Auburn's Byrum Ready For Possible Title-Clinching Kick
Wes Byrum gets the question all the time: What would it be like to give Auburn a BCS title with one kick? Luckily, he already knows what it's like to be the hero — at least on a smaller stage.
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Wes Byrum gets the question all the time: What would it be like to give Auburn a BCS title with one kick? Luckily, he already knows what it's like to be the hero — at least on a smaller stage.
Rex Ryan needed to set something straight about Peyton Manning. He's a great player, sure, but he's no touchdown-tossing robot. Not even a rocket-armed superhero, or some indestructible force.
All this talk about the unstoppable offenses set to be unleashed by No. 1 Auburn and No. 2 Oregon in the BCS title game is enough to make a defensive coordinator's head spin.
Michael Vick is showing less patience in the pocket, committing more turnovers and making fewer long completions. Is he regressing?
The man who has two Super Bowl-winning kicks was happy to get reacquainted with a bit of pressure in time for Saturday night's playoff game against the New York Jets.
All-Star sluggers Rafael Palmeiro, Jeff Bagwell, Mark McGwire and Juan Gonzalez didn't come close in Wednesday's election. No telling if they ever will, either, after Hall voters sent a clear message: The drug cloud isn't going to cover Cooperstown.
Charles Jenkins scored 32 points and had eight assists as Hofstra defeated George Mason 87-74 on Wednesday night to move into first place in the Colonial Athletic Association.
Mats Zuccarello scored his first NHL goal 3:09 into overtime and Henrik Lundqvist made 31 saves to lift the New York Rangers to a 2-1 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday night.
Sasha Vujacic made the tiebreaking basket with 5.3 seconds left, and the New Jersey Nets snapped their five-game losing streak with a 96-94 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday night.
The New York Jets are appealing the $100,000 fine issued by the NFL last week for violating league rules when assistant coach Sal Alosi ordered players to form a sideline wall, then tripped Miami's Nolan Carroll during a punt return last month.
A person with knowledge of the situation says Stanford coach Jim Harbaugh is meeting with the San Francisco 49ers about their head coach vacancy.
A special master is hearing complaints from the players union that the NFL improperly re-negotiated network TV contracts. Stephen Burbank is expected to rule on the issue this month, with both sides allowed to appeal.
Roberto Alomar and Bert Blyleven were elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame and here is a year-by-year list of inductees to the Hall of Fame.
Roberto Alomar and Bert Blyleven have been elected to baseball's Hall of Fame. Alomar and Blyleven were chosen Wednesday by the Baseball Writers' Association of America after narrow misses last year.
Former New York Racing Association executive Philip Dunn has died. He was 81. Dunn was the executive director of simulcast and TV systems when he retired in 1995.
