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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.

LeBron James is on a quest to ignite a movement in the NBA. His quest: have all NBA players not wear the No. 23 anymore as homage to Michael Jordan.

"I just think what Michael Jordan has done for the game has to be recognized some way soon," James said. "There would be no LeBron James, no Kobe Bryant, no Dwyane Wade if there wasn't Michael Jordan first.

Although it will continue to be the talk of the NBA this season and heading into next season, Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James is done talking about it.

On Wednesday before the game against the Orlando Magic, James said that he was done talking to the media about his plans for next summer as a free agent until after the season was over. At the end of this season, James can opt-out of his contract and become a free agent.

He is known for his snow white beard and hair along with his time with the New York Mets, but ESPN’s Baseball analyst Steve Phillips has been in the news for his steamy affair with a production assistant at the network while still married to his wife Marni.

According to the New York Post that initially had this exclusive story, which is now being reported everywhere on the web, Phillips had an affair with 22-year-old Brooke Hundley, a young lady who still works for company, while it was announced that Phillips has been suspended for one week.

San Diego Chargers linebacker Shawne Merriman is not happy about general manager A.J. Smith’s recent comments about the team to say the least.

Smith recently called the Chargers play at times this year, “soft and bewildered.”

On Wednesday, Smith was quoted in The San Diego Union-Tribune as saying, "Everything is wrong with it right now. I'm not the least bit happy in a lot of areas. I've seen us be tough and physical to soft and bewildered."

After Serena Williams let her temper boil over in the U.S. open, it appears that she might be able to rebuild her image by making fun of her bold demeanor.

Williams appears in an ad for Tampax that features her taking her temper out on a woman dressed as Mother Nature. In the print ad, Williams is trying to hit Mother Nature with a tennis ball.

The ad, which had been produced well before the incident at the U.S. Open, was produced in good fun and may help to show Serena as an effective salesperson for Tampax.

After a month-long stay in a rehabilitation facility Miami Heat forward Michael Beasley is back with the team.

Beasley took part in a voluntary workout with the team and drew rave reviews from all of his coaches. Beasley spent a month in the rehabilitation facility to address substance abuse issues and other issues. Beasley was proudly welcomed back into the Heat family by all the players and coaches.

Gilbert Arenas’ website shows two bobble heads speaking. One is the Washington Wizards point guard and the other is trainer Tim Grover.

The Washington Wizards star guard announces, “I’m back!” Grover says, “Gilbert’s knee healed up nicely thanks to my doctor skills and his hard work.”

After three surgeries in 1 ½ years, Arenas, who tore the lateral meniscus in his left knee near the end of the 2006-07 NBA season, finally went to train with Grover in July.

USA Men’s soccer has never won at Azteca Stadium in Mexico City and today marks a continuance of that.

The U.S. team had it all stacked up against them. Playing in the smog and heat of Mexico City at 7,400 feet and temperatures in the nineties. Visiting teams to Estadio Azteca always seem to be gasping for air, especially in the second half. To top that off, there are 105,000 screaming fans and a wide open playing surface that often leaves site line problems for visiting players who are not all together familiar with the layout.

The Hall of Fame game always carries with it certain significance; not for the game itself but for the mere fact that after a long hiatus football is finally back. This year’s game featured the Buffalo Bills and the Tennessee Titans, who both dressed the part of retro, so the Titans reverted back to the Houston Oilers.

The game was fairly docile, ending in a 21-18 victory for Tennessee. That being said there were some pretty good moments.