Kobe Bryant has made his intentions clear: he's not satisfied with one gold medal and wants to help USA Basketball to the gold again at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Bryant made it official by committing to the team on Mike Krzyzewski's Sirius XM radio show. Krzyzewski coaches Team USA and Duke.

Bryant averaged 15 points per game during the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, playing a vital role for Team USA. He scored 20 points and had six assists in the gold medal game against Spain.

Bryant, who had led the Los Angeles Lakers to back-to-back NBA Championships in the last two seasons, will be 34 in 2012 when the London games kick off.

"You guys want me there, I am there and I'm ready to defend," Bryant said on Krzyzewski's radio show. "And then when you guys need me to put some points on the board I'll do that too."

It's always sad to see beloved figures struggle with their health.

Baseball fans and former players alike are probably feeling a little melancholy today after news trickled out that Sparky Anderson, the former manager of the "Big Red Machine" Cincinnati Reds teams as well as the Detroit Tigers, has been placed under the care of hospice because of dementia.

Anderson won World Series Championships with the Reds in 1975 and 1976, and then led the Tigers to the World Series title in 1984, becoming the first manager in baseball history to win a World Series with teams in both leagues.

Anderson compiled 2,194 wins over his 26 years as a manager, ranking sixth on the all-time list. He also is the winningest manager in Tigers' history with 1,331 victories.

Anderson won the AL Manager of the Year award in 1985 and 1987 before retiring in 1995.

Chicago Bulls point guard Derrick Rose blew off an appearance on the CBS television show "The Good Wife" recently, for reasons still unknown.

The show is set in Chicago but filmed in New York City. The show's production team sent a car to Rose's house Tuesday to pick him up and take him to the airport, but Rose refused to leave his house.

Rose had agreed to a cameo role to play himself in the series.

The driver of the car waited for Rose, and when he failed to show went to the door to see what was going on.

According to a story in the New York Post, someone answered the door at Rose's house and told the driver that "Derrick is not going to New York."

Tim Lincecum and the San Francisco Giants weren't considered serious contenders for the playoffs once the season started, much less in the conversation for a World Series title.

But behind ace Tim Lincecum, the Giants got it going down the stretch and put together a remarkable postseason run that culminated with its first World Series title since 1954, when the team was still in New York.

Lincecum had a terrible month of August, losing all five of his starts as the Giants' slim chances kept fading away.

But he rebounded in September, winning five of his six starts and allowing just nine runs in that span while sporting a 1.94 ERA.

Lincecum finished the season with a 16-10 record, 3.43 ERA and 243 strikeouts. Far off his Cy Young numbers from the last two seasons, but good enough to get the Giants going when they needed him most.

He won four out of five starts in the postseason, pitched an inning of relief, and boasted an ERA of 2.43 while striking out 43. 

The San Francisco Giants celebrated their first World Series Championship since 1954 with a ticker tape parade in downtown San Francisco Wednesday, capping their improbable run to baseball's pinnacle.

The crowd gathering was estimated in the 1000's, many of whom painted beards on their faces in a tribute to Giants closer Brian Wilson.

Willie Mays and Willie McCovey were also on hand to support the team they helped build during their playing days.

The Giants beat the Texas Rangers 4-1 in the best-of-seven series, clinching the title with a 3-1 win Monday night.

Edgar Renteria smacked a three-run home run in the seventh inning in Monday's game to back a stellar pitching performance by Tim Lincecum.

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Charlie Villanueva, a forward for the Detroit Pistons, went to his twitter account today to reveal some pretty unflattering remarks that Kevin Garnett allegedly said to him during the game against the Piston and Boston Celtics Tuesday night.

Villanueva, who has no hair on his head because of a medical condition, said that Garnett said he looked like a cancer patient.

"KG called me a cancer patient, I'm pissed because, u know how many people died from cancer, and he's tossing it like it's a joke," Villanueva's tweet said.

Villanueva has a condition called alopecia universalis, a medical condition that results in hair loss. 

Garnett has quite the trash-talking reputation, but has denied the allegations and issued a statement with what he claims he actually said.

"My comment to Charlie Villanueva was in fact 'You are cancerous to your team and our league," Garnett said. "I would never be insensitive to the brave struggle that cancer patients endure. I have lost loved ones to this deadly disease and have a family member currently undergoing treatment. I would never say anything that distasteful. The game of life is far bigger than the game of basketball."

Randy Moss has a new home, and to most observers, it is a surprising one.

The Tennessee Titans claimed Moss off Waivers Wednesday, a day after the troubled receiver was let go by the Minnesota Vikings.

Tennessee was in the No. 22 spot in the waiver process based on its current record of 5-3. That means that 21 teams ahead of the Titans had a chance to claim Moss first and passed on the opportunity, including the St. Louis Rams and Washington Redskins. Both the Rams and Redskins, who have worse records than the Titans, were thought to be front-runners in landing Moss.

John Clayton of ESPN has reported that the Titans were the only team that submitted a claim for Moss.

Moss now has five days to report to the Titans. If he fails to report, he will be placed on the Reserve/Left Squad list and would have to sit out the rest of the season. 

Moss is expected to report to the team, however, which is seeking some insurance after the injury to Kenny Britt in Sunday's loss to San Diego.