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Beginning early this morning and dragging on throughout the day, thousands of high school senior athletes from all around the country will put pen to paper, officially committing to a college on National Signing Day. The pomp and circumstance of televised signings and nationwide headlines won’t include Statesboro, but the Bulloch County area will continue its tradition of sending quite a few stars on their way to the next level. Read More
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INDIANAPOLIS — Quick, Wes Welker, spell Bill Belichick. Hey, Osi Umenyiora, know any other Elis besides that Manning guy? Rob Gronkowski, what's your favorite song by Madonna? Not exactly challenging questions about Sunday's Super Bowl between the New York Giants and New England Patriots. But that's media day, the NFL's annual version of the circus, minus the ringmaster. With players and coaches penned into cubicles, mainstream reporters were joined Tuesday by a ... Read More
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For the uninitiated, “Burning the North Forty” was a term used by the lower, lower tier of Morgan County’s landed aristocracy when they decided to burn off a part of their pastures in the early spring. Read More
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ATLANTA — Rodney Garner says this recruiting season didn't have a normal start, since Georgia was coming off a losing season. The ending also is unusual. Garner, Georgia's recruiting coordinator, expects to have a busy Wednesday. The Bulldogs are in the mix for several players who have waited until signing day to announce their plans. Josh Harvey-Clemons, a linebacker from Lowndes High in Valdosta, is expected to pick Georgia, Florida State, ... Read More
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INDIANAPOLIS — Peyton Manning isn't ready to discuss retirement yet. The four-time league MVP told a group of reporters Tuesday he doesn't plan to stop playing and that his recovery from a third neck surgery continues to be on schedule. "My plan hasn't changed," Manning said at a hotel after media day at Lucas Oil Stadium featuring the Giants and Patriots. "I'm on track with what the doctors have told me to ... Read More
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INDIANAPOLIS — Here we go again. Four years after what many consider the best finish in Super Bowl history, the Giants and Patriots are facing off once more for the NFL championship. While there are no perfect records on the line this time, this matchup could be equally enticing. It certainly looks that way heading into Sunday's big game. In 2008, with New England undefeated and having beaten New York in the ... Read More
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — AJ Allmendinger won five races during the 2006 season in Champ Car, then walked away hoping to launch a new career in NASCAR. He was at the top of his game when he left open-wheel, and figured he'd make a smooth and successful transition to stock cars. Instead, he suffered through a miserable five years. Now, in what seems like a blink of an eye, it has ... Read More
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Tiger Woods laughed at the question and it was hard to blame him. Woods had won 82 times around the world, including 14 majors. In the 47 tournaments that he had the outright lead going into the final round, only four players had managed to beat him. This was golf's ultimate closer. But this also was a new world for Woods. In the 12 months since his personal ... Read More
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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Tiger Woods put himself in position to win his second straight tournament Saturday, and this one would leave little doubt about which direction his game is going. Read More
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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Joe Johnson scored 28 of his 30 points after halftime, including a tying 3-pointer with 1.9 seconds left in regulation, and the Atlanta Hawks stunned the Detroit Pistons 107-101 in overtime Friday night. Read More
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Chip Ganassi hopes to improve on last year's 24-hour race at Daytona International Speedway. Read More
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MELBOURNE, Australia — If anyone knows how Novak Djokovic feels after sweating and scrapping for almost five hours in the Australian Open semifinals, it's his next opponent — Rafael Nadal. Read More
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MELBOURNE, Australia — Only the trophy and the tears were missing from this latest Grand Slam installment of Rafa vs. Roger. Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer were on opposite sides of the net Thursday, meeting in the semifinals of the Australian Open. And Nadal was the winner again — for the eighth time in their 10 Grand Slam matchups. The Spaniard won 6-7 (5), 6-2, 7-6 (5), 6-4, covering the baseline ... Read More
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TAMPA, Fla. — The Buccaneers are counting on Greg Schiano to lead them back to respectability and transform Tampa Bay into consistent winners — much in the same way he made Rutgers matter again. The 45-year-old former Scarlet Knights coach was hired Thursday, more than three weeks after the Bucs fired Raheem Morris following a 4-12 finish. The team scheduled a press conference for today to introduce Schiano, who inherits a team ... Read More
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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Quiet mourners lined the route of Joe Paterno's funeral procession Wednesday, watching with grief and reverence as the electric-blue hearse carrying the Penn State coach's casket slowly drove by. Some took pictures with their cell phones, or waved to his widow. Others craned their necks hoping for a better glimpse through the crowd sometimes four deep or more. The private funeral and burial service capped another emotional day ... Read More
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MELBOURNE, Australia — Roger Federer advanced to the Australian Open semifinals for the ninth consecutive year with a 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 victory over Juan Martin del Potro, one of only two men who've beaten him in a Grand Slam final. Read More
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If it's true, as the saying goes, that "defense wins championships," the NFL's conference title games offered ample evidence that special teams can lose them. Read More
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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - Happy Valley was perfect for Joe Paterno, a place where "JoePa" knew best, where he not only won more football games than any other major college coach, but won them the right way: with integrity and sportsmanship. A place where character came first, championships second. Read More
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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Joe Paterno's doctors say the former Penn State coach's condition has become "serious" after he experienced complications from lung cancer in recent days. Read More
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ATLANTA — Joe Johnson scored 25 points and the Atlanta Hawks, coming off a loss that prompted their coach to say they quit, responded with their highest scoring output of the season in a 121-94 rout of the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday night. Read More
