Rockets center Yao Ming's broken left foot could be a "career-threatening" injury.
Dr. Tom Clanton, the Houston Rockets' team physician, told the Houston Chronicle on Monday that Yao's injury "has the potential for him missing this next season and could be career-threatening."
Yahoo! Sports first reported the Rockets and Yao's representatives were concerned the 7-foot-6 All-Star would never play again. Yahoo! Sports quoted "multiple league executives, officials close to Yao and two doctors with knowledge of the diagnoses."
Yao suffered a hairline fracture of the tarsal navicular bone late in a May 8 playoff game against the Los Angeles Lakers.
Thousands attend funeral for coach
Thousands of mourners gathered to remember a slain high school football coach as a man of faith who believed in leading by example.
Family, friends and former players packed into a church, community center and parking lot for the funeral for Ed Thomas, the 58-year-old longtime coach at Aplington-Parkersburg High School who was gunned down Wednesday in the school weight room.
Authorities have charged Mark Becker, a 24-year-old former player at Aplington-Parkersburg, with first-degree murder. He remained in the Cerro Gordo County jail on a $1 million bond.
Kentucky seeks to move Gillispie lawsuit
The University of Kentucky Athletics Association says former basketball coach Billy Gillispie has sued the wrong people and in the wrong place.
The athletics association has asked a federal judge in Texas to either dismiss Gillispie's lawsuit over his firing or move the case to Kentucky. In a motion filed Friday in federal court, the association's attorneys say the school has minimum contact with the state of Texas, giving the court there no jurisdiction to hear Gillispie's claims.
The association's attorneys also claim the University of Kentucky, not the athletics association, hired Gillispie and paid him.
Gillispie sued the University of Kentucky Athletics Association in federal court in Dallas on May 27, claiming fraud and breach of contract. Gillispie claims the school never intended to sign him to long-term deal.
Tortorella, Gordon
join Olympic staff
Ron Wilson's coaching staff for the U.S. Olympic hockey team is complete, with the addition of assistants John Tortorella and Scott Gordon.
Tortorella coaches the New York Rangers and Gordon coaches the New York Islanders.
Wilson, the coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs, was appointed Olympic coach in April. The latest staff decisions for next year's games were announced Monday by USA Hockey.
Brewers minor leaguer suspended 100 games
Milwaukee Brewers prospect Jeremy Jeffress was suspended for 100 games Monday after his third violation of baseball's minor league program for a drug of abuse.
A 21-year-old right-hander, Jeffress also was suspended for 50 games on Aug. 30, 2007. He was Milwaukee's top pick in the 2006 amateur draft and received a $1.55 million signing bonus.
Colt baseball
Avella remained unbeaten with a 9-6 over Canonsburg in West Penn Colt.
Jesse Noble got the win for Avella (16-0). Zak McKown doubled and Will Fox took the loss for Canonsburg (8-6).
Pony baseball
Dylan Pounds pounded out three triples and drove in six runs as Chartiers-Houston No. 1 advanced to the Greater Route 50 Pony championship with a 15-5 win over Fort Cherry in five innings.
Winning pitcher Shawn Banish also doubled. Joe Luisi also doubled for Chartiers-Houston No. 1, which plays Burgettstown in a double-elimination championship.
Joe Andrews doubled for Fort Cherry.