"If you have a story and you want to get paid then you call TMZ," says Kevin Smith, whose agency is a major supplier to TMZ. -- Guardian (UK)

McNair and His 'Friend' -- Before the Shootings:

TMZ has obtained photos of Steve McNair and Sahel Kazemi on vacation together about three months ago. ...

They're at that link. The Nashville Tennessean is developing the detailed story about the former Titans quarterback:

Former Tennessee Titans quarterback Steve McNair was killed in an apparent murder-suicide with a young woman who worked at an Opry Mills (Dave & Buster's) restaurant and had been dating him for months.

McNair, a hometown hero who did extensive charity work in Nashville, had several gunshot wounds, including one to the head. He was found on the sofa of a Second Avenue condominium that he rented, police said. Sahel Kazemi, 20, was found on the floor near him with a single gunshot wound to her head. A pistol was found near her body.

Metro police spokesman Don Aaron said investigators were not actively looking for suspects Saturday night but had not ruled out any scenarios. He stopped short of calling the deaths a murder-suicide, but said the police should be able to classify the deaths today after autopsies and forensic work.

This AP link will continually update. It reports that Nashville police have this afternoon officially classified McNair's death a homicide.

(I'm on vacation, stepping away from the nonstop stream of newsballs in the batting cage for awhile. I'll just be dropping pointers to links sporadically this week.)