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Heat center Shaquille O’Neal is no fan of the new basketballs to be used by the NBA this season, and isn’t afraid to say so.

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The Yankees won five of the seven meetings against the Tigers this season with the only two losses coming when Detroit rallied in the ninth inning. In both games, closer Mariano Rivera wasn’t available for New York.

If Barry Bonds is back with the San
Francisco Giants next season, and that still seems to be a big if,
owner Peter Magowan said the slugger will not be the centerpiece of
the roster any longer.

A South Australian shearer has set an unofficial world record by shearing 1,054 merino lambs in 40 hours.

Programmers, entrepreneurs, students and lawyers gather in mid-town Manhattan for an ad hoc conference on the latest web trends. Participation is required and shoes are not allowed. David Cohn reports from New York City.

An internal memo reveals that Wal-Mart plans to implement pay caps and increase the percentage of part-time employees from 20 to 40 percent.

Washington Times editorial: House Speaker Dennis Hastert must do the only right thing, and resign his speakership at once.

On his syndicated radio show Sunday night, Matt Drudge lay some of the blame for Mark Foley’s sexually explicit instant messaging chats on teen pages: “You just have to tune into any part of their pop culture. You’re not going to tell me these are innocent babies. Have you read the transcripts that ABC posted going into the weekend of these instant messages, back and forth? The kids are egging the Congressman on! The kids are trying to get this out of him.”

World Trade Center rose to the top of the foreign box office with $12.6 million…

Reuters: Democrats called on the White House on Friday to explain a congressional report showing many contacts with Jack Abramoff, but aides to President George W. Bush dismissed the notion the disgraced lobbyist wielded any influence.

Pete Rose says he took “greenies” in his playing days, if only to lose a few pounds. Oh, and he doesn’t bet on baseball anymore, but if he did, he’d pick the Twins and the Padres.