The Oklahoma City Thunder, off to a league-worst 1-12 start in their new home town, have fired coach P.J. Carlesimo, according to multiple media reports.
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.
With rumors of his retirement swirling about campus and throughout the country for days, an ailing but feisty Penn State head coach Joe Paterno told a pep rally at Rec Hall Friday night that he will return in 2009 "and run out of that tunnel next year."
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.
Charlie Villanueva tied a season high with 20 points in his return from injury, and the Milwaukee Bucks beat the suddenly trade-depleted New York Knicks 104-87 on Friday night.
Vince Carter scored 39 points against his former team, Devin Harris added 30 and the New Jersey Nets rallied from an 18-point, third-quarter deficit to beat the Toronto Raptors 129-127 in overtime on Friday night.
Ty Lawson led six players in double figures with 19 points, including Tyler Hansbrough who had 13 in his season debut, and No. 1 North Carolina defeated UC Santa Barbara 84-67 Friday night.
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.
Sports 
