NEW YORK (AP) — After a weekend in which four top-10 teams lost, The Associated Press college football poll received a major makeover. No. 1 Florida, No. 2 Texas and No. 3 Alabama held their places in the media poll released Sunday, but 15 teams moved up or down at least three spots. The results […]

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Delone Carter scored four touchdowns and Syracuse overcame Maine’s bag of tricks to beat the Black Bears 41-24 on Saturday night. It was the second straight win for the Orange (2-2) and it put them at .500 for the first time in three years, a span of 35 games. Maine (2-2) […]

PITTSBURGH — The Los Angeles Dodgers are back in the playoffs. Manny Ramirez, Joe Torre and the Dodgers clinched at least the NL wild-card berth with their 8-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday night. It’s the third time in four years that Los Angeles has reached the postseason. The Dodgers also reduced their […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Put the bubbly on ice for the first clinching celebration at the new Yankee Stadium. With another dominant performance by CC Sabathia, the New York Yankees’ magic number for winning the AL East is down to one. “We’ve got a lot of work left to do,” Sabathia said after smothering the […]

Injuries are more than the great equalizer in the NFL, they can be the grim reaper for a team’s season. Already, a handful of clubs are dealing with the absence of key players, some of whom are pretty much irreplaceable. A year ago, two defending division champions, the Packers and Seahawks, were destroyed by injuries. […]

The Tennessee Titans thought they recovered a muffed punt last weekend at the Houston 9 when the ball bounced off Jacoby Jones and into the arms of Tennessee rookie Jason McCourty. The rookie had given Jones room to catch the punt. But no. Because the ball bounced off Jones and didn’t hit the turf first, […]

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Tom Brady smiled as he slipped through a narrow opening in the crowd of reporters waiting at his locker. The celebrity quarterback is more comfortable in that setting than at a podium where he’s separated from his questioners at his weekly Wednesday media sessions. But he speaks from the podium at […]

Sidney Crosby nestled into a chair at a New York hotel at the end of the busiest summer of his young life. The latest in a list of countless interviews and guest appearances was taking place, and the youngest captain of a Stanley Cup champion couldn’t have been happier. Oh, how different this year is […]

DOVER, Del. (AP) — The oldest driver in Sprint Cup happens to be the best one in the sport this season. He’s won more races than Tony Stewart. Has more poles than Jimmie Johnson. He has earned more respect than any other driver in the garage and is the sentimental favorite to win his first […]