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1. Volatile forward Ron Artest, suspended by the Pacers for two games for an undisclosed infraction, says he's considering retirement. After all, it's worked like a charm for Ricky Williams.

2. Orlando-based All Sports Tire Co. is offering branded Collegiate Tires, which carry college nicknames on the sidewalls. So far the company offers tires for the University of Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee. For an extra charge, Gators fans can ride on a replica of the tires that drove Ron Zook out of Gainesville.

3. The Anaheim City Council is considering legal action against the Angels, who reportedly are seeking to change their name to the Los Angeles Angels. The Angels' defense is that everybody else in Southern California has changed their name, so why not them?

4. Former Ohio State tailback Maurice Clarett has accused the Buckeyes coaching staff and boosters of arranging for him to get passing grades, money for bogus summer jobs, thousands of dollars in cash and loaner cars. The school denies the allegations. Clarett says he is speaking out to "clear his name" with NFL general managers, since he evidently fears he won't get as good a deal in the pros as he had in Columbus.

5. Now the Mets are being outmaneuvered by hockey teams. On Tuesday, the Devils signed a 20-year deal to air their games on MSG Network's FSN New York station. (That's assuming the NHL will end its lockout sometime during the next 20 years.) The move was viewed as a pre-emptive strike against the Mets, who would have tried to add the Devils to their planned network to provide year-round programming. Now all the Mets network has to offer is -- gulp -- the Mets.

6. Astros pitcher Roger Clemens added to his record by winning his seventh Cy Young Award on Tuesday, the 42-year-old's first in the NL. Clemens said he still considers himself "99.9 percent" retired, which is, curiously, the same percentage of fans who believe he'll be back next season.

7. Here's a quote to file away for posterity: "As long as I'm the president of basketball operations in New York, I don't see myself coaching the New York Knicks," Isiah Thomas said on Tuesday. "That's not going to happen while I'm here." Were the 10 Spot a betting man -- and judging by my Lock of the Week picks, I better not be -- I'd wager that Isiah will be on the Knicks sideline by Christmas 2005.

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8. George Foreman has launched the Knock-Out Household Cleaning System line, including George Foreman's Knock-Out Super Disinfectant Spray. Go ahead and chuckle. Of course, people once scoffed at the George Foreman Grill too -- a few hundred million dollars ago.

9. While the University of Memphis men's basketball squad won an exhibition game on Saturday night, four players had their campus apartment burglarized. According to the original police report, the players were robbed of $66,720 worth of possessions, including eight mink coats worth $40,000. (It must get extremely chilly in Memphis.) By Monday afternoon, a university spokesman said the report had been amended. Instead of eight minks, it now said that nine fur coats "of some description" and two fur purses were taken. Those items were worth $3,600, and the spokesman said they belonged not to the players but to a friend. Let's hope it's a good friend. The original police report also included $2,500 in diamond earrings, $4,000 in custom-made shirts and $6,000 worth of shoes. Apparently, conditions in Memphis are much better than the "prison" Rashad McCants claims to live in at North Carolina.

10. Jeopardy! update: Ken Jennings faced his toughest three-way match of his reign on Tuesday's episode, even if the final scores don't necessarily show it. (The win also extends Ken's streak for at least two weeks, since the college tournament starts on Wednesday's show.) After the Jeopardy (i.e. first) round, Ken found himself in third place with $3,200. Fidgety grad student Jeff from California had $8,600, while mellow grad student Dave from Minneapolis had $5,800. It took Ken all of four clues in the Double Jeopardy round, including a key Daily Double, to take a lead that he would not relinquish. Ken steadily built his advantage but couldn't pull away. Dave even had a chance to take the lead on a late Daily Double, but he missed a tough question on Spain and lost $10,000 to fall out of contention. Jeff might have won if Jeopardy was a written exam, but his bizarre full-body buzzer method -- he looked like a guy on a pogo stick-- was no match for Ken's well-practiced timing. Ken built an insurmountable lead heading into Final Jeopardy (Category: Theatrical Premieres. A: The "Playboy Riots" took place in this world capital in 1907 following a theatrical premiere. Q: What is Dublin?) and finished with his customary $30,000 and a 70-game total of $2,355,001.