami. as they tried to stay atop the afc west in miami. and the big challenge is one that his team welcomes. >> if you want t

hornets and rockets are hoping to recon figurer the trade that was going to send paul to l.a. commissioner david stern blocked the deal saying it's not good enough more the league's new orleans franchisethey will try to rework it. >>> huge loss for the portland trail blazer. he must retire at the age of 27. his knees, bone on bone, no cartilage left. roy averaged 19 points a game. there's no way he can continue playing. and this is unbelievable. gilbert arenas, released by the orlando magic in one of those amnesty deals. you don't believe how many the magic still have to pay gilbert arenas. $62 million! that was the balance of his contract. arenas gets $62 million to leave. wow. hard enough to beat the green bay packers but the raiders will try to do it short answered. darren mcfadden remains out. and jacoby is still hurt. raiders go into green bay as the underdogs facing the defending super^bowl champs who are 12-0 this year. they have to have a better effort than they did last week in miami as they tried to stay atop the afc west in miami. and the big challenge is one that his team welcomes. >> if you want to be the best, you want to play against the best. and these guys are as good