HOUSTON (AP) - James ''Froggy'' Williams, a 1949 All-America end on Rice's 1949 Southwest Conference football championship squad, had died. He was 87.A family statement Wednesday says Williams died Tuesday at his Houston home surrounded by loved ones.The Waco...

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) - Stan Van Gundy wants to keep expectations reasonable as the Detroit Pistons prepare to make yet another mid-level lottery pick.The Pistons have the eighth pick in Thursday night's draft, a spot that's becoming pretty...

LAS VEGAS (AP) - The NHL is officially exploring expansion.Commissioner Gary Bettman said Wednesday that the league is opening an expansion review process to consider whether to add new franchises to its 30-team league. Bettman cited Las Vegas, Seattle...

HADDONFIELD, N.J. (AP) - Retired NFL players seeking payouts from the potential $1 billion NFL concussion settlement could be waiting until next year based on appeals being weighed this fall.About 90 former players are appealing the final settlement approved...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Former college football coach Lou Holtz and his wife Beth made it safely out of their $1.6 million Orlando home which officials say was destroyed by a fire likely caused by a lightning strike.The fire...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - John Calipari's Kentucky teams have featured 19 NBA draft picks in his six seasons at the university and could have seven more taken on Thursday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.Below is...

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Ducks general manager Bob Murray thinks forward Matt Beleskey is probably on his way out of Anaheim.After the NHL general managers' meeting in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Murray said Beleskey's camp recently rejected the Ducks'...

NEW YORK (AP) - Tom Brady's appeal of his four-game suspension lasted more than 10 hours Tuesday, ending in the early evening.The sight of Commissioner Roger Goodell leaving the league offices after he heard Brady and representatives from the...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) - It was as big a send-off as Texas A&M University can give.The opportunity to pay tribute to A&M's first Heisman Trophy winner John David Crow drew more than 500 family members, friends, fellow coaches...

GREENBURGH, N.Y. (AP) - Had Phil Jackson been discussing his six championships with Chicago, nobody would argue.If he meant the five more he won coaching the Lakers, he'd have been correct.But when he said Tuesday he did a ''great...