Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith has returned to campus and a news conference has been called for Tuesday night, signs that coach Jim Tressel’s job might be in jeopardy after a report that he did not tell his superiors that he was aware of potential NCAA violations involving star quarterback Terrelle Pryor and others. [...]

Working to figure out how to divide about $9 billion in annual revenues, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, union executive director DeMaurice Smith and their negotiating teams were at a federal mediator’s office Tuesday for a 13th day of labor talks. New York Giants owner John Mara and Washington Redskins general manager Bruce Allen were among [...]

Having LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh together was supposed to be the Miami Heat formula for many championships. And it might. Someday. Right now, it isn’t. With the playoffs a little more than a month away, time is running out. So maybe it was fitting that Heat coach Erik Spoelstra had his back [...]

Texas Tech fired Pat Knight on Monday, ending a disappointing three-year run for a coach who failed to lead the Red Raiders to the NCAA tournament after taking over for his famous father. Knight will coach the Red Raiders at this week’s Big 12 tournament and then step down, school spokesman Blayne Beal said. Read [...]

Five more days. Negotiators for the NFL and the players’ union begin five days and nights — at least — of talks toward reaching a new collective bargaining agreement on Monday. Failure by the time Friday ends could mean the first pro football work stoppage since 1987. Enough progress was made in 11 days of [...]