Here’s the latest sports buzz as defined by bloggers. The following ESPN.com articles were mentioned most often on blogs.

The Pistons blog at MVN, Motoring, has a good take on the top story, Larry Brown’s departure from Detroit. Because of the rumors that started during the playoffs, the story didn’t catch many by surprise. People were still annoyed, though. Read on.

16 - NBA - Pistons, Brown close to buyout of coaching contract [Read Blogs]
9 - GOLF/BRITISHOPEN05 - Woods goes wire to wire for British Open win [Read Blogs]
8 - Page 2 - Bayless: Riff Raff [Read Blogs]
7 - NFL - Super agent: Rosenhaus saves drowning boy [Read Blogs]
7 - http://games.espn.go.com/cgi/flb/OutOfTheBox/index [Read Blogs]
6 - NFL - Owens will report, but ‘won’t be happy’ [Read Blogs]
6 - NHL - Penguins win chance to draft phenom Crosby [Read Blogs]
6 - http://sports.espn.go.com/chat/sportsnation/fiftyfifty/index [Read Blogs]
6 - OLY/TDF2005 - Lance goes all out, wins Stage 20 [Read Blogs]
6 - NHL - NHL, players’ union reaches agreement in principle [Read Blogs]
6 - http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=250720120 [Read Blogs]
5 - Page 2 - Jackpot Jay: Poker’s 10 commandments [Read Blogs]
5 - http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?statsId=4217 [Read Blogs]
5 - MLB - Leiter making Yankees return [Read Blogs]
5 - COLUMNIST - Wojciechowski: The Big One [Read Blogs]
5 - NBA - Net gains: Abdur-Rahim, Robinson agree to deals [Read Blogs]
5 - NCAA - Northwestern flip over White House visit flap [Read Blogs]
5 - http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/simmons/index [Read Blogs]