Former coach Gene Chizik on Thursday called a report that alleged Auburn paid players and changed their grades under his leadership “long on accusation and inference, but short on facts and logic.”Read More…

Yankees closer Mariano Rivera appeared in a game for the first time since tearing his ACL on May 3, 2012 when he pitched the ninth inning and recorded the save against Boston in the Yankees’ 4-2 win Thursday night.Read More…

The Miami Heat are expected to be without LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Mario Chalmers and Ray Allen because of various nagging injuries for Friday’s road game against the Charlotte Bobcats.Read More…

Two Rutgers basketball players on Mike Rice’s team say the fired coach wasn’t the abusive tyrant he appears to be on a widely viewed video that ultimately cost him his job.Read More…

Pac-12 coordinator of officials Ed Rush resigned Thursday.Read More…

Jimmy Martelli, an assistant Rutgers men’s basketball coach under recently departed Mike Rice, has resigned, the university told “Outside the Lines” on Thursday afternoon. No reason was given.Read More…

How bliss at Rutgers over Pernetti, Rice turned to turmoil in three yearsRead More…

Three UFC fighters met with star-struck teenagers in one of the Swedish capital’s most disadvantaged suburbs.Read More…

The 2010 national champion Auburn Tigers were gripped by an epidemic of synthetic marijuana use that led to a rash of failed drug tests and a decision at the highest levels of the university to keep the results confidential, ESPN has learned.Read More…

Swimming’s governing body have moved to block Lance Armstrong’s participation in a Masters event this weekend.Read More…