Big East files countersuit against WVU (AP)
The Big East filed a breach-of-contract lawsuit against West Virginia on Friday, four days after the university sued the conference in a bid to make a quick exit for the Big 12. The conference said the...
View ArticleDaytona debut in Patrick's 10 Cup races (AP)
Danica Patrick will make her Sprint Cup debut in the season-opening Daytona 500 in February, her first of 10 races in NASCAR's highest division for Stewart-Haas Racing next season.
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Hawks won't be sold to Meruelo after all (AP)
The Atlanta Hawks will not be sold to California developer and pizza chain owner Alex Meruelo. In fact, the NBA team is no longer on the market. The Hawks' ownership group, headed by Bruce Levenson and...
View ArticleThome agrees to 1-year deal with Phils (AP)
Jim Thome took the stage at the City Club on Oct. 25, and spoke in generalities about continuing his career. On Friday, he got a little more specific. Despite being acquired by the Indians for the...
View ArticleWoods' former caddie uses racial slur (AP)
Tiger Woods' former caddie caused another sensation, this time by using a racial slur to disparage his old boss during a caddies award roast in Shanghai. Steve Williams received a mock award Friday...
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Joe Frazier very ill with liver cancer (AP)
Former heavyweight champion Joe Frazier has liver cancer and is under hospice care. The 67-year-old boxer was diagnosed four or five weeks ago, Frazier's personal and business manager said Saturday....
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Northwestern upsets No. 9 Nebraska 28-25 (AP)
Starting quarterback Dan Persa was on the sideline in the second half because of a bum shoulder, and Northwestern's maligned defense was doing all it could to hold off Nebraska. Surely, most fans...
View ArticleDrosselmeyer wins Breeders' Cup Classic (AP)
"Battle of the Sexes" was sooooo last year. "Battle of the Exes" is how this year's Breeders' Cup Classic played out when Mike Smith, dressed in white to ride Drosselmeyer under the lights, appeared...
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Oklahoma wins but WR Broyles tears ACL (AP)
No. 7 Oklahoma lost a lot in a victory over Texas A&M. All-American Ryan Broyles, the NCAA's career leader in receptions, tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee and will miss the...
View ArticleNASCAR bars Kyle Busch from Texas races (AP)
Kyle Busch finally went too far for NASCAR, even in the era of ``Boys, have at it.''
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Arkansas gets past South Carolina 44-28 (AP)
Arkansas still knows how to finish in the second half. The No. 8 Razorbacks finally put a solid first-half effort ahead of that on Saturday night. Tyler Wilson threw for 299 yards and two touchdowns to...
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Weeden throws for 502 as Cowboys survive (AP)
On a night with serious national championship implications, No. 3 Oklahoma State showed what the Big 12's thrilling offenses bring to the table. Brandon Weeden threw for a school-record 502 yards and...
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No. 1 LSU bests No. 2 Alabama 9-6 in OT (AP)
The defenses lived up to the billing in the latest Game of the Century. Neither No. 1 LSU nor No. 2 Alabama could reach the end zone Saturday night, not even with extra time. The Tigers aren't...
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Ex-Penn St. asst. charged with sex abuse (AP)
An explosive sex abuse scandal and possible cover-up rocked Happy Valley after former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky, once considered Joe Paterno's heir apparent, was charged with...
View ArticleO's hire Dan Duquette as baseball prez (AP)
Dan Duquette signed a three-year contract Sunday to become the Baltimore Orioles' president of baseball operations. A person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press of the move on condition of...
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Jets shut down Bills, win third straight (AP)
Bart Scott and the New York Jets are accustomed to playing the role of villains. So the linebacker didn't feel any pangs of regret for putting a big dent in the Buffalo Bills and their feel-good start....
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Stewart wins again, 3 points off lead (AP)
Tony Stewart figures he has no need to issue any more verbal jabs in what has become quite a fight for the Cup title.
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Tebow, McGahee carry Broncos by Raiders (AP)
Tim Tebow took the snap, put the ball in Willis McGahee's belly and decided whether to hand it off or keep it for his own run. Those plays looked a lot like what he did so often in college --...
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Giants beat Patriots on TD with :15 left (AP)
Super Bowl or midseason game, Eli Manning and the New York Giants are masters of the last-minute comeback against the New England Patriots. Manning capped a decisive drive eerily similar to the one in...
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Dalton rallies Bengals, win streak at 5 (AP)
The Cincinnati Bengals are on a roll unlike anything seen by this franchise since 1988 with five straight wins, and coach Marvin Lewis says it doesn't matter. "Half of these guys weren't even alive 23...
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