Still bothered by an injury to his right quads and still on the 15-day DL, New York Yankees 3B Alex Rodriguez says he could return next Tuesday vs. the Baltimore Orioles.

Rodriguez hasn’t seen any action since April 28 and the Yankees have gone 5-7 SU in his absence.

NFL commish Roger Goodell’s meeting with former New England Patriots employee Matt Walsh was pretty much a waste of time.

After a meeting with Walsh this morning, Goodell said that the Walsh tapes turned up no new evidence and that there was no videotape containing a St. Louis Rams walkthrough before the 2002 Super Bowl, where the Pats upset the Rams.

Barring new evidence this case is pretty much closed.

According to an AP report, Annika Sorenstam will retire at the end of this LPGA season.

Sorenstam currently ranks third on the LPGA all-time wins list with 72.

If you follow betting trends, the Under might be the way to go in the series opener between the New York Yankees and the Tampa Bay Rays.

The Under has been the winning side on the Total in five out of the last seven between the two.

Andy Pettitte starts for the Yankees tonight and New York has an Under record of 7-0-1 the last eight times Pettitte has taken the mound.

Tonight’s Total is set at 9.

Even though they’re a heavy favorite to win the NBA championship (+160), the Boston Celtics have one glaring weakness.

The Celtics have yet to win a game on the road these NBA playoffs, sitting at 0-4 ATS and SU.

Boston is on the road again for a game against the Cleveland Cavaliers tonight and is listed at +2.

After beating the Atlanta Braves by a final count of 5-0 earlier today, the Pittsburgh Pirates upped their SU win streak to six.

The Bucs play the Braves again today and start a series in St. Louis tomorrow.

The goaltenders in the Detroit-Dallas Western Conference Final are case studies in polar opposites.

While everyone talks about the Stars’ Marty Turco and his record in the Motor City, Detroit’s Chris Osgood has won eight straight in a row.

Detroit is listed at -120 for Game 3 tonight in Dallas.

Fresh off a 108-84 win over the Boston Celtics in Game 3, the Cleveland Cavaliers are looking to even the series at two a piece.

Cleveland is 5-2 straight up in its last seven games.

The Boston Red Sox have dropped two out of three in their series with the Minnesota Twins so far, can they even the series with a win in the rubber match?

Boston is favored on Money (-136) and Run lines tonight.

Thanks in part to his league high five blown saves, the Milwaukee Brewers have decided to stop using Eric Gagne as the closer for the time being.

Gagne recently expressed frustration with his inability to effectively close out games and manager Ned Yost says he wants to give the relief pitcher what he calls a “mental break”.

Milwaukee will use a “closer by committee” approach and the Brewers are +101 underdogs in a matchup against the St. Louis Cardinals today.