1:05 PM Roger Federer loses in the ATP World Tour semifinals to Nikolay Davydenko. It's the first win for Davydenko over the #1-ranked Federer in 13 tries.

12:45 PM The Memphis Grizzlies had planned an Allen Iverson jersey giveaway for the 1st 3,000 fans at their Dec. 4 game against Dallas. Now with AI out of the picture, those jerseys are going to Tanzania instead.

12:25 PM Another football coach is given the axe, as the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that Akron has fired J.D. Brookhart.

12:08 PM A U.S. journalist was detained at the Canadian border for over an hour yesterday with border officials asking her six different times if she planned to report about the Vancouver Olympics. Apparently the border patrol was concerned she was coming over to trash The Games. Canucks a little touchy, eh?