CHARLESTON, S.C. – The College of Charleston announced Friday that coach Bobby Cremins is taking an indefinite leave of absence for a medical condition and will not be back this season. Assistant coach Mark Byington will take over the team, which started the season 10-2 with wins over Clemson and Tennessee, but have lost six of their last eight. ...
INDIANAPOLIS – The NFL's most watched offseason drama has turned stunningly ugly. Two days after Peyton Manning complained about the dour atmosphere around the Colts' complex, team owner Jim Irsay called his four-time league MVP a "politician" and said he didn't appreciate Manning's public campaign. The comments upstaged the introduction of Irsay's new coach, ...
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – Crediting him with building not just better athletes but better men, former Penn State football stars and others paid tribute to Joe Paterno in a huge campus memorial service Thursday that exposed a strong undercurrent of anger over his firing. In a 2 1/2-hour gathering that capped three days of mourning on campus, Nike chairman and CEO Phil Knight instantly brought the near-capacity crowd of ...
MELBOURNE, Australia – Maria Sharapova overcame Petra Kvitova to set up a women's final against Victoria Azarenka at the Australian Open before the attention quickly shifted to a much anticipated semifinal showdown between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. Sharapova broke Kvitova's serve in the last game to finish off a 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 Thursday, and third-seeded Azarenka beat defending champion Kim Clijsters 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 to set up a ...
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – With students, alumni and fans lining the streets, Joe Paterno's funeral procession drove slowly Wednesday past Beaver Stadium and through the town where the longtime Penn State football coach lived and worked for more than 60 years. Thousands of mourners waited on the sidewalks, four deep and more in some places, for a glimpse of the electric-blue hearse carrying Paterno's casket. The convoy also included ...
MELBOURNE, Australia – Andy Murray did his part to enforce the status quo in men's tennis, as have Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer. Now it's up to Novak Djokovic to ensure that the top four players get through to the Australian Open semifinals. The fourth-ranked Murray joined Nadal and Federer in the Australian Open final four on Wednesday when the British hope beat Kei Nishikori of Japan 6-3, 6-3, ...