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Top Headlines for May 18, 2012 Big 12, SEC have deal for football champs to play (Yahoo! Sports) Cubs P Kerry Wood retires after 13-plus seasons (Yahoo! Sports) Heat regroup, relax after shocking loss to Pacers (Yahoo! Sports) Hawks keeping Drew as coach for 2012-13 season (Yahoo! Sports) Lakers' Blake, wife target of attacks on Twitter (Yahoo! Sports) ESPN Headlines on Who's In First	College Basketball Headlines for May 18 League's crucial mistake came in looking to the past for a vision of the future ">O'Neil: Marinatto never had a chance as Big East puppet This season's coaching carousel cycle has reinforced a recent trend. For some coaches at mid-major programs, the jump to a BCS school -- and the increased salary and exposure that goes along with it -- isn't all it's cracked up to be.">King: For coaches like Shaka Smart, Brad Stevens and Gregg Marshall, home really is sweet Men's basketball coach Shaka Smart refuses to take full credit for VCU's move to the "premier" Atlantic 10, but he recognized that his team's success boosted the entire athletic program's stock in the eyes of its new conference. ">Smart: Team's success key part to VCU's move SMU athletic director Steve Orsini has been fired, effective immediately.">SMU fires AD Orsini, says change necessary Old Dominion is leaving the Colonial Athletic Association and joining Conference USA.">Old Dominion leaving CAA for Conference USA ESPN Headlines on Who's In First
College Football Headlines for May 18 The Big 12 and SEC are starting their version of the Rose Bowl. And that's bad news for the ACC and Big East.">Schlabach: Big 12-SEC bowl sends shockwaves The champions of the Big 12 and SEC conferences will meet in a New Year's Day bowl game annually beginning with the 2014 season, the conferences said Friday in a news release.">Big 12, SEC champs to play New Year's bowl Boise State, which has been in recent talks with the Mountain West about staying in the league instead of leaving next year, has reaffirmed its commitment to join the Big East, a conference official told ESPN's Joe Schad.">Official: Boise State reaffirms Big East pledge Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer and athletic director Gene Smith acknowledged having committed secondary NCAA violations in recent months, according to a report in The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer.">Report: Ohio State self-reported 46 violations Mississippi sophomore Nickolas Brassell has decided to transfer after losing his academic eligibility.">Mississippi's Brassell to transfer over eligibility ESPN Headlines on Who's In First	MLB Headlines for May 18 The 2013 schedule isn't perfect, but it's a huge step in the right direction">Stark: Even more interleague intrigue in 2013 The Chicago Cubs' Kerry Wood retired on Friday after his final strikeout.">Cubs reliever Wood retires after final strikeout Phillies manager Charlie Manuel has been suspended one game for his nose-to-nose argument with plate umpire Bob Davidson during a game on Tuesday night.">Phillies' Manuel, umpire each get 1-game bans Texas Rangers president and CEO Nolan Ryan said Friday afternoon he expects the club won't provide slugger Josh Hamilton with a new contract during the season.">Ryan doesn't expect a Hamilton deal in season Brian McNamee says some of the medical evidence he saved in a beer can was not used on baseball pitcher Roger Clemens.">McNamee: Some evidence not from Clemens ESPN Headlines on Who's In First
NBA Headlines for May 18 Roy Hibbert stood tallest in leading Indiana to a 2-1 series lead.">Daily Dime The Miami Heat canceled practice and their media availability one day after a blowout loss in Game 3 to the Pacers.">Heat mum after deciding to cancel practice In an effort to revive his NBA career, Greg Oden recently underwent the controversial knee procedure that superstars Kobe Bryant and Alex Rodriguez say took years off their bodies, according to sources.">Sources: Oden had same procedure Kobe had Lakers forward Pau Gasol has won the J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award for his extensive charity work as a UNICEF ambassador.">Lakers' Gasol wins award for NBA's top citizen The Atlanta Hawks have committed to Larry Drew for one more season.">Drew returning for 3rd season as Hawks' coach ESPN Headlines on Who's In First	NFL Headlines for May 18 Saints general manager Mickey Loomis says he isn't taking any of Drew Brees' recent complaints about the slow pace of contract negotiations personally.">Loomis: Brees deal must be right for both sides Junior Seau's death got former New England Patriots linebacker Ted Johnson thinking again about his own career in the NFL and his struggles with post-concussion syndrome after he retired in 2005.">Ex-Pats LB Johnson: Seau death 'tipping point' Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive tackle Brian Price missed the team's OTAs this week after being hospitalized for exhaustion and grief in the wake of his sister's death, his agent has told local media.">Bucs' Price out amid grief over sister's death Free-agent tight end Dallas Clark visited the New England Patriots on Tuesday, according to a league source.">Source: Former Colts TE Clark visits Patriots The Bengals have signed cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick of Alabama, their top pick in the draft. It's the fastest they've gotten a top pick under contract since 2003.">Bengals sign rookie CB Kirkpatrick to max deal ESPN Headlines on Who's In First