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Pats coach says of ex-employee Walsh: 'There's not a lot of credibility'

Paul Pompa Jr., owner of Kentucky Derby winner Big Brown, is a blue-collar New Yorker without pretense in an industry loaded with it.

Two Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee said yesterday they don't think Congress should get involved in the NFL's investigation of the videotaping scandal involving the New England Patriots.

OK, we're going to Game 7, but can the Cavs take pride in their 74-69 win over the Celtics? LeBron James can. Mike Freeman is disgusted. A win here could have proved Boston's mettle, but the Celtics clank it up.

The key to turning the Yankees season around could be under Jason Giambi's pinstriped pants. The Yankee slugger revealed Friday he slips on a gold lamé thong he's trying to get out of a hitting slump - and he's shared it with his teammates.

What were you doing Sept. 3, 2007? Wondering how many games in front the Mets would finish? A sweet thought. Or spending closing day at Saratoga, watching a runaway winner in the fifth race? Funny, so was Kent Desormeaux.

Disgraced NBA referee Tim Donaghy bet on more than 100 games that he worked, the feds disclosed Friday. Donaghy, 41, pleaded guilty to passing inside info and betting recommendations to his friends, who placed wagers on the games.

Melvin Mora and Ramón Hernández both returned to the Baltimore Orioles' lineup Friday night after being sidelined with minor injuries.

LeBron James scores 32 as Cavaliers beat Celtics to force Game 7

The cleveland cavaliers defeated the boston celtics on Friday to even their best-of-7 Eastern Conference semifinal series 3-3. Game 7 is Sunday in Boston.