Suspended Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick placed family pet dogs into a ring and let his trained pit bulls "cause major injuries" to the pets at his Bad Newz Kennels, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture report released on Friday.
Missouri and its football coach, Gary Pinkel, have agreed in principle to a lucrative contract extension that will make him one of the highest-paid coaches in the country, sources have told ESPN.com.
No. 2 Texas Tech and No. 5 Oklahoma are ready to rain TD passes out of the Norman sky, but the difference could be not-so-special teams and OU's surging ground game, Dennis Dodd says in the Weekend Watch List.
It was a little quiet in college football last weekend, but have no fear -- a big week is here, highlighted by Texas Tech at Oklahoma. And from Utah to the Big Ten, BCS bids are there for the taking, Jerry Palm says.
The Jets and Cards have enjoyed upward mobility. Now they seek credibility when New York visits unbeaten Tennessee and Arizona hosts the Super Bowl champs, Clark Judge says in Peek at the Week.
The New York Knicks have completed their second big deal of the day, trading leading scorer Zach Randolph and guard Mardy Collins to the Los Angeles Clippers for Cuttino Mobley and Tim Thomas.
The Golden State Warriors traded disgruntled forward Al Harrington to the
Knicks for guard Jamal Crawford on Friday in a swap that addresses both
the Warriors' injury problems and New York's salary cap concerns.
Manu Ginobili could return to the San Antonio Spurs' lineup next week, earlier than expected after he had surgery on his left ankle in September to repair ligament damage.
Brand hit a 15-footer with 57 seconds left and finished with 17 points in his first game against Los Angeles, leading the Philadelphia 76ers to an 89-88 victory over the short-handed Clippers on Friday night.
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