By Bobb Burgess, Boston.com

If you have an Aaron Hernandez jersey and you're not sure what to do with it -- now that the former star tight end has been charged with murder -- the Patriots have a solution.

A free jersey exchange program will be held July 6-7 for any fan looking to swap a No. 81 jersey purchased at the Patriots ProShop at Gillette Stadium or at PatriotsProShop.com.

“We know that children love wearing their Patriots jerseys but may not understand why parents don’t want them wearing their Hernandez jerseys anymore,” said team spokesman Stacey James in a statement. “We hope this opportunity to exchange those jerseys at the Patriots ProShop for another player’s jersey will be well received by parents.”

There is a limit of one exchange per customer.

For more details and restrictions, visit patriots.com.

By Bobb Burgess, Boston.com staff

The Nets are pursuing a trade that would send Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce to Brooklyn, according to Yahoo! Sports.

The Nets package could include Gerald Wallace, Tomike Shengelia, Kris Humphries, and three first round picks, a source told Yahoo! Sports.

Garnett would have to waive his no trade clause, and both Celtics greats would have to agree to work under the new coach of the Nets, Jason Kidd, a longtime Boston rival who retired at the end of last season.

In a bit of cinematic magic, Bruins defenseman Andrew Ference "shaved" his playoff beard Tuesday, posting a Vine with the caption, "Time to get ready for next year."

By Matt Pepin, Boston.com

CytoSport, which makes Muscle Milk and other training supplements, ended its relationship with Hernandez.

"In light of the investigation involving Aaron Hernandez, CytoSport is terminating its endorsement contract with Mr. Hernandez, effective immediately," the company said.

While Hernandez's page on the company's website has been removed, he was seen wearing a hat with the Muscle Milk logo on Friday.

In April, Hernandez agreed to endorse Puma. According to ESPN, the company declined to discuss its relationship with Hernandez on Friday.

By Matt Pepin, Boston.com Staff

The report says the Clippers management was to meet with Sterling Wednesday and move on completing a deal today.

On Wednesday night, a day after negotiations on the deal were declared "dead" by Celtics president Danny Ainge, talks resumed.

The deal would send Garnett to LA in exchange for center DeAndre Jordan, and the Celtics would release Rivers from his contract in exchange for two first-round draft picks.

According to Wojnarowski, the talks received new life after Clippers guard Chris Paul got involved by telling the team he would be more likely to re-sign with the Clippers if the Rivers-Garnett deal was completed.

"Doc is taking the job to coach Chris Paul," a league source said in the Yahoo! report.

The Clippers have reached out to the Celtics to restart trade talks, Globe NBA writer Gary Washburn is reporting.

An NBA source told Washburn that the Clippers are determined to get a deal done.

"We'll see if they sweeten the pot for the Celtics," Washburn Tweeted. "Here we go again."

If the Celtics have to look for a new coach, they are likely going to look young and consider someone like Miami assistant coach David Fizdale, Washburn said.

The Celtics and Clippers had been discussing a deal involving Doc Rivers and Kevin Garnett until team president Danny Ainge called the deal "dead" on Tuesday.

Adrian Wojnarowski, columnist for Yahoo! Sports/NBA Insider, first reported on Wednesday that talks had begun again. Wojnarowski reported that Clippers free agent Chris Paul nudged his team to give the deal another try.

Privately, Clippers officials are optimistic, sources told Wojnarowski.

By Matt Pepin, Boston.com Staff

The report says Hernandez is not considered a suspect in what is being treated as a possible homicide, but that he does have a connection to the dead person, described as a 27-year-old Boston man. The report also says a vehicle rented in his name may be evidence in the case. Police are also seeking to search Hernandez's home.

The body was discovered by a jogger less than a mile from Hernandez's home.

Late night host Jimmy Fallon has checked in with another parody song aimed at Patriots backup quarterback Tim Tebow, debuting "Tebow, Tebow" on Wednesday night's show.

Fallon's "Tebowie" character sings in the style of David Bowie and adds new lyrics to Bowie's tunes. Wednesday's used the music from "Rebel, Rebel," while an earlier version was to the tune of "Space Oddity."

By Zuri Berry, Boston.com Staff

Just hours after appearing in Boston to stump for Senate hopeful Ed Markey, President Barack Obama voiced his support for his hometown hockey team in the Stanley Cup Final via the White House's official Twitter account.

Good luck to the @NHLBlackhawks tonight – hope to welcome you back to the White House again as #StanleyCup champs. -bo

— The White House (@whitehouse) June 12, 2013

By Matt Pepin, Boston.com Staff

Ryan, who coached Tebow last season before the Jets released him in April, acknowledged at the beginning of his news conference at the start of the team's minicamp that he expected more questions about former players than current ones.

But he said he wasn't concerned by the Patriots' move.

"If they want to replace [Tom] Brady with him, that's fine," Ryan quipped.

"It's not a surprise to me that Tim would be picked up," Ryan said. "Obviously, as I said before, you know, tremendous young man. Very competitive. So, I'm happy for him, and look forward to competing against him."

By Gary Dzen, Boston.com Staff

NESN is making a programming change, swapping out "NESN Daily" for a show called "NESN Sports Today". The new show will debut Tuesday. It will air nightly at 10 p.m. or immediately following Red Sox and Bruins coverage.

“We want to give New England viewers a live, fast paced, nightly sports show that goes beyond opinions or scores with highlights,” NESN’s vice president of programming & production Joseph Maar said in a press release.

In November 2012, NESN added three new anchors/reporters by hiring Adam Pellerin, Leah Hextall, and Jamie Erdahl to team with Jamison Coyle. The show will feature appearances from NESN regulars like Don Orsillo, Jack Edwards, Tom Caron, Dennis Eckersley, and more. It will air in 30-minute blocks from 10 p.m. until midnight. A "best of" edition of the show will run following morning between 4 a.m. and 6 a.m. and again between noon and 2 p.m.

