03:08 PM ET 05.22 | One of the strangest stories to come out of the NFL Draft surrounded Geno Smith's reasons for his epic tumble into the second round. While a Yahoo! Sports article claimed that scouts were and may still be under the impression the former West Virginia quarterback is a diva, Smith blamed his agent and promptly fired him after his draft slide. He now has found new representation and has signed with Jay-Z's Roc Nation agency. If there's a guy who can chew up and spit out even then cruelest of sports agents, it's going to be Jay-Z who has failed at nothing he's tried. But Smith will be represented by Kim Miale, who currently only has two other clients -- a kicker and linebacker who both remain inactive. So when Smith says he's not joining Roc Nation as an "image thing," you better believe he's not joking with an agent like Miale.

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03:56 PM ET 05.22 | Adam Choice has reportedly chosen the Clemson Tigers. A 5'9, 196 pound running back from Thomasville (Ga.) Thomas County Central High school, Choice is considered a top-20 tailback prospect and chose Clemson over schools like Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Georgia Tech, N.C. State, South Florida, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin. Choice is a tough and physical runner who figures to provide good balance, vision, and change of direction. Choice has also played quarterback at his high school.

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09:35 AM ET 05.22 | Amidst a firestorm of rumors, Los Angeles Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti declared that his manager, former Yankee great Don Mattingly, was "doing fine" in keeping the Dodgers afloat through an early-season losing binge. Fortunately for anyone familiar with the world of coaching at the professional level, it is easy to read between the lines of that "vote of confidence." Mattingly, after speaking with Dodgers president Stan Kasten, addressed the media on Monday, and shared that he didn't feel that his job was in jeopardy. He responded to an unpublished rumor about the team's "need to win a series with Milwaukee" by saying that he simply hadn't been fired by Kasten and company at the time of the interview.

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03:09 PM ET 05.22 | In what was the worst kept secret of all time, the Los Angeles Clippers fired head coach Vinny Del Negro on Tuesday after yet another promising season ended in playoff defeat. The reason for Del Negro's firing is perhaps the most obvious reason of all time as well -- Chris Paul didn't want him in town anymore. Clippers owner Donald Sterling spoke to the Los Angeles Times and while he didn't outright admit the firing was to please Chris Paul, he strayed pretty far away from denying it as well.

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03:07 PM ET 05.22 | Out-classed, out-hustled and out-played all night, the New York Rangers failed to deliver in a must-win Game 3 at home in The Garden on Tuesday night. In a blue collar, no-flash grind-it-out style of play, the Blueshirts just didn't have an answer for Boston's relentless attack that managed to take the crowd out of it early and had the MSG faithful eerily quiet all night. Even with another spectacular game by Henrik Lundqvist, the Rangers were simply dominated from start to finish on the boards and in the offensive zone. The forecheck New York counted on all season and critical to keeping the puck in the Bruins defensive zone failed to deliver tonight and had Tortella's squad playing cat-and-mouse all night. New York's high-powered offense was once again non-existant, and without their offensive stars stepping up, they couldn't sustain any pressure on Tuukka Rask even after jumping out a 1-0 second period lead on Taylor Pyatt's first goal of the playoffs.

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09:27 AM ET 05.22 | UFC light-heavyweight contender Gegard Mousasi could be a force in the 205-pound division if he notches a few wins over a fellow title challengers, but he may have his eyes set at a championship run in another weight class in the top promotion in the world. It is something that Mousasi has been mulling for the past year and now he has finally voiced what many fans were hoping he would choose to do. Mousasi is one of the smaller 205-pound fighters in the weight class, so he is looking to potentially maximize his talent at middleweight.

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05:07 PM ET 05.20 | Jennifer Johnson was able to pick up her first LPGA victory yesterday. Other than bogeys on the first two holes in the first two days, she played very steady golf. Jennifer Johnson came out of nowhere on Sunday, and picked up her first win on the tour. She fired a seven-under par 65 in the final round, and picked up a much-needed $180,000 for her effort. She had a problem with the par-four fifth hole during the weekend, but back-to-back 65s will most generally win you a golf tournament.

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06:20 PM ET 04.24 | NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Kurt Busch climbed into a ride of a different kind on Tuesday as part of a media event to promote the V8 Supercars Series race May 17-19 at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. As part of the promotion, Busch made a 20-minute run around the road course in a V8 Supercar, while Supercar driver James Courtney took Busch's No. 78 Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet NASCAR Sprint Cup car for a spin. "It was sure a thrill to get into a car that I have watched and admired for many years during all those Supercar road races," Busch said. "It was also a little weird driving the Supercar and watching my car stretch its legs down the straightaway." Before getting into the Supercar, though, Busch acclimated himself with the track by driving his familiar ride, his Sprint Cup car. "I had a blast driving my car on the road course and even more of a blast in the V8 Supercar," Busch said. "The Circuit of The Americas is an awesome track with a lot of interesting and fun turns." When it came time to climb into the V8 Supercar, Busch had a few things to get used to. Opening a door to get into the car, as opposed to climbing in the window, was the easy part. Busch had to get used to a car with the steering wheel on the right side and the shifter to his left.

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05:01 PM ET 05.20 | The rumors and speculation have been swirling all season that this could be Jose Mourinho's last at the Bernabeu. And now Real Madrid has formally announced that Jose Mourinho will not be back next season. "We've decided to bring our relationship to an end," said Real Madrid President Florentino Perez. "Nobody's been sacked, it's a mutual agreement." Real Madrid has fallen short of winning a trophy this year. They are 13 points behind Barcelona in La Liga, lost to their cross town rivals Atletico in the Copa Del Rey, and fell to Borussia Dortmund just short of the Champions League final.

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09:38 AM ET 05.22 | When the French Open begins on Sunday in Paris, the men's field will be without the No. 2 player in the world. England's Andy Murray withdrew from the field on Tuesday due to a back injury that forced him to pull out of the Italian Open in the middle of a match. The back condition is reportedly chronic for Murray, and he met with various doctors this week before coming to a decision to skip the second Grand Slam tournament of the year. Murray is the reigning U.S. Open champion after defeating Novak Djokovic in September to claim his first and only grand slam title, but the French Open remains the only tournament in which Murray has not reached the finals. In addition, clay is certainly regarded as his worst surface.

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