Jimmie Johnson's run for his fourth straight Cup title starts from the pole.

The ATP will not reopen a doping case against Andre Agassi over his admission about drug use in 1997, tour chairman Adam Helfant said Friday.

The New York Knicks passed on a chance to sign Allen Iverson over the summer. A few months and only one victory later, they have to decide if he's worth reconsidering.

There will be no rematch. Ireland’s hopes for a replay of its World Cup qualifier against France ended Friday after both FIFA and the French Football Federation rejected requests for another game.

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Pompei: As the game became more complex and the stakes became higher, the 100-hour work week became the norm for today's NFL coaches. And they can blame Jon Gruden for setting the standard.

NFL.com's Jason La Canfora reports the Steelers are "hopeful" that Troy Polamalu's PCL sprain won't cost him more than three games.

NYT: Shortly before the kickoff of the Minnesota-Illinois college football game at the new TCF Bank Stadium this month, two Minnesota students — one male, one female — slipped into an unmarked entrance about five minutes apart. They dressed appropriately for the unseasonably warm and sunny day, in short-sleeve maroon-and-gold Gophers attire. And they greeted Amy Barsness, a university official, like an old friend.

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DeMarco: Despite being back to looking up at the World Series-champion New York Yankees, there's no need for the Boston Red Sox to panic and enter into a spending-spree battle during the offseason. That would be a mistake.

The death of the mother of New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees has been ruled a suicide.

Sporting News: Steve Nash is a nice choice, and LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and Dwyane Wade are expected, but red-hot Dirk Nowitzki is elevating the Dallas Mavericks to contenders in the Western Conference.

Retired NBA star Jayson Williams will not be in a New Jersey courtroom Friday to enter a plea in the 2002 shooting death of a hired driver.

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