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NFL launches wellness program for players
In an offseason marked by Junior Seau's suicide and scores of lawsuits over brain injuries, the NFL on Thursday launched a comprehensive wellness ...
FIFA suspends Bin Hammam from soccer for 90 days
FIFA stepped up investigations into alleged bribery by Mohamed bin Hammam on Thursday by banning the former presidential candidate from soccer for 90 ...
World indoor champ Chondrokoukis out of Olympics
A Greek athlete has failed a doping test, according to an IAAF official, and the father and coach of world indoor high jump champion Dimitris ...
Sanctions give PSU opponents chance to cherry pick
If you are a college football coach in need of a player or two, Penn State's misfortune could turn out to be your team's lucky strike. There's a ...
Penn State president says 4-year ban was floated
Penn State faced the threat of a four-year ban on playing football before the NCAA imposed sanctions this week over the school's handling of the Jerry ...
Organizers display SKorea flag instead of NKorea
London Olympic organizers mistakenly displayed the South Korean flag on a jumbo screen instead of North Korea's before a women's soccer match ...
Clinton urges IOC to commemorate Munich massacre
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is calling on the International Olympic Committee to commemorate the massacre of Israeli athletes by ...
IAAF announces 9 new doping cases
Nine track athletes were suspended ahead of the London Olympics for doping, including three who were caught in retests of samples from last year's ...
EYES ON LONDON: Elevated queen, giving up Twitter
Around the 2012 Olympics and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of the games to you: ___ THE ...
ON FOOTBALL: Penn State program far from dead
The mere suggestion that NCAA sanctions against Penn State were worse than receiving the so-called death penalty were enough to make first-year coach ...
Record Penn State fine to help abused kids
The NCAA's unprecedented $60 million fine against Penn State will hurt the university in its pocketbook. The silver lining is that it will help plenty ...
Penn State loses one sponsor, others could follow
State Farm is pulling its ads from Penn State football broadcasts, while General Motors is reconsidering its sponsorship deal and Wall Street is ...
O'Brien says main goal is to keep team together
Of the long list of problems now facing Penn State coach Bill O'Brien, the top priority sounds simple: keeping the Nittany Lions intact. So he's ...
Coe delivers last report before games to IOC
Sebastian Coe delivered his final report to the IOC on Tuesday before the start of the London Olympics, declaring that organizers have lived up to the ...
Syrian Olympians train for London in safe, calm
Syrian athletes have been able to safely prepare for the London Olympics despite an uprising at home, according to an International Olympic Committee ...
Moody's may downgrade Penn State's credit
Moody's Investors Service said Tuesday it may cut its rating on Penn State's credit as the university deals with the fallout from the Jerry Sandusky ...
Wanna bet? Gambling on the London Olympics
What are the odds of a UFO sighting during the London Olympics opening ceremony? Or of the final torch bearer tripping as they ascend to light the ...
Pepsi to sponsor Super Bowl halftime show
Pepsi has scored the Super Bowl halftime show. The soda giant says it struck a multiyear deal with the National Football League to sponsor the big ...
Glance: NCAA slams Penn State and fines it $60M
The football program at Penn State was all but leveled by penalties handed down for its handling of the allegations against former assistant football ...
NCAA slams Penn State, fines it $60 million
A potential exodus of star athletes. No hope of playing in the postseason. More than a decade of accomplishments erased from the record books. And Joe ...
For big-budget Penn St, fine not as big as seems
The $60 million fine levied on Penn State by the NCAA doesn't look so big next to the scale of the athletic department's finances. Penn State plans ...
Penn State football goes into damage control
All the big prizes Penn State usually plays for — the conference championships, the marquee bowl games — are off the table. For the next four seasons, ...