HOWARD FENDRICH, AP Pro Football Writer A subtle change to the NFL rulebook resulted in an 822 percent increase in illegal contact penalties through three weeks...
BETH HARRIS, AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Doc Rivers is staying with the Los Angeles Clippers for another five years. In Steve Ballmer’s first...
GREG BEACHAM, AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Josh Shaw has been an exemplary teammate and a valuable leader at Southern California, earning his fellow...
PAUL NEWBERRY, AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Welcome back, college football! The major-college season begins Wednesday night with a game that won’t have any impact...
DON BABWIN, Associated Press CARLA K. JOHNSON, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The ballpark gleams, exactly as the home of the Little League World Series national...
BARRY WILNER, AP Pro Football Writer On the NFL’s first preseason cutdown day, a trade and several key players going on injured reserve overshadowed other moves....
(Business Standard) – Former champions Maria Sharapova and Venus Williams advanced to the second round at the US Open along with second-seeded Simona Halep, fourth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska and...
(USA Today) – Richie Incognito is closer than ever to getting another shot in the NFL. The free agent guard who was at the center...
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Dimitri Patterson ended his puzzling absence after 48 hours, but his future with the New York Jets is now uncertain....
Bob Harig, ESPN (ESPN.com)–Tiger Woods said on his website Monday that he has parted ways with Sean Foley, his swing coach for the past four...
(Boston Globe) – A 13-year-old girl blessed with charisma, confidence, and, as the ace of her baseball team, a repertoire of pitches even a Red Sox...
(CBS Sports) – The Seattle Seahawks might have the loudest fans in the NFL, but they don’t have the best fans, that honor belongs to the Green Bay Packers —...
DOUG FEINBERG, AP Basketball Writer A person close to the situation says Phoenix’s Brittney Griner has won the WNBA defensive player of the year award. The...
NEW YORK (AP) — The Dallas Cowboys are the first U.S. sports franchise to top $3 billion in value. For the eighth straight year, the...
JOHN KEKIS, AP Sports Writer SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — Mo’ne Davis didn’t have her best stuff when she and her Philadelphia teammates needed it most,...
TOM WITHERS, AP Sports Writer BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Brian Hoyer defied long odds — and stiff-armed Johnny Football — to keep his dream job. Through...
MESFIN FEKADU, AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Serena Williams replaced her tennis racket with a microphone at a karaoke event a week ahead of...
(USA Today) – Sean Morey has a pretty short temper. Sometimes he’s even flown into a rage without knowing why — a problem he attributed...
DENNIS WASZAK Jr., AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) - There’s something stunning happening on Michael Vick’s head. You can’t see them from far away, but...
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (Philadelphia Inquirer) – At first, she tried to disguise herself by wearing a hoodie, but her hazel eyes and iconic braids were a...
(International Times) – As the CEO of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer was famous for delivering wildly enthusiastic corporate speeches that might have been better suited to...
(CBS Sports) – What an ugly first half. Billed as the battle of two Texas talents and a pair of former Heisman winners in Robert Griffin III and Johnny...
by Perry Green and Stephen D. Riley Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry generated an instant headline...
Mark Sandritter, SB NATION CLEVELAND, Ohio (SB Nation)–This upcoming 2014 NFL season, a wide variety of relatively unheralded sophomore and third-year players will inherit or take...
RONALD BLUM, AP Sports Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — Rob Manfred was elected baseball’s 10th commissioner Thursday, winning a three-man race to succeed Bud Selig and given...
