RECENT SPORTS NEWS

  • Kentucky starts 3rd straight week at No. 1

    February 6, 2012

    Kentucky is on top of The Associated Press' college basketball poll for a third straight week.

  • NBA suspends Lakers coach Brown 1 game

    February 6, 2012

    PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Los Angeles coach Mike Brown has been suspended one game without pay and fined $25,000 for making contact with a game official and failure to leave the court in a timely manner following his ejection in Saturday's game.

  • NFL London tickets on sale after delay over lease

    February 6, 2012

    LONDON (AP) - Tickets for the NFL's annual regular-season game in London will go on sale Monday after the St. Louis Rams solved an issue regarding their stadium lease, clearing the way for them to host games in Britain.

  • Tom Coughlin has 2 Super Bowls, and job for life

    February 6, 2012

    INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - No more hot seat for Tom Coughlin. No more second-guessing.

  • Alfredo Aceves and Red Sox agree at $1.2 million

    February 6, 2012

    BOSTON (AP) - Right-hander Alfredo Aceves and the Boston Red Sox have agreed to a $1.2 million, one-year contract that avoided salary arbitration.

  • Lisicki, Kanepi withdraw from Open GDF Suez

    February 6, 2012

    PARIS (AP) - Sabine Lisicki of Germany and Kaia Kanepi of Estonia withdrew Monday from the Open GDF Suez.

  • Slumping Sevilla fires coach Marcelino

    February 6, 2012

    SEVILLE, Spain (AP) - Sevilla has fired coach Marcelino Garcia Toral after the Spanish club's seventh straight league game without a win, making him the eighth of the 20 La Liga coaches let go since the start of the season.

  • Sanchez 1st player to win in arbitration this year

    February 6, 2012

    ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Miami Marlins pitcher Anibal Sanchez became the first player to win in salary arbitration this year when a three-person panel awarded him $8 million rather than the team's offer of $6.9 million.

  • Merckx: Contador verdict another blow for cycling

    February 6, 2012

    MADRID (AP) - The decision to strip Alberto Contador of his Tour de France title and ban him for two years for doping is another blow to the sport, cycling great Eddy Merckx said.

  • Louisville tabs Watson as offensive coordinator

    February 6, 2012

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Louisville coach Charlie Strong says he's elevated Shawn Watson to offensive coordinator and hired Sherrone Moore to coach tight ends.