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Mavericks to sign veteran Derek Fisher
The short-handed Dallas Mavericks will sign 16-year veteran point guard Derek Fisher on Thursday, coach Rick Carlisle said after team's 101-78 loss ...
Upton headed to Braves; Pettitte returns to Yanks
B.J. Upton is on his way to Atlanta, while Andy Pettitte is staying in pinstripes. With the winter meetings only days away, baseball's offseason began ...
After Rondo ejected, Nets beat Celtics 95-83
Doc Rivers wants the Boston Celtics to be tough — not violent. The message came too late for Rajon Rondo. The Celtics point guard was ejected from ...
AP source: Upton, Braves reach $75M, 5-year deal
Free-agent outfielder B.J. Upton and the Atlanta Braves have agreed to a $75.25 million, five-year contract, a person familiar with the deal said ...
Rondo, Humphries, Wallace ejected for fight
Boston Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo was ejected in the second quarter of Wednesday night's game against Brooklyn when he shoved Kris Humphries ...
NHL, union get back to bargaining with mediators
Whether federal mediators will provide enough help to end the NHL lockout in time to save the hockey season is still unknown. At least they had a good ...
More NFL players testing positive for amphetamines
More NFL players are testing positive for amphetamines, a class of substances that includes the ADHD drug Adderall. Since the start of last season, ...
Lions' Suh fined $30,000; says kick not on purpose
Ndamukong Suh's reputation for being a nasty player was born as an NFL rookie. Suh slammed two quarterbacks to the ground by grabbing their helmets ...
Column: Why isn't Marvin Miller in Cooperstown?
There are times when baseball is so grand, so worthy of awe. Then there are times when it is so small, so petty. Like the way it treated the legacy ...
Family: NFL great Jack Pardee ill with cancer
Jack Pardee, one of Bear Bryant's "Junction Boys" who went on to become an All-Pro linebacker and an NFL coach, has been diagnosed with gall bladder ...
Phils' Ruiz suspended 25 games after positive test
Add catcher to the Philadelphia Phillies' needs this offseason. All-Star Carlos Ruiz was suspended Tuesday for the first 25 games of next season ...
Former baseball union head Miller dead at 95
Marvin Miller was a labor economist who never played a day of organized baseball. He preferred tennis. Yet he transformed the national pastime as ...
Lions' Suh gets traffic ticket in Detroit suburb
Detroit Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh was issued a traffic citation by a police officer who said Suh was driving fast and passing cars from the ...
Steelers hope to have Polamalu back for Ravens
Ben Roethlisberger took a break from changing his newborn son's diapers to throw a few passes with his sprained right shoulder on Monday.
Dallas ground game stuck in neutral without Murray
The Dallas running game is stuck in neutral without running back DeMarco Murray. Of course, the Cowboys have also had a temporary center and backups ...
Balancing wins and losses with dollars and cents
Deciding whether to fire a college football coach often comes down to balancing wins and losses with dollars and cents. Five coaches were fired ...
Longoria agrees to deal adding $100 million
Evan Longoria wants to be with the Tampa Bay Rays for his entire big league career. The slugging third baseman got his wish Monday when they Rays ...
Carroll says Sherman, Browner expected vs. Chicago
Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll expects to have his starting cornerbacks available this Sunday in Chicago. After that is anyone's guess.
NFL won't suspend Suh for low blow against Schaub
Ndamukong Suh might lose some money for his low blow against Houston Texans quarterback Matt Schaub. The Detroit Lions defensive tackle, though, will ...
Chizik, among 5 college football coaches fired
Gene Chizik, Frank Spaziani and Danny Hope got the pink slips many expected were coming after disappointing seasons. North Carolina State getting rid ...
Boston College fires football coach Spaziani
New Boston College athletic director Brad Bates is looking for a football coach who "oozes integrity," someone who cares about the students and ...
Auburn fires Gene Chizik after 3-9 season
Gene Chizik led Auburn to perhaps the greatest season in the program's history, and two years later to maybe its worst. The rapid fall from a national ...
NHL lockout threatens entire hockey season
The National Hockey League season was supposed to be in full swing by now. Instead, like the NFL in 2011 and the NBA last season, the NHL is mired in ...
Arkansas AD: John L. Smith won't return as coach
Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long wasted little time in bringing the John L. Smith era to a close. Long said in a statement released by the ...