| • • • • • • • • • • • • • • With help from the Wolverines, Michigan State jumps Kansas and earns a No. 1 seed">Lunardi: Michigan lifts Spartans to top line • Kobe Bryant and Derek Fisher gathered everyone together in the Lakers' locker room Monday night and tried to set the tone for the second half of the season.">Sources: Lakers have players-only meeting • Dwyane Wade scored 30 points and added 10 assists, Mario Chalmers and Chris Bosh each scored 20 points and the NBA-leading Miami Heat stretched their winning streak to seven games with a 120-108 win over the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday night.">Wade, Heat pound Kings, win seventh straight • Due to a left knee injury, New York Knicks rookie Iman Shumpert will not participate in the NBA's Slam Dunk contest this weekend. He will be replaced by Utah Jazz forward Jeremy Evans.">Knicks guard Shumpert out of dunk contest • Brady Quinn is apologizing to Tim Tebow for unflattering comments Quinn made about the Denver Broncos' starting quarterback in a GQ article.">Quinn sorry for unflattering Tebow remarks • Ben Roethlisberger has met with new Steelers offensive coordinator Todd Haley, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported, citing multiple team sources.">Report: Roethlisberger, Steelers OC Haley met • Dodgers center fielder Matt Kemp said Tuesday that he doesn't believe he should be given the MVP award if the actual winner of the award, Brewers left fielder Ryan Braun, loses his appeal of a 50-game suspension for a positive drug test.">Kemp wouldn't want MVP if Braun loses appeal • Tom Martinez, the longtime coach and mentor of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, died Tuesday on his 66th birthday.">Tom Martinez, mentor to Pats' Brady, dies • How many teams will be allowed to play for the national championship is just one of the many issues being considered by the guys who run the BCS.">BCS brass in no rush to choose playoff system • Maryland coach Randy Edsall has changed his mind and decided to grant former quarterback Danny O'Brien a full release from the program with no transfer restrictions, according to a news statement the school issued Wednesday.">Edsall reverses, grants QB O'Brien full release |