By Zuri Berry, Boston.com Staff

Patriots coach Bill Belichick once hosted Tim Tebow for a pre-draft visit in 2010. He has praised the quarterback during Tebow's three years in the NFL and has tried to stay away from conversations about him since he became a free agent.

But Belichick and Tebow have continued to be tied together since that first visit in 2010, when they were spotted at a restaurant in the North End. And the ties have only grown since Josh McDaniels returned to the Patriots fold. McDaniels drafted Tebow while he was the head coach in Denver.

So it was interesting to hear that Belichick "hated" Tebow as a player in a report by Yahoo! Sports.

From the report:

And while there's plenty of media chatter that Tebow could land with the Patriots (whose offensive coordinator, Josh McDaniels, was the man behind the Broncos' decision to draft Tebow in the first round), my organizational sources tell me that's very unlikely to happen, with one going so far as to say that Coach Bill Belichick "hates" Tebow as a player. As for the prospect of employing Tebow as a change-of-pace quarterback — and asking Tom Brady to come off the field in those situations — the source says, "No chance. Plus they wouldn't like the circus that comes with it."

Belichick has disputed that claim, telling ESPN Boston it is "completely untrue":

"Every single player has strengths and weaknesses but regardless of that, for anyone to have represented that is the way I feel about Tim Tebow is completely untrue, baseless and irresponsible. It is unfortunate that something so inaccurate was reported."

Tebow is still available, if the Patriots are interested.

Both the Red Sox and the Yankees got a good scare in their dugouts as they waited out a rain delay in the third game of their weekend series on Sunday. A huge thunderclap startled players in both dugouts, and had some scurrying for the clubhouse.

Watch it in MLB's video above.

By Bobb Burgess, Boston.com staff

Former Red Sox pitcher Josh Beckett is unsure whether he will ever pitch again.

Beckett, whom Boston traded to the Dodgers late last season, has been on the disabled list since May 15 with a groin injury. According to the Los Angeles Times, he has felt numbness in his pitching hand for about a month, and when asked if he thought the injury might be career-ending, he voiced concerns.

"Any time something like that happens to your arm or you start losing feeling and stuff … you think about it for sure," Beckett told the Times. "I don't really want to think like that right now. I want to think about figuring out a way to deal with this."

Beckett, 33, is expecting to have results of an MRI Monday that will be examined by a nerve specialist.

"I'm concerned," he said. "I've never dealt with anything like this for this amount of time. We'll just have to see what happens there."

Beckett is 0-5 with a 5.19 ERA this season and is signed through the 2014 season.

Associated Press

By Matt Pepin, Boston.com Staff

Images were released via Twitter.

And here we go! #Sochi2014 Olympic Gold Medal! RT! pic.twitter.com/KndxQcIyLc

— Sochi 2014 (@Sochi2014) May 30, 2013

The committee also tweeted an explanation of the design.

On #Sochi2014 medals sun's rays reflect through the snowy mountain tops onto the beaches of the Black Sea coast pic.twitter.com/DH8LoKg0WJ

— Sochi 2014 (@Sochi2014) May 30, 2013

By Matt Pepin, Boston.com Staff

BREAKING NEWS: The #NYR have relieved John Tortorella of his coaching duties...details to follow

— New York Rangers (@NYRangers) May 29, 2013

Reaction? There was plenty:

And are the Rangers singing: ding, dong the witch is dead?

— steve simmons (@simmonssteve) May 29, 2013

Can you talk about getting fired, John Tortorella?

— Bart Hubbuch (@HubbuchNYP) May 29, 2013

Can't say I'm too shocked about Torts' firing. A little surprised maybe, but a change needed to be made

— Tim Rosenthal (@_TimRosenthal) May 29, 2013

Maybe now John Tortorella can find something to do with his life he'd enjoy a little more. No one should ever be that unhappy on the job.

— Dejan Kovacevic (@Dejan_Kovacevic) May 29, 2013

By Bobb Burgess

The start of tonight's Red Sox-Indians game has been pushed back to 7:50 p.m. because of rain.

Globe sports reporter Pete Abraham had said the Red Sox believed they would get the game in based on the forecast.

Tonight's game will be Jose Iglesias' major league debut at third base. Look here for more on today's roster shake up.

By Matt Pepin, Boston.com Staff

The Indy Lights series ran a race today at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and the finish was as close as they get. What at first appeared to be a two-car duel turned into a three-car battle, and then a fourth surged into the mix on the final lap.

Watch the dramatic finish in the video above.

Peter Dempsey's margin of victory was 0.0026 of a second, according to the Indianapolis Star. There was 0.0443 between first place and fourth, and the cars were traveling approximately 185 m.p.h.

The Cincinnati baseball team didn't have a winning season, but the players have won a pretty good measure of fame now that the season is over.

A collection of video bombs orchestrated by the players while their teammates were conducting postgame interviews has been posted to YouTube and is gaining notice across the web.

The stunts include classics like the Gatorade shower and pie in the face to more choreographed moves like a swimmer, shoulder-jousting, and a royal entourage.

(H/T to David Z. for pointing this out to Boston.com)

By Matt Pepin, Boston.com Staff

The show, which features motocross, BMX and skateboard performers, will be held Jan. 5. Tickets go on sale Friday at Ticketmaster, the TD Garden box office, or by calling 800-745-3000.

“This tour is the biggest and most audacious action sports production ever staged,” Pastrana said in an event press release. “This is truly an exciting, adrenaline-charged, live action sports show featuring an insane group of athletes who push each other to new extremes every single show.”