AP - Ron Artest is joining Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers.

AP - Houston Rockets All-Star center Yao Ming will have to wait up to a week before he knows whether he will need surgery on his broken left foot.

AP - Jeremy Mayfield missed the deadline to enter this weekend’s race after successfully fighting NASCAR to get back behind the wheel following a failed random drug test.

AP - The Houston Rockets have reached a multiyear deal with free agent Trevor Ariza, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press on Thursday night.

AP - For the eighth time in 10 years, the Wimbledon women’s trophy will be lifted by a Williams. The Williams sisters are back in the final again — Venus for the eighth time and Serena for the fifth. And it’s the fourth Williams-vs.-Williams final at the All England Club and eighth in a Grand Slam title match.