Wednesday rundown

*Revenge tour 2009 for Favre. It's a mistake. (NYT)

*NFL still looking into the reported throw-down between Raiders head coach Tom Cable and a defensive assistant. (San Francisco Chronicle)

*After being released by the Red Sox, looks like John Smoltz wants back in the national league with a team that has a chance of winning it all as well, the Cards. (ESPN)

*Mets manager Jerry Manuel is taking jabs at Braves outfielder and former player Ryan Church. (NY Daily News)

*Texas Rangers welcomed back long time catcher Pudge Rodriguez to their team last night after completing a trade with the Astros. (USA Today)

*Red Sox beat the Blue Jays last night and moved into a tie for AL Wild Card lead. (Boston Globe)

*Tuesday MLB Scoreboard.

*Brandon Marshall of the Broncos is running with the second team in camp still and is still asking for a trade that the Broncos aren't willing to give him. (USA Today) At the same time the Jets are looking to trade for a new WR and Marshall is one they're looking at. (NY Daily News)

*One of the other defendants in the Roethlisberger lawsuit has asked for the cases to be dismissed. (PFT)

*Bobby Bowden thinks Charlie Ward was just as good as Tim Tebow. (Orlando Sentinel)

*NCAA looking into Vols recruit Bryce Brown's eligibility. (Yahoo)

*The Buffalo district attorney says he expects a grand jury to announce charges today against Chicago Blackhawk Patrick Kane in his incident with a Buffalo cabbie. (CBC)

*Nats GM says it's not likely that Stephen Strasburg will be with the Nationals this year. (SI)

*NY Knicks guard Nate Robinson arrested in the Bronx yesterday for driving with out his license. (NY Daily News)

*Carmelo Anthony is suing his former business manager. (Denver Post)