Lovie Smith Among Six NFL Coaches Fired

By lunchtime Monday, six NFL coaches were looking for work.

With the regular season ending the day before, the firings came at a furious clip and within a two-hour span the following were sacked: Andy Reid in Philadelphia, Lovie Smith in Chicago, Norv Turner in San Diego, Pat Shurmur…

Viking Peterson Finishes 9 Yards Short of Record

MINNEAPOLIS — Adrian Peterson’s remarkable comeback season now has a magic number to punctuate it.

Peterson became the seventh player to rush for 2,000 yards in a season, plowing through the Green Bay Packers for a 20-yard gain that put him over the top in the third quarter…

UFC 155 Goes to Cain Velasquez

LAS VEGAS – The rematch between Junior Dos Santos and Cain Velasquez was the war the first fight wasn’t.

Velasquez emerged victorious Saturday, retaking the heavyweight belt with a unanimous decision in the hardest-fought victory of his career at UFC 155 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

Judges scored…

LA Lakers Retire Jamaal Wilkes' Jersey

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jamaal Wilkes spent most of his successful basketball career as a remarkable supporting player.

The Los Angeles Lakers felt it was time to put Silk under the spotlight.

Wilkes’ jersey was retired by the Lakers on Friday night, putting the smooth scorer in company with the franchise…

AC Milan Owner Will Pay Ex-Wife $48M a Year

Italy’s former Prime Minister and owner of  football Club AC Milan Silvio Berlusconi has agreed to pay 36m euros (£30m; $48m) a year to his ex-wife Veronica Lario, reports say.
Berlusconi will keep the $100m villa where the couple lived with their three children, as part of a…