Sports & Celebrity Newswire

MEMPHIS, TN.- FoxSports has chosen St Jude, known for its cancer research, as the charity for the NFL 2010 Season and will promote the children’s hospital throughout the entire NFL season. FoxSports NFL broadcasters Howie Long, Terry Bradshaw, Troy Aikman and Jimmy Johnson felt privileged to recently visit St Jude Hospital to meet some of the patients.

From (L) Curt Menefee, Terry Bradshaw, Michael Strahan, Jimmy Johnson and Howie Long.

During the two day trip to St Jude, the FoxSports crew recorded commercials that will run before and after football games this season on FOX. The children were excited and thrilled, but the ex-football players said it was the children that made the biggest impression.

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PARAMUS, N.J. — Jim Furyk, the world’s #6 golfer, has been disqualified from The Barclays this weekend for missing his 7:30 a.m. EDT tee time for Wednesday’s pro-am.

Professional golfer, Jim Furyk, is rated #6 in the world

Furyk said that he overslept Wednesday after his cell phone alarm clock lost power overnight which caused him to be late for his pro-am tee time in The Barclays. Due to a PGA Tour policy on pro-ams adopted in 2004, PGA Tour officials had no choice but to disqualify him.

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According to Micheal S. Schmidt of the New York Times, Roger Clemens will be indicted for perjury. An official announcement is expected shortly.

Roger Clemens testifies to Congress about his use of performance-enhancing drugs Feb 13, 2008.

The indictment comes nearly two and half years after Clemens and his former trainer Brian McNamee testified under oath at a hearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, directly contradicting each other about whether Clemens had used the banned substances.

The committee held the hearing in February 2008, just two months after McNamee first tied Clemens to the use of the substances in George J. Mitchell’s report on the use of performance-enhancing drugs in baseball. After Mitchell released the report, Clemens launched an attack on McNamee, saying he made up the allegations.

Federal authorities had McNamee cooperate with federal authorities in 2008 to avoid charging him with steroid distribution.

Source: NY Times

Legendary quarterback, Brett Favre, will appear at a 2:30 p.m. EDT press conference in which he is expected to announce that he will return to the NFL for a 20th season. Did Brett Favre really plan to retire this time as he has done so many times in the past or was he just holding our for a better deal?

Brett Favre is back with MN Vikings. Photo Credit: Jeff Wheeler/Minneapolis Star Tribune/MCT

According to NFL sources, the Minnesota Vikings plan to increase Favre’s base salary for this season to $16.5 million instead of the originally planned $13 million he was due under the two-year contract he signed last August. ... Read Full Story

SPRINGFIELD, MA – Magic Johnson showed what a great speaker and class act he is as he graciously accepted the honor of being inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame this past weekend along with his fellow 1992 Olympic Dream Team.

Magic Johnson speaks at Basketball Hall of Fame honoring the 1992 Olympic Dream Team

Photo of 1992 Summer Olympics Dream Team

Johnson honored Chuck Daly (July 20, 1930 – May 9, 2009), who coached the Dream Team to the men’s’ basketball gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics. ... Read Full Story

Rusty Wallace, retired NASCAR driver and current analyst for ESPN, said he would love to be inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame after a recent visit to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. His visit was part of a tour of upstate New York that takes him to Watkins Glen International for a Nationwide Series race Saturday, Aug. 14, and a Sprint Cup race Sunday.

Retired NASCAR legend Rusty Wallace is a popular speaker says PFP Sports Booking Agency

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What is going on at American Idol? It is now reported that Jennifer Lopez is out as an American Idol judge because she has demanded too much money says People Magazine.

Jennifer Lopez is out as American Idol judge due to large money demands says People Magazine.

From PEOPLE:

Jennifer Lopez won’t be a judge on American Idol after all, according to a source close to the situation.

The singer-actress had been closing a deal to be a permanent judge on the show for its upcoming 10th season but the deal fell apart.

“Her demands got out of hand,” says the source. “Fox had just had enough.”

Source PEOPLE

The buzz is that Steven Tyler has not yet signed a contract… and has Kara been officially fired yet? Oh the drama!

Holy Cow! Did you see this catch from Tuesday night’s Nippon Professional Baseball game between the Yokohama BayStars and Hiroshima Carp? This could go down as the greatest catch ever made in baseball history.

Masato Akamatsu makes amazing catch in Yokohama BayStars and Hiroshima Carp game

Yokohama Bay Stars Shuichi Murata slugger hit a drive destined to be go over the wall, but Hiroshima Carp outfielder, Masato Akamatsu, leaped into the air, scaled the wall, making what is being called “The Spiderman Catch”, robbing Murata of a home run. ... Read Full Story

Dancing With The Stars loves the sports world and NFL quarterback, Kurt Warner is no exception. The Washington Post reports that Kurt Warner, former quarterback of The Arizona Cardinals, will compete on the upcoming fall season of Dancing With the Stars.

Kurt Warner is a popular Christian Speaker and sports motivational speaker at PFP booking agency.

Last week TMZ reported that ex-Dallas Cowboys quarterback, Troy Aikman, would appear on DWTS, but Aikman via his Twitter made a joke of it. ... Read Full Story

UPDATE: Favre now says he has not decided whether he is retiring. Should we be surprised?

Senior NFL Writer Jay Glazer reports that Favre has told The Minnesota Vikings team that he will not return to football. This will make it three times now that Favre has retired. Because Favre has changed his mind so many times, it is hard to say that his retirement is official.

Brett Favre expected to retire from the NFL making this his third time to retire.

According to a series of tweets from Judd Zulgad of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, “Brett Favre began telling Vikings officials last night he will NOT return for a 20th season.” Another said that “Favre is expected to issue a press release later today.” The quarterback’s ankle injury may be one reason that Favre is reluctant to play this year. ... Read Full Story