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Shaquille O'Neal has sat out 39 of Boston's last 42 games. Shaquille O'Neal lagged well behind the rest of the Boston Celtics on the short walk from the bus to the locker room on Wednesday morning.

Chris Bosh approached the Miami Heat locker room Wednesday night expecting to revel in the first playoff series win of his eight-year career.

Did his teammates celebrate with him?

LOS ANGELES (AP) Andrew Bynum awkwardly sprawled onto the court, staying down for an uncomfortably long moment.

The 7-foot center then walked cautiously to the locker room with more than one teammate staring at his perpetually problematic knees.

The booming bass bounced off the walls in the Broncos' locker room as the rap song "Chirpin" played in the background.

Before one practice in October, Denver receivers traded quips like short routes. It was as if Kenny McKinley was right there with them, cracking jokes and a smile so wide, as one teammate said, "You could see every tooth in his mouth."

Cleveland Browns linebacker Marcus Benard has been taken to a hospital after collapsing in the locker room.

Cleveland Browns linebacker Marcus Benard has been taken to a hospital after collapsing in the locker room. Benard was sitting in a chair Thursday when he suddenly fell to the carpeted floor.

Some of his teammates, who were getting dressed for practice, thought he may have been joking before linebacker Matt Roth yelled for a trainer.

Arkansas quarterback Ryan Mallett left the game against Auburn after taking a blow to the head. Mallett was taken to the locker room after guiding the No. 12 Razorbacks to a touchdown for a 14-10 lead with 5 minutes left in the first half.

It wasn't clear how he was injured, but he didn't return for the rest of the period.

A Ines Sainz has turned down an offer to pose naked for Playboy.A The men's magazine, owned by publishing mogul Hugh Hefner, reached out to the Mexican reporter shortly after Sainz grabbed news headlines last month in connection with a harassment incident in the New York Jets locker room.A Playboy made a "pretty big offer," reports TMZ but failed ...