After avoiding public comment through weeks of speculation about his football future, Brett Favre is speaking for himself: He wants to play but doesn't feel welcome in Green Bay, so he's asking to be released.

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Ryan Newman is leaving Penske Racing at the end of the current season. He's been projected as a possible teammate for Tony Stewart on the two-time NASCAR champion's new team.

Cliff Lee of the Cleveland Indians and Milwaukee ace Ben Sheets have been picked as the starting pitchers for Tuesday night's All-Star game at Yankee Stadium.

All Star Catcher Brian McCann homered and drove in three runs to beat Padres

Alabama football color analyst Ken Stabler is taking a leave of absence for the upcoming season.

Brett Favre wants the Green Bay Packers to release him so he can return to the NFL with another team, according to an ESPN report.

Olympic swimmer Eric Shanteau is heading to Beijing with a devastating diagnosis: He has testicular cancer.

Three Auburn golfers have been named 2008 Cleveland Golf All-America Scholars by the Golf Coaches Association of America.

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Next year, Tony Stewart will get a chance to experience victory lane as a team owner as well as a driver.

Bruce Arians has long since moved on from the infamous play that helped cost Alabama an Iron Bowl victory.

Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Matt Jones faces a felony drug charge in his former college town after police say they found him inside a car cutting up cocaine with a credit card.

JaMychal Green, a former prep school standout at Montgomery's St. Jude High School, has been named to the USA Basketball men's under-18 national team.

Chicago Bulls point guard Derrick Rose sat out the team's summer league game Wednesday with tendinitis in his right knee.

Joe Gibbs racing has agreed to let driver Tony Stewart out of his contract at the end of the season. It was due to expire at the finish of the 2009 campaign.

Construction crews will begin work on Auburn's new basketball arena on Monday.

Jair Jurrjens pitched six solid innings, batterymate Brian McCann homered twice and Yunel Escobar hit a three-run double, leading the Atlanta Braves to a 9-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night.

The Tournament Finals are scheduled for Thursday at the Westgate Tennis Center in Dothan.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - Alabama safety Rashad Johnson has been named to the watch list for the Jim Thorpe Award.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida State's inexperienced offensive line has thinned out even further.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Martin Truex's bid to make the Chase for the championship took a severe hit Tuesday when NASCAR penalized his team 150 points for bringing an illegal car to Daytona.

The Atlanta Braves have signed right-handed reliever Julian Tavarez, who will join his third team of the season.

Hiroki Kuroda took a perfect game into the eighth inning and settled for a one-hitter, leading Los Angeles to a 3-0 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Monday night.

Imprisoned quarterback Michael Vick is seeking bankruptcy protection, saying he owes between $10 million and $50 million to creditors.