The hallowed "Rules of Golf" will undergo a rare and controversial change, as the sport has placed a ban on "anchor putting," a tactic that has threatened to over take the game.
Also: Former Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel is back on a campus in Ohio, Gordie Howe is sick, and Serena Williams is spending quality time in Paris with Grigor Dimitrov.
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.
Unlike other networks, which are fearful to put stuff on the Internets, NBC's not worried about losing money on its free stream of this year's Super Bowl.
Analyzing the historic greatness of Sunday's Australian Open final, the Carolina Panthers have an aggressive new logo, and the problem with baseball's new playoff format.
For nearly six hours, tennis superstars Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal battled for Austalian Open supremacy. Djokovic emerged the exhausted winner.
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.
Today in sports: Why $4,000 Super Bowl tickets are cheap, the Westboro Baptist Church will picket Joe Paterno's funeral, Tim Lincecum reportedly turned down a "nine figure" contract extension with the San Francisco Giants, and life without Knicks and Rangers.
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.
Rob Lowe defends his Peyton Manning retirement scoop, Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco cannot recklessly ride his skateboard in peace, and the inventor of the football flak jacket has died.
Nike is a brand well known for its go-get-em branding and you-can-do-it attitude, and thanks to yet another winning quarterly earnings report, the nearly half century-old company is showing no signs of letting up.
The internet is abuzz with confusion at the news that Rob Lowe, known in some circles for his acting, tweeted that he believes Peyton Manning will retire from the NFL after this season.
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.
Today in sports: father of the "Greatest Show on Turf" offense says he's done coaching football, the University of Miami will no longer let donors buy players "occasional meals," and Tim Tebow will not be a guest analyst for CBS this weekend.
Former heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali turns 70 today, and there has been no shortage of new commentary and repackaged classic Ali coverage to mark the occasion.
Today in sports: Speculation about why hockey fights are down 25 percent this year, Ohio State will still get its bowl check next year, and the World Boxing Association orders a rematch of last month's "dodgy" welterweight title fight
Today in sports: the New York Jets front has created a culture where press leaks are vital, the Miami Dolphins are about to make Jeff Fisher the NFL's highest paid coach, and Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig has signed a new contract that could pay him $25 million a year.
Today in sports: The Oakland Raiders have fired head coach Hue Jackson after one penalty-plagued 8-8 season, Les Miles lost a big chunk of change by not winning the BCS title game, and Tony Romo's ill-timed Vegas weekend.
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.
Cartoonist Steve Benson has a spiritual message for Tim Tebow.
Today in sports: John Elway has some questionable advice for Tim Tebow, organizers for the London Olympics are still trying to get this whole ticket selling thing down, and the NCAA men's basketball selection committee is experimenting with radical transparency.
Today in sports: In a new ad in Iowa, the GOP White House longshot hitches her wagon to the star of the worst quarterback in the NFL playoffs, Penn State is still trying to settle on a replacement for Joe Paterno, and ad time during the Super Bowl is all sold out.
Today in sports: ESPN says no one should ever worry about being hit in the head by a crashing camera, the University of Oregon has fancy new duds for tonight's Rose Bowl game, and the Montreal Canadiens formally apologize to Quebec separatists.
The Big 10 and Pac-12 close a new scheduling deal to gobble up more college sports scheduling real estate, Penn State's top choice to replace Joe Paterno passes, and Alex Rodriguez's bad knee gets the experimental blood therapy treatment in Germany.
Kelly Clarkson endorses Ron Paul and outrages the Internet, Kanye West is still available for New Year's Eve, and Zoe Saldana and Bradley Cooper are "totally dating."
Today in sports: Yacht racers squabble over a finish, sports writers remember the good times, and Penn State won't be landing its top-choice football coach.
Today in sports: Meet Yoenis Cespedes, the Cuban baseball star who's about to get very rich as an MLB free agent; also meet Bill Bordley, the MLB vice president for security and a former Secret Service agent who once tried to stop Monica Lewinsky from visiting Bill Clinton.
Today in sports: the aftermath of Chicago Bear Sam Hurd's drug arrest, the NBA owner who voted to kill the deal, and which college football team wears the best uniform anyway?
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.
You could get a business card with your name on it, one-on-one time with Mr. Met, and not much else
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: NFL owners approve the sale of the Jacksonsville Jaguars, former hot young coaching candidate Turner Gill is now coaching for Jerry Falwel, and the Indianapolis Colts will fire coach Jim Caldwell if he fails a complicated and pointless test.
Today in sports: Concussions sideline star Pittsburgh Penguins forward Sidney Crosby once again, history is not on Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun's side as he prepares to appeal his positive drug test, and the NFL coaching fates claim Todd Haley.
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.
NBA Commissioner David Stern vetoed a major trade that would have sent superstar Chris Paul to the L.A. Lakers, after small-market owners revolted over the deal.
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.
After 10 years on the Cardinals, Albert Pujols has agreed to spend his next 10 with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for $250 to $260 million, putting him in a pay scale exceeded only by Alex Rodriguez, who signed with the Yankees for $275 million in 2008.
This week in sports: The Carolina Panthers equipment manager has a mercifully polite encounter with a fan, N.F.L. retirees are suing the league for over-prescribing painkillers, and a miraculous recovery in a sailing race.
Today in sports: The strange habits of super marathoners, new Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine comes in from the cold, and Mark Cuban is back in the hunt to buy the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Agreement still needs to be passed by a majority of owners and players.
The NBA eyes a Christmas start date as labor talks continue, college football's post-season has the potential to be historically messy this year, and American Samoa's soccer team snaps a 17-year streak of futility.
Today in sports: Hawaii faces a point-shaving scandal, Urban Meyer denies Ohio rumors, and Hulk Hogan gets taken to the mat in his divorce.
Today in sports: Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander is the American League's most value player, an arrest in the stabbing death of Seattle Mariners outfielder Greg Halman, and a tough weekend for NBA players overseas
Yale quarterback Patrick Witt's wildly-covered decision to forego a Rhodes scholarship appointment so that he could play in this coming weekend's game against Harvard was supposed to be something he and his coach, Tom Williams, could relate to, but that isn't the case.
Today in sports: Penn State's interim athletic director may soon get the job permanently, David Boies is on the other side of a sports labor fight, and the creeping menace of basketball court decals.
Today in sports: Floyd Mayweather, Jr. says Manny Pacquiao won't even talk to them about fighting in June, if not for the lockout the average NBA player would have pocketed a $425,000 check today, and U.S. Soccer gets a much-needed win.
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.
Washington Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos has reportedly been kidnapped in his home country of Venezuela.
As the Penn State scandal continues to tear apart the school and its football program, reports are that head coach Joe Paterno's days are numbered.
According to The New York Times, the departure of the veteran football coach is likely.
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