Clippers guard Chauncey Billups will miss the remainder of the season after tearing his left Achilles tendon during Los Angeles’ 107-102 victory over the Magic in Orlando on Monday night. The team says an MRI on Tuesday confirmed Billups’ injury. Billups will return to Los Angeles on Thursday for further evaluation. Read more

Melanie Sue Thornton, age 60, of Lawrenceburg, TN passed away Monday, February 6, 2012 at Hillside Hospital in Pulaski, TN. She was a native of Jacksonville, FL, and a former truck driver. Her parents were the late Thelma Delorus Anderson Taylor and the late Peter Mateika, She was also preceded in death by her son, [...]

Thousands of fans roared as New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning hoisted the team’s Super Bowl trophy from a glittering blue-and-white float Tuesday during a victory parade through New York City, which Mayor Michael Bloomberg quipped should now be nicknamed the “Big Blue Apple.” The parade set off from the southern tip of Manhattan and [...]

Baltimore Ravens running back Ricky Williams says he’s retiring from football. The 34-year-old Williams still has a year left on his contract with Baltimore, but told the team Tuesday that he does not intend to play next year. After winning the Heisman Trophy with Texas, Williams broke into the NFL in 1999 with the New [...]

Reuters – Russia won a promise from Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday to bring an end to bloodshed in Syria, but Western and Arab states acted to isolate Assad further after activists and rebels said his forces killed over 100 in the city of Homs. Read more