Babe Ruth's Laundry Fetches $4.4 Million; Phil Jackson Won't Coach the Knicks
The NFL gets tough on its knee injury problem, Babe Ruth's jersey sells for $4.4 million, and Phil Jackson won't be coaching the Knicks next year.
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The league's roster of outspoken gay rights supporters has been depleted, and just when the NFL appears to need them most: Football is preparing for its own Jason Collins moment, a week after the first major American team sport athlete came out. But were these less prominent voices released because of their loud voices on the NFL's big gay issues, or because they weren't good enough? And will the real Pro Bowlers please stand up?
The NFL gets tough on its knee injury problem, Babe Ruth's jersey sells for $4.4 million, and Phil Jackson won't be coaching the Knicks next year.
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Today in sports: Bill Parcells is staying retired for the rest of the day, Vin Scully is going to miss the Los Angeles Dodgers home opener, and Peyton Manning's arm gets a boost.
Today in sports: Fox Saturdays are going to be sports heavy, Ozzie Guillen wisely has decided to apologize for saying he's a big, big Castro fan, and Bill Parcells is negotiating through the media again.
Today in sports: Kentucky's basketball coach swears he's not interested in a jump to the NBA, Sacramento's NBA future looks murky, and Jack the Georgetown bulldog gets an heir.
Today in sports: New NFL uniforms, game-fixing scandals overseas, an ode to Augusta's black caddies, one Kentucky fan's wild night, and Nissan designs a real-life Batmobile to win Le Mans.
Also: Nike is suing Reebok for selling "unauthorized" Tim Tebow Jets gear.
Also: Kobe Bryant responds to his benching.
Also: Dick Durbin's reasonable call for Bountygate hearings isn't playing well with Senate Republicans
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A nasty hockey brawl at Madison Square Garden won't do much to ease concerns about fighting in hockey, fed-up fans of the Golden State Warriors turn a celebration into an evening of lusty boos, and dissecting Peyton Manning's new contract.
Also in sports: another day, another NFL contract worth $100 million.
Syracuse has suspended starting center Fab Melo for the duration of the NCAA tournament, David Cameron is going to get to see tonight's NCAA play-in game, and the NFL is cracking down on violations of unwritten rules
Today in sports: Peyton Manning has many suitors, the Los Angeles Lakers have gone rogue, and the Oakland A's hope a convoluted history lesson is their ticket to San Jose.
Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts are officially moving on after 14 years, the Saints braintrust breaks its Bountygate silence, and Joe Gibbs gives a brief bounty history lesson.
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Also: Former Indianapolis Colts president Bill Polian finds a home at ESPN, the NFL accommodates Barack Obama's acceptance speech, and Kobe Bryant may also have a concussion.
Today in sports: Jeremy Lin and Nike have agreed to extend his endorsement deal, the ACC's empty arena problem, and Maryland football coach Randy Edsall launches another pointless torpedo after a brief moment of clarity.
Four hours after GQ tweeted out Michael Silver's oral history of Tim Tebow's 2011 regular season, Denver Broncos backup quarterback, Brady Quinn has announced he's sorry, so very sorry, for what he said.
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The New York Knicks reportedly will fire coach Mike D'Antoni right before the Super Bowl and hope nobody notices, a unique baseball bauble is missing, and baseball's new-fangled playoff format is going to have to wait a year.
Penn State is struggling to recruit with new head coach Bill O'Brien still working for the New England Patriots, multiple sources say Peyton Manning's rehab from surgery isn't progressing fast enough, and a genuine piece of news emerges from Super Bowl media day.
Before the Giants and Patriots can take the field, they have to brave an hour on the turf at Lucas Oil stadium with more than 5,000 credentialed reporters -- some of whom want their hair.
Today in sports: Peyton Manning and Jim Irsay promise his final days with the Indianapolis Colts will be civil, Cleveland once again is a prime target for "sports blackmail," and college basketball is getting tough on taunting.
The Women's Tennis Association is urging the next generation of players to stop their excessive grunting by never starting, the Vikings may finally be getting their state-funded stadium, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers go back to the college coach well.
The NFL Isn't done making Londoners watch pro football, the Miami Dolphins are poised to botch another coaching search, and a Mayweather/Pacquiao fight keeps finding ways to seem plausible.
Today in sports: The deadline for the Rangers to sign the next (maybe) great Japanese pitcher is rapidly approaching, the NFL is not investigating the Kansas City Chiefs for allegedly bugging former coach Todd Haley's office, the St. Louis Cardinals (and Mark McGwire) go to Washington.
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Yale's football coach submits his resignation after his quarterback's very real pursuit of a Rhodes scholarship brought his own Rhodes fibs to light, David Beckham is going to France, and UCLA's football team again insists on going over the wall.
Today in sports: The power outages during last night's Monday night football game have NFL conspiracy theorists buzzing, the Atlanta Braves don't want any of Pixar's magic rubbing off on them, and Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish is headed to Texas.
Today in sports: Barry Bonds avoids jail time, Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Blaine Gabbert looks like a historically bad player, and the NFL is going to upgrade its technology.
Today in sports: More fallout from the NBA blockbuster trade that wasn't, Fox is a strange position when it comes to the trying to get the Los Angeles Dodgers TV rights, and Cleveland Browns quarterback Colt McCoy's dad has harsh words for the way the team treated his head injury last night.
Today in sports: The Minnesota Vikings release Donovan McNabb, a Michigan State cheerleader is out of the hospital after a scary fall during last night's game against Florida State, and NBA players in China are stuck there until March.
Meanwhile, the Jacksonville Jaguars aren't going to Los Angeles and the plot is on to take the World Cup away from Qatar.
Today in sports: FIFA is worried about Brazil's "nightmare" traffic jams, Urban Meyer returns to college football after a 355-day hiatus, and the NFL offers China an olive branch (and Tony Dorsett).
Today in sports: The last best chance of saving the NBA season has come and gone, the UFC brings in big numbers for Fox, and a fair price for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Today in sports: The NBA lockout sparks its first racially inflammatory war of words, President Obama finally gets around to calling the St. Louis Cardinals, and the role NFL coaches play in encouraging illegal hits.
Today in sports: Optimism that the NBA lockout is on its last legs, ESPN's ombudsman explains its tricky relationship with the University of Texas, and NFL games are taking 89 seconds longer this year.
Today in sports: Baseball's TV ratings topped the NFL last night, the NCAA is backing a proposal that would increase the value of athletic scholarships by $2,000, and the NBA lockout has already cost nearly 400 people their jobs.
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