Girl’s memory inspires drive 5 hr ago | Add a comment The family of a young girl who died of liver cancer will host a blood drive in her honor from 2 to 7 p.m. Monday. The blood drive at Northwest Baptist Church, 3030 NW 23, honors the memory of Anna...

Cowboys, 49ers remember the Rams 11 hr ago | Add a comment IRVING, Texas — As the Dallas Cowboys and San Francisco 49ers prepare to meet Sunday, folks in both locker rooms might be saying, "Remember the Rams.” OK, so it’s not the...

Time for NFL coaches to get tougher 11 hr ago | Add a comment It started quietly enough, with new coach John Harbaugh trying to establish that he was, in fact, the head coach of the Baltimore Ravens and not a Howdy Doody for his players to toy with. So he put...

How do you motivate pros? 11 hr ago | Add a comment SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Knute Rockne implored his Notre Dame squad to win one for the Gipper. Jackie Sherrill had a live bull castrated during practice at Mississippi State. Jimmy Johnson...

Cowboys need sense of urgency 11 hr ago | Add a comment IRVING, Texas — Sometimes the short, simple answers are the best. Wade Phillips was asked about how the Cowboys are staring at an 8-4 record with upcoming games against San Francisco and...

NFL notebook 11 hr ago | Add a comment It’s a accurate league NFL teams have a collective .614 completion percentage this season. If that number holds up, it would be a new single-season record. Eight of the top 10...

Giants’ secondary is facing a tall task 11 hr ago | Add a comment EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Kurt Warner had three outstanding receivers on the Super Bowl XXXIV champion St. Louis Rams in Isaac Bruce, Torry Holt and Az Hakim. He may have an even better trio...

This week’s games 11 hr ago | Add a comment 49ers (3-7) at Cowboys (6-4)Time: Noon TV: KOKH-25 (Cox 12) Line: Cowboys by 10.5 Outlook: Marion Barber is averaging 4 yards per carry, but has run for six TDs. Jets (7-3) at Titans (10-0)Time:...

Jets’ Favre is focused on this season 11 hr ago | Add a comment FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Brett Favre is having too much fun leading the first-place New York Jets to even think about next season. "I don’t see how anyone, aside from you guys, can...

People still talk about Harvard-Yale 11 hr ago | Add a comment CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The scorekeeper said it was a tie. Everyone else knew otherwise. "Harvard Beats Yale 29-29,” the student newspaper trumpeted after the Ivy League rivals’...

Redskins fans stuffing ballot box 11 hr ago | Add a comment In 1957, the Cincinnati Enquirer distributed pre-marked ballots with its Sunday editions, making it easy for Reds fans to vote early and often in choosing the National League team for...

Titans quarterback Collins still winning 11 hr ago | Add a comment NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Kerry Collins may not be the NFL’s best quarterback. He has a checkered personal history and a losing record as a starter. But here he is, gray stubble and all, a key...

Will Muschamp have to wait long? 11 hr ago | Add a comment AUSTIN, Texas — Texas coach Mack Brown insists Will Muschamp’s elevation to head-coach-in-waiting doesn’t start the tick-tock on the countdown to his retirement. Actually, it...

Iron Bowl has national title implications 11 hr ago | Add a comment TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The Auburn Tigers headed into the 2004 Iron Bowl unbeaten, loaded with NFL-caliber talent and locked in a wide-open national championship race. They had to rally for a...

Redskins’ Alexander returns to Seattle 11 hr ago | Add a comment RENTON, Wash. — Shaun Alexander’s recent career trajectory has resembled a bungee jump: Straight down. In just three years, the Seahawks’ former franchise running back went from...

The unlikely rebirth of Kurt Warner 11 hr ago | Add a comment Little did Tom Coughlin know that the decision he was about to make on Nov. 15, 2004, would have such a monumental impact. The New York Giants’ coach just wanted to win a football game. New...

Subplots galore for Vikings, Jags 11 hr ago | Add a comment JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The subplots might be more interesting than the game. Mike Tice facing his former team for the first time. Troy Williamson wanting to fight his former coach. Jared Allen...

Jones’ return sets Cowboys up for fall 11 hr ago | Add a comment IRVING, Texas — The NFL’s poster child for foolish behavior is returning to the Cowboys. That’s right, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has reinstated Pacman Jones, giving him yet...

Maxed out on bowls? 11 hr ago | Add a comment After years of relentless expansion, college football’s nearly monthlong holiday party — the bowl season — finally seems to have maxed out. Those involved in the bowl business say...

Ikard’s catch lifts Irish in thriller 6 hr ago | Add a comment Gabe Ikard is a really, really good tight end. And maybe, as might be suspected of a Bishop McGuinness Fighting Irish, he was just a little bit lucky during the Irish’s 33-30 win over...