GENERAL

It appears that the Denver Broncos are willing to part ways with wide receiver Brandon Marshall after tendering him with a first-round tender instead of a first and third-round tender on Wednesday.

On the other hand, Elvis Dumervil won’t be going anywhere as the Broncos tendered the linebacker with a first and third-round tender. The additional third-round tender means that Dumervil -- who had 17 sacks last season -- carries a $3.168 million price tag.

Michael Jordan has reached a deal to buy the Charlotte Bobcats and he isn’t wasting any time trying to help the team continue on the right path and make the playoffs. Jordan got hands-on at the Bobcats’ shootaround on Monday, even participating in a game of H-O-R-S-E with Gerald Henderson.

The New York Jets have announced that they will be parting ways with running back Thomas Jones on March 5.

With the Jets releasing Jones, the leader of the NFL's top-ranked rushing offense will become a free agent. On Monday, general manager Mike Tannenbaum said the team has already informed Jones and his representatives that they would be cutting ties with him once free agency opens.

New Orleans Saints re-sign their franchise leading running back Deuce McAllister who will be the team’s honorary captain in their Saturday playoff game against the Arizona Cardinals in the divisional-round.

The Seattle Seahawks have fired head coach Jim Mora after only his first season in charge and there are speculations that USC head coach Pete Carroll might take over the position. According to ESPN.com, an announcement of Carroll becoming the Seahawks’ head coach could happen as early as next week.

ESPN.com is citing league sources that would rather remain anonymous.

The New Jersey Nets after losing 117-101 Wednesday night at home to the Dallas Mavericks have set the record for the worst start to an NBA season at 0-18.

Before Wednesday night’s game, the Nets had matched the 1988-89 Miami Heat team and the Los Angeles Clippers of the 1999 season as the teams with the worst start in NBA history. Now, those two teams are no longer in the books as New Jersey holds the record with another loss to Dallas.

The New Jersey Nets have not only matched the current winless record in the NBA going 0-17, they just moved Kiki Vandeweghe to their head coach position for the rest of the regular season.

According to Yahoo! Sports who had first reported that Vandeweghe was leaning toward accepting the position, the GM’s coaching staff would include Del Harris who has held some key head coaching and assistant positions in the NBA.

The mess in Cleveland continues to get worse as head coach Eric Mangini continues to single-handedly further drive the franchise into the ground.

If the mysterious situation involving the firing of general manager George Kokinis wasn’t enough, now running back Jamal Lewis is saying that Mangini is working the team too hard and as a result the Browns don’t stand a chance of winning on Sundays.

After taking the most embarrassing loss of the season on Wednesday night against the Phoenix Suns, 124-104, the New Hornets have fired head coach Byron Scott.

On Thursday, the team announced that Scott would be replaced by general manager Jeff Bower who will have Tim Floyd serve as his top assistant. The Hornets have gotten out to a 3-6 start and look incredibly terrible in their first nine games.

Michael Phelps is the face of swimming and whatever he does; win eight Olympic Gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games or hitting a bong during a college visit will always make news. So when Phelps finished second in the 200 meters medley final in Stockholm, Sweden at a short-course World Cup on Wednesday, everyone know it was big news.

Phelps clocked in at 1 minute 53.93 seconds, more than two seconds behind South African Darian Townsend who won in 1:51.79.