Megafight won't happen unless ...

Because this is boxing, it ain't over till it's over. And even Bob Arum saying it's "O-V-E-R" doesn't mean it's over

Promoter Arum declared the megafight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. dead Thursday. "It's over," Arum said. "O-V-E-R."

But efforts continued to find a compromise to a dispute over blood testing. Arum had set a Thursday deadline, but the Mayweather camp insisted on using the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency to conduct the tests. Pacquiao's people are against that. "They're viewed by the Pacquiao side as being partisan," Arum said, referring to USADA.

Arum said Pacquiao instead would fight March 13 against Paul Malignaggi, a flashy but light-hitting 140-pounder. He said there still was a chance Pacquiao and Mayweather could meet later in the year.

"Can it be revisited in the fall?" Arum asked. "We'll see."

Skier and his 'Hurricane' qualify There's a threat of a Hurricane in Vancouver.

Speedy Peterson, who pumped up the sport of freestyle aerials with the patented quintuple-twisting jump he calls the Hurricane, won the Olympic trials in Steamboat Springs, Colo., and sealed his spot in the Vancouver Olympics come February.

Peterson tried the Hurricane with middling results four years ago in Italy. He finished seventh.

Nationals sign Capps to close Matt Capps reached a preliminary agreement on a $3.5 million, one-year contract with the Washington Nationals and is expected to be their closer next season.

Capps, a 26-year-old righthander, chose from among the Nationals, Cubs and Mets after leaving the Pirates as a free agent. He had 27 saves last season, with a 5.80 ERA.

Pitchers strike deals

• The Los Angeles Angels completed the signing of reliever Fernando Rodney, who got a two-year, $11 million deal. He left the Detroit Tigers.

Arenas stored guns in locker Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas stored unloaded firearms in a container in his locker, according to the team, and the NBA is looking into the situation.

Arenas told the Washington Times he took his guns to the Verizon Center after his daughter was born this month. About a week later, he said, he handed them over to team security.

Arenas was suspended for Washington's season opener in 2004 because he failed to maintain proper registration of a handgun while living in California in 2003.

Pierce situation worries teammates

The Boston Celtics have said All-Star Paul Pierce will miss the next two weeks because of an infection in his right knee, but his teammates and coach worry it will be longer. "What he's going through is pretty significant," Celtics guard Ray Allen said. "It is serious." Said coach Doc Rivers: "The two weeks is a guesstimate by a doctor who has never played basketball before."

Portland center Joel Przybilla had surgery to repair his ruptured right patella tendon and will miss the rest of the season.

George Michael, a mainstay on the Washington, D.C., sports television scene for decades who reached a national audience with "The George Michael Sports Machine" highlights show, has died of leukemia. He was 70 years old.

College basketball: Texas A&M senior guard Derrick Roland was released from a Seattle hospital after a rod and three screws were placed in his right leg. Dr. Chris Wahl said he sees no reason Roland can't play again after rehabilitation.