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• Welker: Talks with Patriots have 'gotten worse'
  Receiver Wes Welker says talks with Patriots have 'gotten worse.'
  
  
• Umenyiora apologizes for Mother's Day tweet
  New York Giants defensive end Osi Umenyiora has apologized to women he offended with his "Happy Mother's Day" wish to LeSean McCoy on Sunday.
  
  
• Blue Jays' Lawrie drops suspension appeal
  Blue Jays third baseman Brett Lawrie has dropped his appeal of a four-game suspension by Major League Baseball for throwing a batting helmet that bounced and hit an umpire.
  
  
• Rays 2B Rhymes passes out after hit by pitch
  A scary moment occurred Wednesday when Tampa Bay Rays second baseman Will Rhymes collapsed and passed out on the field in the bottom of the eighth inning because of what the Rays called an adrenaline rush after he was hit in the elbow by a pitch.
  
  
• MLB wild-card winners to host division openers
  Baseball's owners have approved changing the format of this year's division series from a 2-2-1 format to a 2-3 format, giving the team with home-field advantage the last three games of the five-game series.
  
  
• Old Dominion leaving CAA for Conference USA
  Old Dominion is leaving the Colonial Athletic Association and joining Conference USA.
  
  
• McNamee concedes lying earlier about steroids
  Brian McNamee, the chief prosecution witness in the Roger Clemens perjury trial, conceded he initially lied about his involvement with steroids.
  
  
• Could A's leave Bay? Selig raises possibility
  Baseball commissioner Bud Selig says it's up to Oakland owner Lew Wolff to decide whether to consider additional sites for a new ballpark for the Athletics, raising the possibility of a move from the Bay Area.
  
  
• Thunder rally late to edge Lakers, lead 2-0
  Kevin Durant scored 22 points, including the go-ahead basket with 18 seconds left, and the Oklahoma City Thunder scored rallied for a 77-75 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals Wednesday night.
  
  
• Ex-Giant Taylor auctioning off Super Bowl ring
  New York Giants Hall of Fame linebacker Lawrence Taylor has put his Super Bowl XXV ring up for auction.