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• SMU fires AD Orsini, says change necessary
  SMU athletic director Steve Orsini has been fired, effective immediately.
  
  
• Ex-Giant Taylor auctioning off Super Bowl ring
  New York Giants Hall of Fame linebacker Lawrence Taylor has put his Super Bowl XXV ring up for auction.
  
  
• Ravens S Reed 'not 100 percent committed'
  Pro Bowl safety Ed Reed said he's "not 100 percent committed right now to playing this year" in an interview Thursday with SiriusXM NFL Radio.
  
  
• Saints' Vilma files defamation suit vs. Goodell
  Suspended Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma has filed a defamation lawsuit against NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.
  
  
• Old Dominion leaving CAA for Conference USA
  Old Dominion is leaving the Colonial Athletic Association and joining Conference USA.
  
  
• Alabama fan charged for lewd act vs. LSU fan
  An Alabama fan has been charged with sexual battery after authorities say he was captured on video performing a simulated sex act on an unconscious LSU fan after the BCS championship game.
  
  
• Welker: Talks with Patriots have 'gotten worse'
  Receiver Wes Welker says talks with Patriots have 'gotten worse.'
  
  
• MLB wild-card winners to host division openers
  Baseball's owners have approved changing the format of this year's division series from a 2-2-1 format to a 2-3 format, giving the team with home-field advantage the last three games of the five-game series.
  
  
• Umenyiora apologizes for Mother's Day tweet
  New York Giants defensive end Osi Umenyiora has apologized to women he offended with his "Happy Mother's Day" wish to LeSean McCoy on Sunday.
  
  
• McNamee concedes lying earlier about steroids
  Brian McNamee, the chief prosecution witness in the Roger Clemens perjury trial, conceded he initially lied about his involvement with steroids.