TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The sole survivor of a February boating accident that killed two NFL players and a former college player said he’s still haunted daily by “survivor’s guilt” and wonders why he was the one who lived. “I still ask every day, ‘Why me?’” Nick Schuyler, 24, said in an interview scheduled to […]

CORTLAND, N.Y. (AP) — Rex Ryan’s mouth is at it again. A day after using an expletive during his training camp news conference to tweak his former team, the New York Jets’ brash coach took a swipe at New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick. Ryan said during a radio interview a few months ago that […]

NAPA, Calif. (AP) — Tom Cable went on the defensive Tuesday and the NFL said it would investigate reports that the Oakland Raiders coach got into a fight that sent one of his assistants to the hospital. NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said the league is looking into the situation to try to determine the facts […]

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tampa Bay Buccaneers safety Tanard Jackson on Tuesday was suspended without pay for the first four games of the regular season for violating the NFL’s substances of abuse policy. The third-year pro’s suspension begins Sept. 5 and will continue through the Bucs’ Oct. 4 game against the Washington Redskins. He will […]

JEJU, South Korea (AP) — Baseball, basketball, soccer, volleyball. Y.E. Yang played them all as a child. Everything but golf, considered a sport of the elite, with green fees costing several hundred dollars a round. So it wasn’t until he was 19 that Yang, the son of vegetable farmers, picked up an iron at the […]

Check the baseball highlights lately and it’s hard to tell whether you’re watching MLB or WWE. Kevin Youkilis charges the mound, chucks his helmet and tackles a pitcher. Prince Fielder tries to barge into the opposing clubhouse. Ian Kinsler gets off the ground and confronts the catcher. Is it HBP … or Raw? They were […]

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — The Denver Broncos needed more muscle and hustle in their defensive line, and they knew right where to go to get it, acquiring versatile end Le Kevin Smith from New England for a draft pick on Monday. The Patriots, loaded with talent and depth along the defensive line, needed a fifth-round […]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — When Jimmie Johnson ran out of gas at Pocono Raceway in June, turning a second-place finish into a seventh-place finish, it was viewed as a rare mistake for the three-time defending NASCAR champion. Then it happened the very next week at Michigan International Speedway, where Johnson led 146 laps but ran […]

BOSTON (AP) — John Smoltz has been released by the Boston Red Sox. Now the question remains: Will he pitch again? The 42-year-old right-hander signed with the Red Sox last January after two decades with Atlanta, where he was a Cy Young Award winner and eight-time All-Star. Smoltz was particularly memorable in the postseason, going […]

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Though Raheem Morris says Tampa Bay’s quarterback competition is still wide open, the first-year coach plans to make a decision within a week. That suits the apparent frontrunner, Byron Leftwich, just fine. Leftwich will begin Saturday night’s preseason game at Jacksonville with an opportunity to be a team’s No. 1 quarterback […]