WASHINGTON - The NFL and its players union have approved independent doctors to evaluate head injuries for about half of the league's 32 teams as part of a new program.
RICHMOND, Texas - Lorena Ochoa and Jiyai Shin fought to the last hole for the LPGA's top player award. By the slimmest of margins, Ochoa won - and for the fourth straight year, too.
HOUSTON - Rob Bironas kicked a 53-yard field goal with less than a minute remaining and the Tennessee Titans beat the Houston Texans 20-17 Monday night for their fourth straight victory after an 0-6 start.
TORONTO - It's been 18 years since an NHL goalie made as many saves as Dwayne Roloson did Monday night. The 40-year-old Roloson turned aside 58 shots to help the New York Islanders beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3 on Josh Bailey's goal at 4:18 of overtime.
HOUSTON - Matt Schaub threw touchdown passes to Steve Slaton and Andre Johnson and the Houston Texans were tied 17-17 with the Tennessee Titans after three quarters Monday night.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Martin Erat scored two goals and the Nashville Predators beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-1 Monday night for their sixth straight victory.
The playoff chase has gotten much more difficult for the Packers after they lost two key defensive players to season-ending injuries.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - It seems unlikely Michigan will fire Rich Rodriguez after two awful seasons with an NCAA investigation looming, a search for a new athletic director under way and luxury boxes to fill at the Big House.
TEMPE, Ariz. - Arizona coach Ken Whisenhunt says he had a long talk with Kurt Warner on the flight home, and the quarterback was "very upbeat and alert" following a blow to the head in Sunday's' victory over St.
They don't all need glasses. But if you always suspected basketball referees are biased - well, you're right, according to a couple of professors who've studied the matter.
OAKLAND, Calif. - Golden State Warriors coach Don Nelson has pneumonia and isn't traveling with the team for two games in Texas. The 69-year-old Nelson, the second-winningest coach in NBA history, missed practice Sunday and again Monday.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Standing behind the same podium where quarterback Tim Tebow delivered his now-famous promise 14 months and 21 wins ago, coach Urban Meyer vowed Monday to be at Florida "as long as they'll have me."
CINCINNATI - Barring a problem in practice, quarterback Tony Pike will start for fifth-ranked Cincinnati against Illinois on Friday.
Syracuse was so impressive in the 2K Sports Classic that it made one of the best entrances ever into The Associated Press' college basketball poll.
LOS ANGELES - An insurance executive accused of secretly making nude videos of ESPN cable TV sports reporter Erin Andrews pleaded not guilty Monday to interstate stalking.
ASHBURN, Va. - Running back Ladell Betts and guard Chad Rinehart are done for the season for the battered Washington Redskins. Coach Jim Zorn said Monday that Betts has damage to both the ACL and MCL in the left knee.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Western Kentucky has hired Stanford assistant Willie Taggart as its football coach. Taggart replaces David Elson, who was fired two weeks ago but agreed to finish the season.
Kansas remains the runaway No. 1 in The Associated Press' college basketball poll while Syracuse makes the jump from unranked to No.
San Diego State cracked the AP women's basketball Top 25 for the first time in 14 years, while Connecticut remained a unanimous No.
LONDON - Rafael Nadal lost to Robin Soderling for the second straight time, falling 6-4, 6-4 Monday in their opening round-robin match at the ATP World Tour Finals.
Connecticut remains a unanimous No. 1 in the AP women's college basketball poll. The Huskies received all 40 first-place votes Monday from the national media panel.
WIGAN, England - The outcome was so embarrassing that Wigan's players want to refund the cost of tickets to their fans. Wigan was routed 9-1 by Tottenham on Sunday, matching a league record for most goals scored by a team in a game.
LONDON - The projected final cost of construction for the 2012 London Olympics has risen slightly, but the overall budget for the games remains unchanged.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Prosecutors have dropped attempted aggravated robbery charges against Tennessee freshman safety Janzen Jackson.
