01/01 Kobe Bryant hit a 17-foot fallaway jumper with 1.9 seconds left, and the Lakers rallied in the fourth quarter to snap their three-game losing streak. - Associated Press

01/01 Terrell Owens is headed to Cincinnati to see if the Bengals are interested in adding him to their stalled-out passing game. - Associated Press

01/01 Twins reliever Joe Nathan has been diagnosed with a torn ligament in his right elbow, leaving the team without a proven closer less than a month from Opening Day, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported. - Associated Press

01/01 The Browns released former Pro Bowl quarterback Derek Anderson one day after the acquiring Seneca Wallace in a trade with the Seahawks. - James Walker

01/01 Carl Edwards will not be suspended for intentionally wrecking Brad Keselowski's car during last weekend's NASCAR race in Atlanta. - ESPN.com news services

01/01 Kansas City signed running back Thomas Jones to a two-year deal worth $5 million, a league source told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter. - ESPN.com news services

01/01 Mike Dunleavy is out as general manager of the Los Angeles Clippers, barely a month after relinquishing his head coaching duties. - Associated Press

01/01 Rafer Alston is content with his decision to leave the Heat, because it wasn't about losing his starting job. - Ric Bucher

01/01 LaDainian Tomlinson - ESPN.com news services

01/01 Top draft pick Stephen Strasburg has made his spring training debut for the Washington Nationals, pitching two scoreless innings against the Detroit Tigers. - Associated Press

01/01 Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick says the possible expansion of the Big Ten could create changes in major college football that force the Fighting Irish to give up their football independence. - Associated Press

01/01 Hal Steinbrenner says the New York Yankees won't alter their policy against contract extensions and will deal with Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera and Joe Girardi after the season. - Associated Press

01/01 Dozens of protesters lined up outside a banquet hall where Michael Vick received an award on the same day the Eagles exercised their option on him. - ESPN.com news services

01/01 The WNBA's Tulsa Shock will hold a news conference Wednesday at 11 a.m. ET to announce the signing of former track star Marion Jones. - ESPN.com news services

01/01 Alex Rodriguez says he is "at ease, no matter what" with his relationship with a Canadian sports doctor embroiled in a cross-border drug smuggling investigation involving human growth hormone and another drug. - Associated Press