Giants' Cruz hit floor at club shooting (AP)
Growing up in an impoverished city a little more than 11 miles from New York Giants headquarters, Victor Cruz heard his share of gunshots as a child, and he isn't exaggerating. The wide receiver got...
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Gibson, Maddon voted managers of year (AP)
Kirk Gibson took a tough-guy approach. So much so, he brought three Navy SEALs to spring training. The SEALs wrote D, W and I on a board. The letters stood for a sense of purpose, not a traffic...
View ArticlePenn State board member named acting AD (AP)
Penn State is turning to a member of its board of trustees who played football and wrestled for the school to serve as its acting athletic director in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse...
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Long Beach State stuns No. 9 Pitt 86-76 (AP)
Pittsburgh coach Jamie Dixon knew it would take time for his young team to grow up. He just didn't expect the growing pains to be so, well, painful. Long Beach State became just the second non-Big East...
View ArticleVenus to make comeback against Serena (AP)
Venus Williams will make her comeback in an exhibition match against her sister Serena in Colombia on Wednesday, two months after pulling out of the U.S. Open because of an immune system disease. Venus...
View ArticleMissouri's Pinkel sorry for DWI arrest (AP)
Missouri football coach Gary Pinkel offered a public apology Thursday after his overnight arrest on suspicion of drunken driving. Boone County Sheriff's Office records show that deputies pulled Pinkel...
View ArticleBruins D Chara won't be charged for hit (AP)
Quebec's prosecutor says Boston Bruins captain Zdeno Chara won't face criminal charges for his hit on Montreal Canadiens' forward Max Pacioretty last spring. Pacioretty broke a vertebra and was out for...
View ArticleAstros sale approved, team moving to AL (AP)
Baseball owners unanimously approved the sale of the Houston Astros from Drayton McLane to Jim Crane on Thursday, which will lead to the team moving from the NL Central to the AL West for the 2013...
View ArticleFIFA prez Blatter faces calls to resign (AP)
With FIFA still reeling from corruption allegations, Sepp Blatter faced a sharp backlash and calls for his resignation Thursday following his comments downplaying the problem of racism in football. The...
View ArticleDodgers' Kershaw easily wins NL Cy Young (AP)
Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers has won the NL Cy Young Award in a runaway. Kershaw received 27 of 32 first-place votes, five seconds and two thirds for 207 points in voting by the Baseball...
View ArticleCubs tab Brewers' Sveum as manager (AP)
The Chicago Cubs have hired Dale Sveum as their new manager, hoping the Milwaukee Brewers hitting coach can help turn around the long-suffering franchise. The Cubs said Sveum would be introduced at a...
View ArticlePSU would be welcomed by Rose Bowl (AP)
The chief administrative officer of the Rose Bowl says if Penn State wins the Big Ten title, the Nittany Lions will be free to play in the top-tier postseason game as far as he's concerned. Kevin Ash...
View ArticlePackers DL Jolly gets 6 years in prison (AP)
Suspended Green Bay Packers defensive lineman Johnny Jolly was sentenced to six years in prison Thursday for violating the terms of his probation for a drug conviction. State District Judge Denise...
View ArticleBroncos RB McGahee active vs. Jets (AP)
Running back Willis McGahee has been given the green light for the Denver Broncos' game against the New York Jets on Thursday night. McGahee pulled his left hamstring Sunday at Kansas City and was...
View ArticleRavens LB Lewis likely out vs. Bengals (AP)
Baltimore Ravens middle linebacker Ray Lewis isn't expected to play in Sunday's game against Cincinnati because of a toe injury that has prevented him from practicing all week. Citing Lewis' toughness,...
View ArticleMLB sides reach verbal labor deal (AP)
Baseball players and owners have reached a tentative verbal agreement on a five-year labor contract and hope to have a signed deal by next week. Negotiators reached an understanding when they met late...
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Syracuse's Fine denies abuse allegations (AP)
Syracuse assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine dismissed as "patently false" allegations that he molested two former ball boys for years, and the university chancellor vowed Friday to "do everything...
View ArticlePaterno has lung cancer, son says (AP)
Days after losing the job he held for nearly a half century, former Penn State coach Joe Paterno was diagnosed with a treatable form of lung cancer. Scott Paterno, the Hall of Fame coach's son, said in...
View ArticleEx-UCLA player, coach Hazzard dies at 69 (AP)
Walt Hazzard, the former UCLA and NBA star who played on the Bruins' first NCAA championship basketball team in 1964 and later coached the team for four seasons in the 1980s, died Friday. He was 69....
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Ok. St. women's coach dies in jet crash (AP)
Kurt Budke turned Oklahoma State's women's basketball team into a winner and hoped he'd found the place where he'd coach until he retired. Miranda Serna had passed up opportunities to leave his side,...
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