Penn State coach Joe Paterno helped a lot of players make it into the College Football Hall of Fame. He counts former Boston College quarterback Doug Flutie among them.
Brett Favre called Green Bay "a special place" while praising former teammate Frank Winters in a news conference before the Packers' Hall of Fame induction ceremony banquet.
Tribune Co. -- which has not publicly set a timetable for the sale -- closed the preliminary round of bidding for the baseball team, stadium and the Cubs' 25 percent stake in a regional sports cable channel on Friday.
Tormented and triumphant at varying times through his Hall of Fame career, Greg Norman will add another chapter Sunday at the British Open. Will it be a victory to remember, or another heart-wrenching moment? Norman knows what to do to make it the former, Steve Elling says.
Five years ago, you couldn't tell Ben Curtis from Ben Franklin. But Curtis isn't an unknown anymore. Not after overcoming wind gusts to jump from 38th to fifth heading into the final round of the British Open, Art Spander says.
Rookie All-Star Evan Longoria hit his first career grand slam during a five-run sixth and Matt Garza threw 7 2/3 scoreless innings to help the AL East-leading Tampa Bay Rays past the Toronto Blue Jays 6-4 on Saturday night.
Pinch hitter Erick Aybar hit a bases-clearing triple to highlight a four-run seventh, and the Angels rallied for a 4-2 victory over the defending World Series champions Saturday. Los Angeles pinch hitters were just 6-for-38 with five RBI this season before Aybar's clutch hit.
Give Paul Hamm a hand. And a plane ticket to Beijing. The Olympic champion will get to defend his title in China thanks to a performance Saturday that ended any doubt about whether his broken right hand has healed.
Luke Scott homered in the bottom of the 10th, and the Baltimore Orioles rallied from a six-run deficit to beat the Detroit Tigers 11-10 on Saturday night.
Orioles left-hander Adam Loewen has abandoned his career as a pitcher because of a stress fracture in his left elbow, the same injury that sidelined him last season and twice put him on the disabled list this year.
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