Blogging the Olympics

"The photos that are taken today will be on these players' official Upper Deck and Topps cards. The NBA also takes photos for their vast photo archive.

But three teams -- Minnesota, Orlando, and Sacramento -- are about to unveil new uniforms.

So the players from those teams have been asked to be sneaky. They are wearing the new uniforms. But when they are not being photographed, they are wearing shooting shirts over the top so the secret."

"This is LaVelle’s news not mine, but he just called in and told one of the editors that he saw the lineup card for tonight’s game. Carlos Gomez has been dropped to the No. 9 spot in the batting order and Denard Span is leading off."

"All I can say is that I'm doing my job," said Santana. "Other than that, there's nothing else I can do. I can't go out there and do the things that my teammates have to do."