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MELBOURNE, Australia — Just before she walked on court, Greta Arn said she was looking forward to the "privilege" of playing her first match against Serena Williams. Some privilege. Read More
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PHILADELPHIA — Jrue Holiday had 16 points and 11 assists, and Thaddeus Young scored 20 points to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to a 90-76 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Friday night. Andre Iguodala scored 11 points and Elton Brand grabbed 16 rebounds to help the 76ers win for the ninth time in 11 games and improve to 7-1 at home. The Sixers left a dismal first half in the dust with ... Read More
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ATLANTA — When Al Horford tumbled to the court, his hopes of playing again this season all but snuffed out, everyone figured he'd take the Atlanta Hawks down with him. Read More
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MELBOURNE, Australia — Andy Roddick lunged for a shot by Lleyton Hewitt and felt a sharp pain in his right leg. He stayed down on his hands and one knee for a few seconds, wondering if his Australian Open was finished. Read More
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Tough luck, Frisco fans. Eli Manning's tummy is just fine. Read More
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ATLANTA — Joe Johnson bounced back from a sluggish start to score 24 points and came up with a key defensive play down the stretch, leading the Atlanta Hawks to their fourth straight victory since losing All-Star center Al Horford, 92-89, over the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday night. The Hawks, taking over first place in the Southeast Division from Orlando, closed the third period on a 14-0 run, but the Trail Blazers ... Read More
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As an 11-year-old boy, I was quite aware that the world was full of monsters, ghouls, hobgoblins and other creatures that roamed the earth. Read More
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Tuesday dubbed the St. Louis Cardinals the "greatest comeback team in the history of baseball" thanks to their thrilling late-season charge into the playoffs and death-defying, seven-game triumph in last November's World Series. The Cardinals were 10 ½ games back at the end of August, but rallied to win a National League wild card spot on the last day of the regular season. They trailed in each ... Read More
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ATLANTA — Josh Smith believes the Atlanta Hawks can keep winning even though center Al Horford will miss the next three to four months with an injury. "We have veteran guys who have been there and done that before," Smith said. "All we need is to just keep flying under the radar." Smith scored 28 points and pulled down a season-high 15 rebounds and Joe Johnson added 27 points to help the ... Read More
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MELBOURNE, Australia — Rafael Nadal sat in his hotel room in "unbelievable pain," his right knee cracking and his leg cramping. He wondered if he'd be able to play his first-round match at the Australian Open. He already had plenty on his mind going into the year's first Grand Slam tournament. There was his ailing shoulder and his spat with Roger Federer over player conditions on the tour, a rare clash between these ... Read More
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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The debate over Tim Tebow's worthiness as an NFL quarterback will undeniably continue in the offseason. What's not in doubt is his status as the Denver Broncos' starter. The team sought to curb the circus that's sure to surround Tebow over the next several months by declaring him the incumbent at a season-ending news conference Monday. "Well, I think Tim's earned the right to be the starting quarterback ... Read More
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SAN FRANCISCO — What a way to celebrate the 30-year anniversary of "The Catch." Joe Montana to Dwight Clark then. Alex Smith to Vernon Davis now. Smith completed a 14-yard touchdown pass to Davis with 9 seconds left just after Drew Brees had put the high-powered Saints ahead, and resurgent San Francisco capitalized on five New Orleans turnovers for a thrilling 36-32 playoff victory Saturday. "This is big for us," ... Read More
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ATLANTA — Joe Johnson scored 25 points, Ivan Johnson hit the clinching free throws with 4.6 seconds remaining and the Atlanta Hawks rallied from an 18-point deficit to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves, 93-91, on Saturday night. Kevin Love missed a potential game-tying jump shot at the buzzer, but finished with 30 points and 13 rebounds for Minnesota, which was trying to win consecutive road games for the first time since last Feb. 7-8 ... Read More
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PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz. — Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig says he couldn't resist the pleas of team owners for him to stay on the job. His wife Sue has said all along there was no way her husband would walk away from the game. Read More
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INDIANAPOLIS — Danny Granger scored 24 points to break out of a shooting slump in the Indiana Pacers' 96-84 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday night. Roy Hibbert added 12 points and 11 rebounds, and David West and Lance Stephenson also had 12 points each to help the Pacers improve to 7-3 — matching their best start since 2005-06. Indiana also is 4-0 at home for the first time since winning ... Read More
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NEW ORLEANS — Alabama's convincing victory in the BCS championship wasn't enough to convince all 60 Associated Press college football poll voters that the Crimson Tide is No. 1. Four members of the media panel had Oklahoma State at No. 1, and Erik Gee, of KNML-AM in Albuquerque, N.M., picked LSU — as he said he would before the game. "I was a lot closer than I thought I would be to ... Read More
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Winter has arrived in middle Georgia and it always gets me down. I sneaked a look at my temperature gauge this morning and it registered a frosty 21 degrees. I stepped out on the back deck and the wind was clipping along at about 20 knots, making the wind chill factor about 60 degrees below my tolerance level. Rumor had it that it was so cold the chickens were lining up at KFC to wait their turn in the pressure cooker and Kim Kardashian was downgraded from hot to tepid. Read More
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NEW ORLEANS - As required, Alabama's players whooped it up amid the confetti and fireworks, yet there was something muted about this championship celebration. Read More
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NEW ORLEANS — The Bowl Championship Series as college football fans have come to know it is going away. Read More
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DENVER (AP) — The Drive. The Fumble. And now, The Blink of an Eye. Read More
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