Death of Miami’s Bryan Pata still under investigation. The murder of a 22-year-old Florida football player remains unsolved two years after he was shot to death. Today marks the anniversary of Hurricane defensive lineman Bryan Pata’s fatal encounter in a Miami parking lot. Cops say he was shot in the head as he got out of his SUV. “Someday, someone will call and say, ‘Yes, this is what happened,’” the player’s mother Jeannette Pata tells ESPN. “Someone has to help me. He was my baby and they took him from me.” A $21,000 reward for information leading to an arrest is offered. The Miami-Dade police department says no leads should be considered insignificant.

Venus beats Serena in overseas tournament. Serena Williams calls her loss to big sister Venus at the WTA Tour in Qatar her worst tennis match of the year. Venus took down her sibling to move on to the semifinals of the Sony Ericsson Championships on Thursday. Serena can still advance if she defeats Elena Dementieva today. The tournament features the top eight women’s players.

Barack Obama may throw first White Sox pitch of ‘09.  The Chicago White Sox have already created an opening for the incoming president of the United States to appear on their roster next year. A Sox fan, Barack Obama has been invited to throw out the first pitch of the new season. “Let this be a formal invitation: If he would like to throw out the first pitch on Opening Day next year, we can find a spot for him,” team general manager Ken Williams said at this week’s GM meetings. The Sox play their season-opener on April 6. Obama threw out the first pitch of a White Sox conference finals game in 2005.