NBA Will Penalize Players For Flopping

Stop the flop.

The NBA will penalize floppers this season, fining players for repeated violations of an act a league official said Wednesday has “no place in our game.”

Those exaggerated falls to the floor may fool the referees and fans during the game, but officials at league headquarters plan…

NY Jets Receiver Santonio Holmes Out For The Year

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Santonio Holmes will miss the rest of this season with a Lisfranc injury in his left foot, leaving the struggling New York Jets without their top offensive playmaker.

The Jets announced Wednesday that Holmes, who will require surgery, was placed on season-ending injured reserve. The…

Former Penn St. Coach Sues University

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A former Penn State graduate assistant who complained he saw former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky showering with a young boy on campus and testified at his sex abuse trial sued the university on Tuesday for what he calls defamation and misrepresentation.

Mike McQueary’s whistle-blower…

Colts Head Coach Diagnosed With Cancer

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — It took Chuck Pagano less than nine months to instill his fighter’s mentality and hopeful spirit in the Indianapolis Colts.

He will need both to survive the biggest battle of his life — leukemia.

In a somber news conference Monday, the Colts announced that their new coach had…

Europe Wins Ryder Cup With Epic Comeback

Just when it seemed that a golden summer of sport was over and its immortal feats had been consigned to history, Europe’s golfers produced one of the highlights of an astonishing year on Sunday by retaining the Ryder Cup with a comeback of epic proportions against the United States…