The New England Patriots have surprised no one by slapping the franchise tag on free-agent-to-be Matt Cassel.
If the Patriots choose to keep him, they will be charged $14.65 million, as the franchise tag g...
John Maine and the New York Mets avoided arbitration by agreeing on a one-year $2.6 million contract.
Maine wanted $3 million and the Mets were offering $2.2 million. So, some genius figured out that $2.6 ...
Everyone's favorite team wrecker is getting his own reality show on VH1, the network announced today.
T.O.'s best friends and publicists, Monique Jackson and Kita Williams, will help Terrell try to get his c...
AIG, the global insurance giant that has fallen on hard economic times to say the least, has informed Manchester United of the English Premiere League that they will not be renewing their sponsorship. The four-...
Multiple sources have told ESPN's Chris Mortensen that former Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Rex Ryan will become the next head coach of the New York Jets.
The sources told Mort that he signed a four...
The Associated Press has announced the results of the NFL All-Pro voting. This isn't Pro Bowl voting, this is the best in the entire league.
OFFENSE
Quarterback
Peyton Manning, Indianapolis, 28; Drew Br...
Not that anyone ever really thought he was a murderer, but his name certainly came up in an investigation. A Woburn, Mass. man admitted in court that he made up his testimony regarding the 1993 murder of Dr. Li...
John Smoltz to leave Atlanta for...the Red Sox?
MLB sources have told Foxsports.com's Ken Rosenthal that the Boston Red Sox are nearing a deal with long-time Atlanta Brave pitcher John Smoltz. It's a one-yea...
WEEI's Michael Holley reports that former Jets head coach Eric Mangini will be named head coach of the Cleveland Browns by the end of the week. Holley also says that Patriots VP of Personnel Scott Pioli will l...
Just like they said they would, Boston College has fired head football coach Jeff Jagodzinski, whose name is roughly as fun to type as that of a certain Illinois governor.
B.C. warned Jagodzinski that if he ...
A source close to the situation told the Associated Press that the 2010 NFL Pro Bowl will be played in Miami one week before the Super Bowl, which will also be held at Dolphin Stadium.
It's not out of the re...
For those of you who thought that CC Sabathia would inevitably sign with the Kansas City Royals or Pittsburgh Pirates, I have bad news. While the lure of playing in Missouri or Western Pennsylvania certainly ma...
More great news about the economy: the National Football League has announced that it plans to lay off 150 employees, which will equate to about 14 percent of the sports giant's total staff of 1,100.
"These ...
According to a USDA report released on Friday, Michael Vick placed family pet dogs into the ring with his trained pit bulls and laughed as the dogs "caused major injury" to the pets at Bad Newz Kennels.
The ...
As reported on ESPN, "ESPN and the BCS announced the deal on Tuesday. It includes exclusive television, radio, digital, international and marketing rights for the Fiesta, Orange and Sugar Bowls from 2011-2014 a...
The U.S. Department of Justice released the following:
Three leading electronics manufacturers "" LG Display Co. Ltd., Sharp Corp. and Chunghwa Picture Tubes Ltd. ""have agreed to plead guilty and ...
As I half-assed promised earlier in the week, here are my AFC mid-season report cards.
AFC East:
-New York Jets (5-3):
Say what you want about the Jets, they are still boring to watch. They added a sle...
Julio Rodriguez, a barber from Lawrence, Mass., pleaded guilty Tuesday to involuntary manslaughter after an October 2004 he killed a man and wounded two others over a Yankees-Red Sox playoff game
The Associa...