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.
Minnesota Vikings defensive tackles Kevin Williams and Pat Williams rejoined the team Friday after a day away to attend doping hearings at NFL headquarters.
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.
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.
Duke vs. UCLA and Memphis vs. Southern Cal would have made for a rare marquee Friday night in college hoops. But after a pair of upsets, Gary Parrish can turn his full attention to Rice-BYU.
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.
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