After keeping alive its lengthy win streaks through a pair of contentious games and clinching another conference title, Memphis should have an easier time Saturday. Searching for their 56th Conference USA victory in a row, the fifth-ranked Tigers also can record the longest winning streak in the nation as they host struggling Southern Mississippi. Memphis [...]
The Denver Broncos began retooling their team with a couple of free agent running backs Friday. The Broncos signed Correll Buckhalter to a four-year deal and were putting the finishes touches on a four-year contract for J.J. Arrington, said J.R. Rickert, the agent for both players. The Denver Post reported that the Broncos also signed [...]
The New York Jets bolstered their defense in a big way Friday, signing former Baltimore Ravens linebacker Bart Scott to a $48 million, six-year deal. The 28-year-old Scott will make $27 million during the first three years of the contract, agent Harold Lewis told the Associated Press. “These guys really pursued me hard,” Scott said [...]
Mathieur was able to do for Montreal on the final shot of the game what Philadelphia failed to achieve in eight tries. Score on the power play. Schneider scored with a man advantage at 3:21 of overtime to give the Canadiens a 4-3 victory over the Flyers on Friday. “I just tried to hang on [...]
Jeff Saturday isn’t leaving Indianapolis. The three-time Pro Bowl center who was expected to be one of the top centers on the free agent market suddenly changed plans Thursday, signing a three-year deal that will likely allow the 33-year-old retire to finish his career with the team that brought him into the league. Saturday’s agent, [...]
Albert Haynesworth walked into the front lobby of Redskins Park on the first day of free agency Friday. After being congratulated by front office chief Vinny Cerrato, the All-Pro defensive tackle turned and introduced his mother. Once the pleasantries were done, the parties went to work — completing the paperwork on a seven-year contract that [...]
The spectacular moments were too few. The headaches, too many. Kellen Winslow’s five-year run with the Cleveland Browns, a succession of stops, starts and setbacks, is finally over. Cleveland traded the talented and troublesome former Pro Bowl tight end to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Friday for undisclosed draft picks new coach Eric Mangini can [...]
If you’re in the Las Vegas area this weekend, be on the lookout for Matt Kenseth putting down a wager on the number 3 somewhere around town. The way the season has started, I sure wouldn’t bet against Kenseth winning for the third straight time. The Roush Fenway Racing driver has a chance to put [...]
Formula One was never on Kyle Busch’s radar as he chased his dream of being a NASCAR superstar. That doesn’t mean he wouldn’t consider a legitimate opportunity to join the globe-hopping series. “I toss the idea around,” he said Friday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. “It’s definitely something I wouldn’t shoot down, but I don’t [...]
Kyle Busch and Kurt Busch became the first brothers since 2000 to sweep the front row in qualifying for a NASCAR race on Friday, but Kyle’s blown motor will prevent the Las Vegas drivers from starting next to each other at their home track. Kyle Busch blew a motor in his Toyota during practice, changed [...]
