Bills hire former star safety Ed Reed as defensive assistant The Buffalo Bills defensive backs will have quite the new coach to learn from this offseason: the organization announced on Wednesday night that it has hired Ed Reed as assistant defensive backs coach. A five-time first-team All-Pro, nine-time Pro Bowler and 2004 NFL defensive player of the year, Reed last played in 2013 season, … [Read more...]

Tony Stewart says he's heading back to dirt racing after retiring Tony Stewart has an idea of what his post-Sprint Cup retirement plans are going to be. The three-time champion is retiring following the 2016 season and is at the Chili Bowl Nationals this week. The Chili Bowl is an indoor dirt track race in Tulsa, Oklahoma. “I plan on running a lot of dirt races after the end of the season … [Read more...]

Michigan finally finishes off a good team upsetting No. 3 Maryland Three days after drilling a long, game-winning 3-pointer with pure confidence to give Maryland a victory at Wisconsin, guard Melo Trimble seemed to be running on empty Tuesday night in a loss at Michigan. Trimble scored his only two points of the night in the first two minutes of the game and then nearly disappeared … [Read more...]

Alabama beats Clemson 45-40 for national title GLENDALE, Arizona – Alabama's four touchdowns of 50 yards or more keyed a 45-40 win over Clemson in the 2016 College Football Playoff National Championship Game. The biggest of the big plays came after Clemson had pulled within four at 31-27. Alabama running back Kenyan Drake broke a 95-yard kickoff return around the edge of Clemson's kick … [Read more...]

Fantasy Awards: Tyson Barrie blows up, but which goalie was MVP? Tyson Barrie had a strong week. So did Alex Ovechkin and, by proxy, Nicklas Backstrom. But none of them were the most valuable fantasy player of the week. Who was? Watch and learn. (Hint: It was not Taylor Hall because ... yuck.) Yahoo Sports' Greg Wyshynski takes a look at the week that was in fantasy puck, with trends and … [Read more...]

LA Kings playing ‘dangerous game’ with Anze Kopitar Mike Futa, the Los Angeles Kings vice president of hockey operations, said that negotiations on Anze Kopitar’s new contract were “too close to not get it done,” but cautioned that “sometimes, negotiations take a little longer than you like.”  He said that on Nov. 2, 2015. Kopitar, the best forward on the Kings and right there with Drew … [Read more...]

Here's the field for the 2016 Sprint Unlimited NASCAR revealed the 2016 Sprint Unlimited field on Monday. Drivers eligible for the pre-Daytona 500 exhibition race run on Saturday, Feb. 13 are 2015 pole winners, all 2015 Chase drivers, former Daytona 500 pole winners and drivers who have won the Sprint Unlimited and the highest remaining drivers in points to fill the 25 car field. Got all … [Read more...]

O.J. Howard becomes Alabama's star player at the perfect time GLENDALE, Arizona — Alabama tight end O.J. Howard put his head down as coach Nick Saban began to apologize for not using him in the Tide’s offense more throughout the season. Howard had just completed a career night in the Tide’s 45-40 win against Clemson in the College Football Playoff National Championship Game. He had five … [Read more...]

Canucks end Panthers’ win streak; teams nearly brawl postgame (Video) All good things must come to an end, and for the Florida Panthers their 12-game winning streak ended at the hands of the Vancouver Canucks Monday night. The game started as well as the Panthers could have planned with Jussi Jokinen netting his eighth of the season 80 seconds into the game. Florida doubled their lead with … [Read more...]

Matt Hendricks suspended 3 games for boarding Aaron Ekblad (Video) The fact that Florida Panthers defenseman Aaron Ekblad missed Monday night’s game in Vancouver didn’t bode well for Matt Hendricks’ chances of avoiding a suspension. The Edmonton Oilers forward drilled Ekblad into the boards on Sunday night, and while the reigning Calder Trophy winner played three more shifts he entered … [Read more...]