As 2011 started, we were already waist deep in football excitement. Teams have battled their way to the playoffs, and finally, we’re here. To start off the schedule, the Saints and Seahawks fought for...

EDMONTON, Alberta – Cody Franson scored the lone shootout goal and Pekka Rinne turned aside all three Edmonton shooters in the Nashville Predators’ 3-2 victory over the Oilers on Sunday night. Rinne...

DALLAS – Welcome to Big D, Packers and Steelers. Y’all are in for a good ol’ time. The first Super Bowl in North Texas is going to be a big, gaudy celebration of excess, just like the stadium...

PITTSBURGH – Ben Roethlisberger knelt on the turf and buried his head in an AFC championship shirt. "I’m going to enjoy this," he later said. No one had to ask what he meant. A season that...

The No. 1 Duke Blue Devils got an enormous lift from their freshman guard, Kyrie Irving, as he set a career high with 31 points on the night to keep them unbeaten (7-0, 4-0 at home), and defeated the Michigan...

No.19 Nevada Wolf Pack pulled perhaps the greatest upset in college football history as Andy Martinez connected in overtime on a 34 yard field goal and spoiled the No. 4 Boise States’ title hopes with...

FORT WORTH, Texas – TCU is moving to the Big East Conference, where the Horned Frogs won’t have to worry about busting the BCS to play for a national championship. TCU’s board of trustees...

A former Mississippi State player, Kenny Rogers, says that Cecil Newton told him it would take anywhere from $100,000 to $180,000 for his son Cam Newton to sign a scholarship to Mississippi State, according...

NEW YORK – Scott Gordon was fired as coach of the New York Islanders on Monday during a 10-game losing streak that left the team at the bottom of the NHL standings. He was replaced on an interim basis...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Just when rookie Jimmy Clausen and the Carolina offense finally showed some spark, albeit in another loss, the Panthers were hit with more bad news as Clausen’s status for next week...

The No.3 TCU Horned Frogs are proving why they deserve to be in the BCS discussion as they defeated the No. 5 Utah Utes 47-7 at Rice Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah last week. Andy Dalton, quarterback...

BANGKOK – Tiger Woods returned to his mother’s home country for a four-man charity skins tournament on Monday and left soon after winning only one hole in another disappointing performance. Colombian...

NEW YORK – The Yankees wasted little time in their pursuit of Cliff Lee. New York called the pitcher’s agent Sunday on the first day of the free-agent negotiating period to say they will be back...

The former San Francisco Giant, Barry Bonds, wants to become a hitting coach. "I love being home and, I love being here," he said, according to the huffingtonpost.com. Bonds broke McGwire’s single-season...

INDIANAPOLIS – Jim Irsay insists Peyton Manning will be the NFL’s highest-paid player next season. He’ll just have to wait until after this season to close the deal. The Colts owner said...