USA Today "Seattle Seahawks tight end Anthony McCoy suffered a torn Achilles tendon during organized team activities this week and underwent surgery on Thursday repair the injury, a person informed of the diagnosis told USA TODAY Sports. The person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the team..." May 24

CBSSports.com "Former Baltimore linebacker Ray Lewis finished his career on top of the football world in February when his Ravens beat the 49ers in Super Bowl XLVII. Now Lewis is headed to the top of the actual world. The retired linebacker plans to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro -- the tallest freestanding mountain in..." May 24

USA Today "The strange odyssey of former Detroit Lions receiver Titus Young took another odd detour Friday when Young, who has been jailed since May 11, learned he would be charged with three new counts, bringing his total to 11. The three new counts were mentioned Friday at a pretrial hearing in Orange..." May 24

ESPN Chicago "A member of the Green Bay Packers is going to miss Brian Urlacher? That's right. Aaron Rodgers said on "The Jim Rose Show" that the Chicago Bears middle linebacker, who retired Wednesday, was his "favorite player to play against." "I just have the utmost amount of respect for him, the way he..." May 24

Akron Beacon Journal "Just when Browns running back Trent Richardson was moving on from his injury-plagued rookie season, he suffered another setback. Richardson sat out the final practice of this week’s organized team activities Thursday with a strained lower-leg muscle in his shin. Coach Rob Chudzinski said..." May 24

New York Post "Curtis Granderson was the first one back from the disabled list and it appears Mark Teixeira will be the second, with Kevin Youkilis a close third. “He could start a rehab [assignment] Tuesday in Trenton [Double-A],’’ general manager Brian Cashman said yesterday after Teixeira worked out at the..." May 24

Boston Globe "The Red Sox placed third baseman Will Middlebrooks and outfielder Shane Victorino on the 15-day disabled list, the team announced Friday. Infielder Jose Iglesias and pitcher Alfredo Aceves were called up from Triple A Pawtucket, and Iglesias will start tonight's game vs. the Indians at third..." May 24

ESPN.com "Toronto Blue Jays left-hander J.A. Happ said a package containing a knee brace didn't arrive Thursday as hoped, so Friday will be the earliest he'll try throwing outdoors since he suffered injuries in a graphic May 7 episode. Happ, 30, has been rehabbing at Toronto's minor league complex..." May 24

Los Angeles Times "All signs are pointing toward Jered Weaver's returning to the rotation next week, but the team won't make a final decision until the right-hander throws in the bullpen this weekend. "It's very encouraging," Manager Mike Scioscia said. "We're going to see how he comes out of his bullpen, and if..." May 24

CBSSports.com "Left-handed reliever Sean Marshall has been placed on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to Tuesday, with a sprained left shoulder, the Reds announced Friday. As a corresponding move, lefty Manny Parra has been activated from his DL stint. This marks the second stint on the disabled list for..." May 24

CSN Bay Area "As was expected, Golden State Warriors center Andris Biedrins will exercise his player option and return to the Bay Area for the 2013-14 season, according to his agent Bill Duffy. Biedrins, 27, held a player option for next season that will pay him $9 million for the final year of his six-year,..." May 24

New Orleans Times-Picayune "New Orleans Pelicans starting point guard Greivis Vasquez is scheduled to undergo minor surgery on Friday to remove loose particles from both ankles, a league source confirmed Thursday night. The surgery, which will occur in Los Angeles, is similar to what starting shooting guard Eric Gordon..." May 24

Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel "For all the talk of the knee toward the groin area of Indiana Pacers center Roy Hibbert by Miami Heat forward Shane Battier in Game 1 of the NBA Eastern Conference finals, and for all those YouTube clips of Heat guard Norris Cole landing a shot to the same area of Pacers forward David West in..." May 24

Michigan Live "Five weeks into the Detroit Pistons' coaching search, the blend of deliberate diligence, retention of a luminary consultant and attendant delays while he was consulted, and roughly one-third of the NBA seeking new coaches from similar candidate pools have not affected the Pistons much. That..." May 24

Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel "This time it was unanimous for LeBron James. Unlike the media vote for 2013 Most Valuable Player, which left him one first-place vote shy of becoming the NBA's first unanimous MVP, the Miami Heat forward was listed first-team on each of the 119 media ballots when the league released its All-NBA..." May 24

New York Post "The bad news came with an early-morning phone call, as it often does. When Brad Richards picked it up Thursday, the voice he heard was that of his coach, John Tortorella, telling him for the first time in his postseason career he would be a healthy scratch. That’s what he was last night at..." May 24

The Globe and Mail "Words being an imperfect means of communication, they can only reveal so much about what someone is truly thinking. The instinct, especially when it comes to sports fans and commentators, is put people on the couch, as it were. Several thousand have done so over the past day or two to try..." May 24

CBSSports.com "The Dallas Stars are rebranding with a new logo, new uniforms and perhaps a new attitude. Naturally, the organization is pretty excited about the coming changes, with plans to unveil them all on June 4. Everything has been kept under wraps, but the Stars might have accidentally let the cat out..." May 24

Edmonton Journal "Gagner can be a UFA in one year, and Mac does not want to see that happen. “Sam likes it here, he has been a valuable member of our team and is always trending up and he’ll be a guy that we’ll be looking to sign.” My take? This is good news. Gagner is heading into his prime years as a..." May 24

Arizona Republic "Coyotes General Manager Don Maloney is in the midst of negotiating a contract extension with the NHL and is close to completing a new deal, a league source confirmed. No timeline for when the contract might be finalized has been set. Maloney’s current deal expires this off-season, as does..." May 24