The world was anticipating the comeback of South African runner Caster Semenya, the female runner whose gender was questioned last year, after she blew away the competition in an 800-meter race.

Semenya was suspended for almost a year while international athletic organizations investigated the claim. Luckily, Semenya was cleared to compete again this summer but hasn't been too impressive, because she has to catch up with her training.

In her fifth race since being reinstated this week, Semenya had her worst performance yet. She finished 9th in the 800-meter race at the Palio della Quercia meet in northern Italy. According to the Associated Press, it looked like she was just out for a jog and not really making any moves for the lead.

"I ran the race, I ran slow. Nothing happened. It's part of the game," Semenya told the Associated Press. "Sometimes you need to go according to your body."

Former New York Giant wide receiver Plaxico Burress' request for work release was denied.

Burress is currently serving a two-year prison sentence on charges of attempted criminal possession of a weapon. This was his second request for work release, and now he cannot request again until June 6, 2011, which by that time he should be released on good behavior.

"The serious and negative impact illegal guns have on the community coupled with [the] dangerous nature of the weapon discharging in a public place renders him unsuitable for work release," the state Department of Correctional Services said in regards to the denial.
Even if Burress did get work release, there is no guarantee that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell will reinstate him. Goodell did say, though, that Burress would be reinstated once his sentence was completed.

But even if Burress did get work release and was reinstated by the NFL, he'd still have to sell himself to an NFL team. There is no guarantee that the Giants will resign him or that any other NFL team would be interested in his services, which is a long shot to begin with.

Serena Williams may be out of commission for this year's U.S. Open, but her sister, Venus, is no doubt pulling up the slack. In her match against Roberta Vinci of Italy, she won 6-4, 6-1 -- easily putting her in the second round later this week. Venus did for a moment, though, aggravate a lingering leg injury:

"It [her leg] was doing pretty good, till I landed on that leg on the swing volley. ... I was pretty happy to get through after not playing in forever," she told the Associated Press. "Thankfully, after that, [Vinci] did most of the running."

Venus hadn't played in two months because of the injury, forfeiting the WTA Tour this summer for rehab. From the looks of her today, though, it appears she hasn't lost much of her step since she last played at the Wimbledon tournament. That's probably because she's representing the Williams clan by herself this time.

"It's not the same without two Williamses," she said. "I have big shoes to fill with just one Williams here."

Looks like she's doing fine so far. Check out highlights from the match below:

According to various reports, including TMZ, basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is upset with Upper Deck, a trading card company, and is suing them for $1 million.

According to the suit, Upper Deck used six photos of Abdul-Jabbar during his college years without permission. The photos were part of a trading card series called "Greats of the Game," which also had Adul-Jabbar's name and signature.

"Abdul-Jabbar never authorized the production of the cards," the suit reads according to Courthouse News. "In fact, at all times, Upper Deck was fully aware that Abdul-Jabbar had never authorized Upper Deck to use his photograph, name and signature for college-themed cards, and Abdul-Jabbar had previously rejected Upper Deck's request for such authorization."

Upper Deck has yet to respond to the allegations.

Take a look at a clip from the BBC special:

In most running plays during a football game when there's a crowd of linebackers in your face, the coach usually advises the player to just go down, declare the play over and move on to the next one.

Although we don't know what city, town or state these kids are from, it appears that one player on this high school football team hasn't taken heed to basic football tactics. Instead he tries to ... make something out of nothing and fails horribly, making this the worst high school football play ever.

From the snap of the ball, it's apparent that the defense didn't fall for the handoff to the fullback, so the play was blown from the start. The quarterback scrambles to the left, and seeing that he's about to get sacked, tosses it to his running back - which is a really bad toss - and the running back proceeds to run the other way.

We're sure at this point the running back is now trying to avoid being tackled, as if he was playing a game of keep-away.

Jamaican Olympic track star Usain Bolt is done running in 2010 due to injury, but that's not stopping him from wheeling and dealing in the product-endorsement world. Puma announced that it has re-signed Bolt to a contract that is the biggest ever for a track-and-field athlete. Although details and numbers weren't disclosed in the deal, Bolt is more than happy:

"It's good, man. I'm happy," Bolt told The Associated Press. "I'm very happy with the figure. We've been together since forever. I like the fashion, so they try to make it fashionable for me. ... I'm looking good, but I'm also prepared."

The contract goes until 2013, with a focus on major-marketing campaigns during 2011's World Championships and the 2012 Olympics in London. And even though Bolt holds world records for the 100-meter and 200-meter races, he wants to make an impact every time he steps on the track:

The pro-sports leagues are still hating on Twitter. The NFL fined Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Ochocinco $25,000 for tweeting during the team's preseason game against the Philadelphia Eagles on Friday.

According to NFL rules, players are not to tweet, use computers or any type of electronic equipment 90 minutes before kick-off or until after they've fulfilled their media obligations following the game.

The game started at 8:07 p.m., and Ochocinco tweeted twice during the "no tweet zone."

At 6:50 p.m., Ochocinco tweeted:

"Just talk with Kelly Washington, Desean Jackson, Geoff Pope, Hank Baskett and I caught a ball from Mike Vick, I love pre-game warm up."

Then at 9:53 p.m., Ohcocinco tweeted:

"Man Im sick of getting hit like that, it's the damn preseason sh**! 1day I'm gone jump up and start throwing hay makers, #Tylenolplease."

On Tuesday, Ochocinco, once again, went to his Twitter account to apologize to the NFL for the tweets and promised it wouldn't happen again:

Well, it's official: Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren's divorce is final.

On Wood's Website, Tiger and Elin released a joint statement announcing the dissolution of their marriage:

Serena Williams announced that she will not participate in this year's U.S. Open tournament. According to the Associated Press, she's still recovering from cutting her foot earlier this summer. She was hoping to make up for last year's performance at the U.S. Open where she was a favorite to go to the finals but lost in the semi finals to Kim Clijsters on a controversial call. It was so controversial that Williams went off on the lineswoman and threatened her. Because of the outburst, Williams was fined $10,000 by the U.S. Open organizers and then $175,000 by the Grand Slam Committee as well as putting her on a two-year probation.

This year, Williams was ranked No. 1 in the world after her win at the Wimbledon tournament earlier this year. There's no timetable on when she'll be back in action, as she's also missed the WTA season this summer.