SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Mike Singletary didn’t exactly hand it to his old team. That didn’t matter - Jay Cutler handed the desperate San Francisco 49ers a much-needed win.
Frank Gore ran for 104 yards and a touchdown, Cutler threw a career-high five interceptions with his last coming in the end zone on the game’s final play and San Francisco snapped a four-game losing streak by beating the Chicago Bears 10-6 on Thursday night.
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Super Bowl star Plaxico Burress gets 2 years in prison for NYC nightclub gun incident.
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles Angels rookie pitcher Nick Adenhart died Thursday in a hit-and-run car crash after a game, a hospital official said.
Adenhart, 22, died after undergoing surgery, University of California, Irvine Medical Center spokesman John Murray said.
Adenhart was one of three people killed in the crash early Thursday after pitching in a loss against the Oakland Athletics.
The driver of a minivan ran a red light in Fullerton and hit two cars, including one carrying Adenhart.
Police Lt. Craig Brower said the minivan driver fled the crash scene and was captured a short time later. The driver was arrested and booked for investigation of felony hit-and-run.
A fourth passenger was at the same hospital in critical condition.
Adenhart was the Angels’ No. 3 starter, making his season debut Wednesday night. He was born in Silver Springs, Md.
The right-hander earned a spot in the starting rotation on an injury-plagued Angels staff by impressing manager Mike Scioscia late in spring training.
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Coast Guard: 1 missing boater rescued off Fla. coast; search on for 2 NFL players aboard.
• During the closing arguments of Jason Curl’s sexual assault bench trial Thursday, two vastly different pictures of the young man emerged — one as calculated predator, the other as naive consenter.
• Got cabin fever? Almost every evening, James Jones and his family gather in their Momence home to play interactive video games.They also look at these as providing a great fitness opportunity.
• A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected an emergency request from towns around Chicago to postpone Canadian National Railway Co.’s $300 million purchase of a 200-mile railway.
• Illinois’ embattled but defiant governor turns to the history books to describe the emotional strain on him and his family, comparing his arrest last month to Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor.
• With the start date for his impeachment trial rapidly approaching, Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s anger over proceedings he considers a sham could lead to a legal showdown in Illinois’ highest court. A lawsuit challenging “completely unfair” Senate trial rules is being prepared, Blagojevich attorney Samuel E. Adam told The Associated Press on Thursday.
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — That’s not a mirage rising out of the desert, folks. It’s the Arizona Cardinals soaring to their first Super Bowl. (more…)
NEW YORK (AP) — Rickey Henderson sped his way into the Hall of Fame on the first ballot, and Jim Rice made it in on his 15th and final try.
Henderson, baseball’s career leader in runs scored and stolen bases, received 94.8 percent of the vote from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, well above the 75 percent needed.
Rice, among baseball’s most feared hitters in the late 1970s and early 1980s, got 76.4 percent of the vote after falling just shy with 72.2 percent last year.
MIAMI (AP) — Florida wins BCS championship with 24-14 victory over Oklahoma.
NEW YORK (AP) — Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning is AP’s NFL Most Valuable Player.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) – Charles Barkley was arrested on suspicion of drinking and driving yesterday in Scottsdale, Ariz. An officer with a law enforcement task force that targets drunken driving saw the former NBA star run a stop sign around 1:30 a.m., police said. Barkley declined to submit to a breath test but was given a blood test.
