Doug Martin ran for 121 yards and four touchdowns and No. 6 Boise State remained unbeaten and in BCS contention with a 52-21 victory over Utah State on Friday night.

Orange use 22-1 run to start second half to crush defending champions 87-71.

Vince Carter scored 26 points, Rashard Lewis had 16 points and 10 rebounds, and the Orlando Magic beat the Boston Celtics 83-78 in a rematch of last season's Eastern Conference semifinal on Friday night.

Josh Smith soared through the lane to drop in a missed shot with 0.7 seconds remaining and the Atlanta Hawks won their seventh in a row, beating the Houston Rockets 105-103 Friday night to maintain the NBA’s best record.

LeBron James scored a season-high 40 points, and also had nine rebounds and seven assists as the Cleveland Cavaliers rallied to beat the Indiana Pacers 105-95 on Friday night.

Michael Jordan is grateful for LeBron James' suggestion last week to retire No. 23 leaguewide, but the Hall of Famer says there are several more players just as worthy of the honor, according to an ESPN.com report Friday.

Opinion: Make fun of OSU coach all you want, but he owns rival, wins Big Ten titles

Thornton also records 600th assist as San Jose improves to 7-0-2 at home.

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.

Top-ranked Roger Federer was drawn Wednesday to play both U.S. Open champion Juan Martin del Potro and Andy Murray in the round-robin phase of the ATP World Tour Finals.

Video: Either Novak Djokovic or Juan del Potro will win the ATP Championship this year, Harry Cicma predicts. (NBC Sports)

After analyzing the men’s tennis greats, Tracy Austin selects her top performers in a variety of strokes and court skills.

Sophie Gustafson moved within two shots of leader Lorena Ochoa at the LPGA Tour Championship on Friday before second-round play was suspended because of bad weather.

Michelle Wie withdrew from the LPGA Tour Championship on Thursday after hobbling through her first round on a sprained left ankle.

Bobby Frankel possessed a gift for coaxing top performances out of ornery, high-strung thoroughbreds, a gruff Hall of Fame trainer who was hard in his dealings with humans but gentle with the animals in his barn.

Undefeated Zenyatta, who beat the boys in the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic, is preparing for retirement and her future date with a stallion.

The much anticipated race between Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta? Well, it's on, but only on paper. Horse racing's top two ladies will duke it out among voters for Horse of the Year honors after never meeting on the track.

‘She’s sent from heaven’ — 5-year-old mare rallies from last to win by a length, improve to 14-0.

Rachel Alexandra holds off Derby winner Mine That Bird to become first female to win race since 1924. (NBC Sports)

Jockey Calvin Borel rides Mine That Bird from last to first to win the 135th Kentucky Derby. (NBC Sports)

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

Rotoworld: With the way Jimmie Johnson has been racing, it's entirely possible he'll end up celebrating his Cup championship from Victory Lane in Florida. His toughest race competition, however, will come from the Roush-Fenway cars.

Sporting News: In order to overtake Jimmie Johnson in the standings, Mark Martin needs his teammate to finish worse than 25th this weekend. It's not impossible, but Johnson has finished worse than 25th in only 16 percent of his career starts.

Sporting News: Watching Jimmie Johnson, especially in the Chase, is a lot like watching Tiger Woods in golf's majors. But while Woods is considered good for his sport, Johnson's success is thought to detract from NASCAR's appeal. Why are they viewed differently?

Jimmie Johnson, on the verge of a NASCAR record fourth consecutive championship, signed a contract extension Friday to drive for Hendrick Motorsports through the 2015 season.

Jeremy Mayfield sat in the back of his large barn Friday morning about 800 miles from where NASCAR's season-ending weekend was kicking off. Several hundred people surrounded him, listening intently as a fast-speaking auctioneer sold dozens of items.

Kasey Kahne might be maxed out at RPM.

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.

Giants ace Tim Lincecum won the NL Cy Young Award on Thursday for the second consecutive season to become the first repeat winner since Randy Johnson, emerging from one of the tightest votes in the history of the honor.

Blyleven: Offseason talk is centering around the chase to acquire Roy Halladay. But as most teams can't afford the prospects and cash to trade for and keep the Jays' ace, they'll be looking elsewhere. Here are five pitchers to keep an eye on.