Former Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor has been declared eligible for Monday's NFL supplemental draft but must sit out the first five games after he signs a contract.

Minnesota slugger Jim Thome has become the eighth player to hit 600 home runs, connecting twice against the Detroit Tigers.

A bronze statue reported stolen from an Ohio minor league ballpark has been found safe in a police property room.

Philadelphia Eagles officials say Hall of Fame receiver Pete Pihos, who helped the team to a pair of NFL championships, has died. He was 87.

Former Ohio State coach Jim Tressel is visiting the Cleveland Browns' training camp.

High school football practice is in full swing. Luckily the 100 degree temperatures are gone, but that does not mean players and teams need to stop being careful in the heat.

Creighton will host two games against Big Ten competition for the first time since 1939 as part of a challenging 12-game slate of non-conference games released this afternoon.

New York Rangers player Sean Avery has been arrested in California after police claim he shoved an officer at his Hollywood Hills home.

The Big Ten announced Thursday that conference football programs will move to a nine-game Big Ten schedule beginning with the 2017 season.

The Nebraska football program has announced the addition of two home football games to future schedules, one each in the 2012 and 2013 seasons.

The Nebraska volleyball team’s consecutive sellout streak of 149 matches at the NU Coliseum will continue to grow during the 2011 campaign.

Muhammad Ali has expressed his sadness about the bombing and massacre in Norway.

Randy Moss is calling it a career after 13 seasons in the NFL as one of the most dynamic and polarizing players the league has ever seen. Moss's agent said Monday that the receiver was considering offers from several teams, but made the decision to retire.

New court documents allege one of the men accused of savagely beating a San Francisco Giants fan outside of Dodger Stadium actually took part in four assaults.

Tickets for the inaugural Big Ten Football Championship Game will go on sale to the general public on Saturday, July 30 at 10 a.m. ET. The 2011 Big Ten Football Championship Game will begin at 8:17 p.m. ET on Saturday, December 3 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis and will be televised by FOX Sports.

A law enforcement official says the two men arrested in the beating of a San Francisco Giants fan made incriminating statements that implicated them in the attack.

An evaluation of former Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel's job performance in 2005-06 rated him as "unacceptable" in self-reporting violations in a timely manner.

A player from Northern Ireland charged up the leader board at the British Open. Just not the one you might expect. Darren Clarke shot his second straight 2-under 68 on Friday, putting him solidly in contention heading to the weekend and showing his younger countrymen a thing or two.

The grandson of NASCAR driver Jack Ingram is accused of stealing his championship rings and other mementos, then asking Ingram to pay for their return. Investigators charged 25-year-old Jackson Layne Ingram with breaking and entering and larceny.

Tokyo hopes a bid for the 2020 Olympics will serve as a symbol of Japan's recovery from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

Following up on a burst of momentum in NFL labor talks, negotiating teams for owners and players met again Friday to try and reach a tentative deal on a new collective bargaining agreement.

The U.S. Women's soccer team is one win away from their first World Cup in 12 years. They are inspiring a whole new generation of soccer players back home in the United States.

Six of the nation’s top NCAA Division I men’s ice hockey programs have become founding members of the newly formed National Collegiate Hockey Conference which will begin competition for the 2013-14 season, the programs’ athletic directors and head coaches announced today at historic Penrose House.

A 6-year-old girl sank a hole in one on a course in central Illinois and calmly walked back to her cart.

Six top NCAA Division I ice hockey programs will become founding members of a newly formed hockey conference, which will begin competition for the 2013-14 season.