Floyd Mayweather Jr., who has steadfastly refused to answer questions about the most recent round of failed negotiations for a fight with Manny Pacquiao, has unleashed a racist and homophobic rant against the Filipino star. ...
Cole Hamels dominated over seven innings and the Phillies capitalized on a Milwaukee miscue to score the only run they would need in a 1-0 victory over the Brewers. ...
Twelve players from North Carolina won't play in the 18th-ranked Tar Heels' opener against No. 21 LSU in Atlanta on Saturday amid an ongoing NCAA investigation. ...
The Seahawks will cut ties with T.J. Houshmandzadeh by trading or releasing him, according to two league sources, and it will promote former Detroit first-round draft pick Mike Williams into its starting lineup. ...
Ole Miss quarterback Jeremiah Masoli, who was told he wouldn't be eligibile until the 2011 season earlier this week, has been cleared to play immediately, a school source told ESPN's Joe Schad. ...
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Byron Leftwich has a second-degree sprain of the medial collateral ligament in his left knee, sources told ESPN senior NFL analyst Chris Mortensen on Friday. ...
Zach Johnson strengthened his case as a Ryder Cup pick Friday by rolling in putts from everywhere in easy scoring conditions ahead of Hurricane Earl, giving him an 8-under 63 to share the early lead with Jason Day at the Deutsche Bank Championship. ...
The NFL has fined Lions rookie defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh ,500 for slamming down Browns quarterback Jake Delhomme last week during a preseason game. ...
SPARTA, Ky. (AP) -- Todd Bodine overcame a midrace spin to win the NASCAR Trucks Series race at Kentucky on Friday night, ending star Kyle Busch's four-race winning streak. ...
Joe Soto looked terrific in the opening round of his first Bellator featherweight championship defense in San Antonio. Then the kid got cocky, allowing Joe Warren, the ultimate competitor, back into the fight. ...
TOLEDO, Ohio -- Arizona co-defensive coordinator Greg Brown stepped out of the tiny visitors' locker room at the Glass Bowl late Friday, looked up at the scoreboard and smiled. Fifty-one weeks ago, Brown had emerged from the same cramped locker room after one of the most embarrassing nights of his professional career. ...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Even Rafael Nadal felt compelled to applaud when his second-round opponent at the U.S. Open hit a spectacular, full-sprint winner and was left doing the splits at the net. ...
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) -- A football player has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for slamming a referee in the face with his helmet at the end of an unruly semiprofessional game in upstate New York. ...
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Former Lance Armstrong teammate Floyd Landis, who has accused the seven-time Tour de France winner of doping while riding for the U.S. Postal Service team, has filed a federal whistle-blower lawsuit, according to The Wall Street Journal. ...
Mississippi coach Houston Nutt had a hard time containing himself
Friday once he learned that transfer quarterback Jeremiah Masoli
will, indeed, be eligible to suit up on Saturday. ...
To play, or not to play? That was the question presented to Oregon State coach Mike Riley when offered the chance to face TCU in the Dallas Cowboys' ...
A football player has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for slamming a referee in the face with his helmet at the end of an unruly semiprofessional ...