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Barry Bonds has long believed owners in Major League Baseball prevented him from getting a job playing for another team after he broke the career home run record. Now, it appears he'll get his chance to prove it in court. Bonds is working on a collusion lawsuit against MLB, CBSSports.com reports. The lawsuit, the report says, will center on the claim Bonds has made for years that teams prevented him from playing in the majors after he broke Hank Aaron's record in 2007. MORE: Olivera one step closer to joining Dodgers | Astros promote former No. 1 pick | PHOTOS: All-time strikeout leaders The report says Bonds could have his case heard and adjudicated sometime in 2015, unless he's already filed the lawsuit. One thing that has prevented him from pursuing such actions was his legal issues related to the BALCO investigation, but his 2011 felony conviction for obstruction of justice related to his grand jury testimony in 2003 was reversed in April. That cleared the way for him ...

The Clippers came away with a big 124-99 victory over the Rockets in Game 3 on Friday to go up 2-1 in the Western Conference semifinals, but one of them will have to pay up. Forward Glen Davis was fined $5,000 by the NBA on Saturday for flopping in the first quarter of the game against Houston. While Davis' acting may not have been award worthy, it still clearly violated the league's anti-flopping rules.  MORE: Clippers watch kids play 3-on-3 | NBA Superlatives PHOTOS: Must-see Round 2 pictures Davis finished with a modest four points on Friday in just eight minutes of play.  View the original article here

While the Big 12 may eventually hold a football championship game, it won't be in 2015.  The conference has decided against implementing a championship game this year, despite contemplating a petition to the NCAA to allow it to do so. MORE: NCAA approves new bowls | Breakout candidates this fall | CFP teams spend big on trips “I’m not sensing that’s where we’re headed,” Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby said, via USA Today, following a meeting Tuesday with the league’s athletic directors.  Without a single champion last year, after TCU and Baylor tied for the league title, the Big 12 was left out of the inaugural College Football Playoff. Despite its name, the Big 12 has just 10 teams, and current rules state a conference must have 12 teams to hold a conference championship game. The Big 12 and the ACC have proposed new legislation to change the rules for 2016.  Despite reacting to a snub in the playoff last year, Bowlsby said "one year doesn't make a trend." “There’s j...