Coach Bill Belichick’s potential final game with the New England Patriots was one for the record books — in a way he won’t want to remember. The Patriots lost to the Jets 17-3 at Gillette Stadium on Sunday, ending New York’s 15-game losing skid to New England. The Patriots recorded 119 yards of offense, marking…

Nick Saban, who is widely considered the greatest college football coach because of his run guiding storied programs against the fiercest possible competition, is retiring after a 17-year stint at Alabama in which he delivered six national championships, he announced Wednesday night. Saban called the university “a very special place” to him and his wife…

Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save This is who the Dallas Cowboys are. This is what they do. They tantalize. They raise hopes. They create belief. They foster expectations that, this time, things will be different — that, this time, they will break through and return the franchise to its “America’s…

Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save Franz Beckenbauer, who led the West German national team to World Cup championships as player and coach and whose on-field presence was so dominant that he was nicknamed “Der Kaiser,” died Jan. 7 at 78. His family announced his death in a statement to German…

CNN  —  A French Open doubles match ended controversially on Sunday as No.16 seeds Miyu Kato and Aldila Sutjiadi were disqualified from the tournament after a ball girl was hit by a ball. Having lost the opening set to Spain’s Sara Sorribes Tormo and Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic, Japan’s Kato and Sutjiadi of…

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Quite a few familiar names headline the United Football League as the rebranded spring football aims to open play in March. The UFL is the rebranded league following the merger of the USFL and the XFL. The next step of filling rosters comes in the second wave of player dispersals on Jan….