After a weird game and an even weirder season, Florida's victory is going to have to do. Just what 2008 deserved.

Florida is No. 1 in the AP Top 25. Utah is perfect at No. 2, though not perfectly happy.

Brett Favre has eased comfortably into his offseason routine in Mississippi and will make no decision about whether to play another NFL season for several weeks.

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John Smoltz, who accumulated 210 victories and 154 saves for the Braves over 21 seasons, is set to sign an offer sheet with the Red Sox on Thursday afternoon.

It's official. Petty Enterprises as it has been known no longer exists.

Geoff Ogilvy opened the PGA Tour season Thursday without making bogey on his way to a 6-under 67 and a one-shot lead in the Mercedes-Benz Championship, a score that only surprised him because of the location.

Eric Mangini, who began his NFL career as a ball boy for the Browns, was introduced as Cleveland's 12th full-time coach on Thursday, less than two weeks after he was fired by the Jets.

Tim Tebow gave Florida the jolt it needed, and the Gators toughed out a second BCS title in three years with a 24-14 win over Oklahoma Thursday night in Miami.

The Heisman jinx lives on. With Tim Tebow leading the offense and a nasty secondary picking Sam Bradford twice, Florida tops Oklahoma 24-14 for the national title, Dennis Dodd says

Where did the firepower go? How does Oklahoma make it to the red zone three times vs. Florida and come away with zero points? Yep, it was that ugly for the Sooners and Gregg Doyel isn't sure OU could even contend with Utah.

Florida is No. 1 in the AP Top 25. Utah is perfect at No. 2, though not perfectly happy. Texas and Southern California also claimed to be the best -- but media voters didn't think so. The Gators received 48 first-place votes and 1,606 points in the poll released early Friday, after they beat Oklahoma 24-14 in the BCS national title game.

John Smoltz has reached preliminary agreement on a contract with the Boston Red Sox, who also agreed Thursday to a one-year contract with outfielder Rocco Baldelli. Brad Penny is also on his way to Boston.

Career saves leader Trevor Hoffman closed his deal with the Milwaukee Brewers.

The Padres clearly didn't want Trevor Hoffman. But Atlanta's John Smoltz? Nobody saw his exit coming. Not Scott Miller, who tries to separate traitor from victim.

Ohio State tailback Chris 'Beanie' Wells is giving up his final year of eligibility to enter the NFL Draft.