KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP) - Tiger Woods has one less endorsement deal, ending his 13-year relationship with golf’s biggest magazine. (more…)
BEREA, Ohio (AP) - The Cleveland Browns have fired coach Eric
Mangini following a second straight 5-11 season that ended with a
humiliating home loss to the rival Pittsburgh Steelers.
He was
dismissed during a Monday morning meeting with team president Mike
Holmgren. The club announced his dismissal in a statement.
Mangini
went just 10-22 with the Browns and finished his second season with a
four-game losing streak. Cleveland went 2-6 following an upset of NFL
heavyweight New England on Nov. 7 — a victory that seemed like a turning
point. Instead, it only triggered a slide.
Mangini’s ouster
seemed set long before Sunday’s 41-9 loss, and the rout certainly didn’t
help his cause with Holmgren, the Super Bowl-winning coach who may
return to the sideline.
DETROIT (AP) - Brett Favre is sitting out Minnesota’s game at Detroit, meaning the 41-year-old quarterback’s career apparently ends with him on the sideline. (more…)
NEW YORK (AP) - The NFL has fined the New York Jets $100,000 for violating league rules when assistant coach Sal Alosi tripped Miami’s Nolan Carroll on the sideline during a punt return. (more…)
CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Blackhawks forward Jonathan Toews will be out two weeks with a shoulder injury. (more…)
Clay Harbor’s first touchdown of his NFL career was so good, the opposing team didn’t believe he made it.
Harbor, a Dwight High School graduate and current tight end for Philadelphia, made a spectacular TD grab in the back of the end zone to give the Eagles a 7-0 lead in the first quarter against Minnesota on Tuesday night at home.
After grabbing the ball thrown by Pro Bowl quarterback Michael Vick, Harbor dragged his feet near the back of the end zone to stay in bounds. Minnesota coach Leslie Frazier challenged the ruling of touchdown, but the play was upheld.
LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — Long snapper Patrick Mannelly and defensive tackle Matt Toeaina have agreed to multiyear contract extensions with the Chicago Bears. (more…)
CHICAGO (AP) - Pete Rose Jr., the son of the career hits leader who is banned from baseball, will run a rookie league team of the Chicago White Sox.
Rose Jr. played 21 seasons of minor league baseball with several organizations, including the White Sox. He appeared in 1,918 minor league games and had a .271 batting average. He was originally drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 12th round in 1988.
He will run the Bristol, Va., affiliate in the Appalachian League.
In 1997, Rose Jr. got a small taste of the big leagues with the Cincinnati Reds — his father’s primary team when he played — when he appeared in 11 games, going 2 for 14.
Chicago also said Joe McEwing will manage the Triple-A team in Charlotte, moving up from Class A Winston-Salem, and former Blue Jays star Devon White, with 346 career steals, will be a base-running instructor in the minors.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The University of Minnesota says it will rely on a tarp over heating coils to warm the TCF Bank Stadium field ahead of Monday night’s Vikings-Bears game. (more…)
DEERFIELD - One day after Derrick Rose went down in a heap at the United Center, the Chicago Bulls got some relatively good news. (more…)
