Details of the story, written by ESPN's T.J. Quinn, were posted Thursday on the network's Web site along with a 30-second clip featuring offensive lineman Dan Stevenson.

The bulk of the report will air Sunday morning on ESPN's Outside the Lines.

Stevenson said he suffered a torn labrum during the drills at organized team activities, which he said were ordered by Texans coach Gary Kubiak.

He was the only player featured in the film clip posted on ESPN.com.

"I felt like for my career, my occupation, my dreams, for all this to be taken away from me, to be jeopardized not for one season but for my entire Football career for something that wasn't supposed to be done, I was upset," Stevenson said.

Drexler's slip of lip

Clyde Drexler's collection of highlight films from his career as a player now has a more unfortunate counterpart in his vocation as a broadcaster.

Drexler's latest lowlight came during the Fox Sports Houston broadcast Tuesday of the Rockets' win over the Bulls. He and and announcer Bill Worrell were discussing the inability of the Bulls' Andres Nocioni to guard Yao Ming when Yao dropped in another bucket over Nocioni.

"That's like clubbing baby seals," Drexler said. "There's nothing Nocioni can do."

"Oh, no," Worrell groaned. "Give me a better picture."

"Well, he's helpless, basically," Drexler said. "OK, I'll work on one."

"Oh, please," Worrell replied.

Rockets spokesman Nelson Luis said Thursday "We spoke with Clyde regarding his statement during Tuesday night's game. Clyde regrets his comments, and we're satisfied with his response to this issue and consider the matter closed."

While the Rockets consider the matter closed, you can still catch Drexler's act, courtesy of ClutchFans.net, via such sites as YouTube.com and AwfulAnnouncing.com

Buck takes HBO job

Owing to their association in and affinity with St. Louis, Bob Costas and Joe Buck have had more than a passing acquaintance over the years. So there is a degree of symmetry in Thursday's announcement that Buck will assume the HBO Sports slot vacated by Costas' move to the MLB Network.

The format - four 90-minute specials, probably debuting in May in a town hall format setting - represents an interesting challenge for Buck, who over the years has frequently noted that his play-by-play duties restrict his ability to delve into side issues during game broadcasts.

"You're always fighting a time element," he said. "I'm not talking just about humor. I'm talking about All-Star time, and up to the plate steps Barry Bonds. There are nine million ways you can talk about Barry Bonds, but you fight diving into topics like that because on the next pitch the next guy could line out or pop up, and you're stuck."

"When you do play by play, you have to be true to the game, so there are topics you don't want to bring up. This gives me an opportunity to maybe get some things off my chest and do so in my own way."

Buck said he filmed a pilot for a Saturday late-night show for the Fox network, but the project died when the parties could not agree on the show's format. He will continue his baseball and Football duties with Fox Sports and said he took the HBO side job with the blessings of network executives.

Four DVRs, no waiting

Don't expect Charles Barkley back on TNT for NBA All-Star Weekend

"Nothing has changed regarding Charles' status," said Turner Sports executive producer Jeff Behnke.

TNT has added H-O-R-S-E to the All-Star Saturday agenda Feb, 14. ESPN, meanwhile, has picked up the Rockets-Mavericks game Feb. 20 for a national broadcast

Game time will move up a half-hour to 7 p.m., and Fox Sports Houston also will carry the game. . . .

Can you say Heidi Bowl? Viewers of the FA Cup match Wednesday between Liverpool and Everton missed the winning goal because ITV was airing commercials in extra time. The network reportedly received about a thousand complaint calls. . . . Fox Sports Net will carry six Big 12 baseball games this season, starting with Texas-Oklahoma State on April 5. . . . KGOW (1560 AM) has added a series of evening shows. Raheel Ramzanali hosts Longhorn Nation at 6 p.m. Mondays, Brian Balboa hosts The Game Soccer Show at 7 p.m. Mondays, Ramzanali and David Nuno host No Layups at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Scott Atkinson and Brent Blackburn host the Academy Sports and Outdoors Golf Show at 6 p.m. Wednesdays, Nuno hosts the TexAgs.com Radio Show at 6 p.m. Thursdays and Kevin Joseph hosts Cougars Tonight at 6 p.m. Fridays. . . .

ESPN.com voters have designated the honorees for the Mount Rushmore of Texas sports to be Nolan Ryan, Lance Armstrong, Tom Landry and Earl Campbell.

The tally seems debatable, but not necessarily indefensible.