NEW YORK (AP) Coaches, players and game officials will be allowed to examine video on the sideline during preseason games. And there's a chance they will be able to do so in the regular season by 2016.NFL teams began using Microsoft Surface tablets last year to examine photos...
NEWARK, New Jersey (AP) The New Jersey Devils hired a new development/skills coach in Pertti Hasanen, who brings more than 35 years of experience coaching ice hockey teams and developing players.Devils general manager Ray Shero announced the hiring of the 61-year-old Hasanen on Thursday.He most recently was director...
LOS ANGELES (AP) The Los Angeles Clippers signed guard Pablo Prigioni on Thursday.Prigioni agreed to the deal in principle two weeks ago with the Clippers, who signed the Argentine veteran for the veteran's minimum of $981,000.The 38-year-old Prigioni averaged 4.1 points, 1.8 rebounds and 2.6 assists last season...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) In middle school, Hakeem Nicks got to wear the No. 9 of Steve McNair while playing quarterback for the Titans. Now 27, the veteran wide receiver is trying to earn a job with the same team in the NFL.The Titans signed Nicks to a one-year...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) On every team that Will Shields played, from high school in Oklahoma to college at Nebraska to the NFL with the Kansas City Chiefs, there was always someone better than him.More talented. More athletic. More important.But when he's asked to identify those players, the...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman says there's no reason for the league not to keep holding outdoor games each season.Bettman made a promotional appearance Wednesday at the University of Minnesota football stadium. That's where the Minnesota Wild and Chicago Blackhawks will play outside Feb. 21 as part...
LOS ANGELES (AP) Former Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has filed for divorce from his estranged wife of nearly 60 years.His attorney Bobby Samini says Wednesday the papers were filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court roughly two weeks before their 60th anniversary.Donald Sterling is suing his...
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) Having spent his entire football career playing close to his Virginia home, new 49ers wideout Torrey Smith is enjoying his first extended stay out West in the Bay Area.''From where I went to high school, to playing with the Ravens, it's literally off the...
NEW YORK (AP) Tom Brady denied under oath to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell that he tampered with footballs before the AFC title game, and investigator Ted Wells said in a transcript that he never warned the New England Patriots quarterback he would be punished if he didn't turn...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) The Vancouver Canucks have signed recently acquired center Brandon Sutter to a five-year contract extension at an average annual value of $4.375 million (US) per season.The Canucks acquired the 6-foot-3, 190-pound Sutter and a third-round draft pick in 2016 from the Pittsburgh Penguins on...
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Utah Jazz point guard Dante Exum has injured his left knee while playing for the Australian National team. They were playing the Slovenia National team in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on Tuesday.Exum was driving into the paint and came to a jump stop in the middle...
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) When the Green Bay Packers were searching for someone to help rekindle the glory of the Lombardi years, they turned to Ron Wolf.Wolf turned the Packers back into a powerhouse and now he's been rewarded with election to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.''I'm...
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Former Walmart exec, Royals owner David Glass dies at 84
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Former Walmart Inc. chief executive David Glass, who owned the Kansas City Royals for nearly two decades before selling the...