he's as uncertain as yao.is there's really not a lot of difference in some ways except that they know the course of treatments with mcgrady. he had the microfracture surgery. he begins on-court workouts. that's very, very telling portion of his rehab begins next month. with artest, he's a free agent. does he come back to a team with this much uncertainty? by the time he's making that decision, the rockets would have a much better idea of yao's course of treatment and prognosis than they have now. and so that might work itself out in the time it takes for artest to make that kind of a decision, and then the other thing that we kind of know about ron is he has such great confidence in himself and in the rockets as they were at the end of the year that he could feel we got me, we got some of these guy, we're okay that. would be sort of the typical ron way the look at it. so some of the same things he will have to weigh with yao out he was going to be weighing anyway. and the rockets are in a situation to offer hi

yao ming's future in doubt, his foot injury not healing like it should.have the latest from south texas. manny ramirez lit up the minor league with his presence. we'll find out if he lit up his final league start with his bat. the toronto blue jays couldn't be happier, with the a's going for win number 11. >> what's up? welcome to "our house." keeping you current on espnews. i'm the coach why, don't we start with the two best national league teams out west. >> the dodgers await the return of manny ramirez later in the week. l.a. opened a three-game home set against the rockies. colorado having won 20 out of its last 23. the team can't seem to put a run on the board. randy wolf the starter for the dodgers. the dodgers 8-1 against the rockies this season. l.a. has lost four out of its last five overall. >> monday night, manny ramirez made his final minor league rehab appearance. dhg for class a. a single in his first at-bat. second at-bat not as productive. he struck out on three pitchers. ramirez expected to work out at dodger stadium on tuesday and wednes

yao ming's future in doubt as his foot injury is not healing like it should. we have the latest from south texas. manny ramirez has lit up the minor league with his presence. we'll find out if he lit up his final rehab start with his bat and the toronto blue jays couldn't be happier to have halladay back but would he be rusty against the rays? let's start right now. >> keep it current on espnews, alongside mike, i'm the coach, why don't we start with the two best national league teams out west. >> that's where we begin as the dodgers await the return of manny ramirez later in the week. l.a. opened a three-game home set against the rockies on monday night. colorado having won 20 out of its last 23. we are now tied at two, bottom of the fifth, spilborghs, two run south. wolf helping his own cause, tying the game at 2-2. the dodgers 8-1 against the rockies this season. monday night, manny ramirez made his final minor league rehab appearance, this is a single in his first at-bat. so manny out of the box early but then he whiffed on three pitches in his second at-b

yao ming's future in doubt as his foot injury is not healing like it should. we have the latest from south texas. manny ramirez has lit up the minor leagues with his presence. we find out if he lit it up with his bat. the toronto blue jays should be happy to have halladay back. roger federer on a date with destiny. number 15 is now within sight. let's start right now. >> what's up? what do we have to keep you current. alongside mark morgan, i'm the coach. why don't we start with two of the best national league teams playing out west. >> as the dodgers await the return of ramirez later in the week, l.a. opened against the rockies. dodgers have won eight of nine games between these two teams this season. bottom of the seventh inning, we're tied at 2-2. spilborghs has two home runs. wolf out of the game as you see, but wolf helped his own cause with a two-run single in the fifth tying the game at 2-2. as soon as this one goes final, highlights right here on espnews. >> monday night manny ramirez made his final minor league appearance. manny, dhg for class a inlan

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. >> yao ming, dwight howard, lebron james, derek rose. >> it's every cavaliers fan's worst nightmare and a dream come true for every new yorker from lynn brook to little fallses. lebron in a knicks uniform. the franchise has made no bones about shedding cap room on the 2010 free agent class of which lebron is valedictorian. with a preview of the entire atlantic division, here's mat winer, avery rose and jalen. >> the celtics couldn't deliver on another world championship thanks to kevin garnett's injury in part. the knicks will select eighth in the draft. what are they looking for in >> the new york knicks need a lot of help in all positions but mainly at the point guard spot. the knicks are definitely looking for a quarterback in this draft to start moving forward. also they need help at the five spot. you know, they need help with a big guy that can post up, get some points in the paint for him. the knicks are looking at the point guard spot and the five position. >> the raptors will select one spot after the knicks. what's on their to do list? >> shooting guard. you want a player

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their center yao ming suffered the broken left foot. the injury not healing. you averaged nearly 20 points and ten rebounds in 77 games last season. he missed the last few games of their postseason series with the lakers because of a foot injury. the team physician tom clanton released a statement saying: >> baseball news. after going hitless in his first two game, manny ramirez went 2-2 with a home run in his last rehab start. the dodgers' slugger will play in his final minor league game tonight. he's expected to rejoin his teammates july 3rd when the suspension is lifted. every single at-bat you've been able to see and hear live on espnews. that not going to change. the at-bats tonight. we will have them once again, live at-bats from manny ramirez in his final rehab start on espnews. >> he's great. >> he's accurate. that's why. congratulations. >> you're saying cubs' fans are stupid? >> ozzie is not crazy. i agree with the portions about that being more of place to be, more of place to be seen and more of a place to go ahead and have party-like atmosphere th