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ESPN's Mike and Mike calling the action. Team boss Jon Bon Jovi in the owner's box. Overhead speakers pumping Fans catching and keeping football that land in the stands. It's a busy night for the Arena Football League in Philadelphia, an evening that satisfied fan Lea Fosco calls "adorable." Well, "adorable" probably isn't the word league commissioner David Baker would prefer, but he'll take it. .Arena football: Is it America's fifth major sport? (USA Today)

Know thyself, Socrates said. Aaron Ross does. The Texas cornerback, one of the top prospects at his position available in this month's NFL draft, fully understands his gambling ways on the field, accurately assesses the risk-reward factors and does not hesitate when asked if he or his girlfriend Sanya Richards, a gold medal winner in the Athens Olympics is the better athlete. "She is," Ross says.Ross heads trio of Texas DBs ready to storm NFL draft (USA Today)

> Photos: Art Schlichter at Centerville United Methodist ChurchSchlichter speaks at Centerville church about gambling, life (Dayton Daily News)

Those 28 were in Myanmar, Vietnam and Russia, it said. "We expect the number will continue to drop this year," it quoted Zhang Jun, from the ministrys anti-gambling team, as saying, attributing the fall to better cooperation with neighbouring countries. He did not elaborate.China wins big in crackdown on border casinos (Tiscali)

It's a typical Wednesday night at Hong Kong's Happy Valley race track.Transcript: Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges, CEO, Hong Kong Jockey Club (CNN.com)