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.
A compelling argument for why fans should be outraged by the New Orleans Saints bounty program, the rich history of soccer chants, and the origins of the Big Ten's methodically-paced brand of basketball
Today in sports: Peyton Hillis considered dumping the Cleveland Browns for The Company, U.S. soccer finally shows Italy who's boss, and the bidding war for the right to draft Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III could be wrapping up early.
Also: why Daytona 500 organizers used Tide detergent to clean up after last night's spill, Donald Driver and Martina Navratilova will be the sports types on Dancing With the Stars, and the Angels are sorry for offending Albert Pujols with their promotional billboards
If anything can bring Egyptian soccer rivals together, it's their shared belief that their government is incompetent.
Officials now report 73 people died in the riot, and that the army had to send helicopters to evacuate the players.
Today in sports: The New York Times profiles the giant-headed New York Mets icon, European soccer clubs prepare to overpay for transfer players, and a sneaky contract provision in Albert Pujols' new contract.
Today in sports: The bidding process for star Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish ends tonight, Cleveland Browns president Mike Holmgren thinks his training staff is doing a heckuva job, and Chinese soccer struggles to keep up with the march of progress.
Today in sports: The NFL finds a suitably contrarian argument to help promote its new magazine, agent Leigh Steinberg is in a Twitter fight with Arizona State University, and the NFLPA isn't quite sold on giving union chief DeMaurice Smith a $1 million year-end bonus.
Today in sports: Boston players are already grousing about the hiring of former New York Mets manager Bobby Valentine, a class-action concussion suit takes aim at the NCAA, and Ndamukong Suh's frozen steak endorsement is on thin ice.
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).
Bus crash kills six and injures 28.
Also in the day in sports: Tony La Russa exits the castle, why college football's "game of the century" is bound to disappoint, and Iran suspends two soccer players indefinitely for an "immoral" post-goal celebration.
Plus: How European soccer spending got so out-of-control
Plus: Fox's fake newspaper quotes about Bears quarterback Jay Cutler lead to an apology
He'll replace Bob Bradley, who was fired yesterday
The win sparks a rallying cry for a country facing tough times
Abby Wambach again provides a key goal, as America heads to the final round this weekend
This, apparently, is consolation to disappointed Brazilian fans
A vote-selling scheme may be FIFA's biggest scandal in a century--and that's saying a lot
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