It’s not easy covering a really bad professional football team. Sometimes a little news conference levity can go a long way.

And sometimes it falls flat. Just ask Lions coach Rod Marinelli, who has been under fire – along with his…

CC Sabathia earned his ludicrous $161 million contract by pitching lights-out during the “walk year” of his contract.

Good for him. But signing with Yankees for that kind of dough . . . well, it puts a LOT of heat on the…

When you saw that Texas Tech beat East Central University 167-115, you probably thought Red Raiders football coach Mike Leach ran the bench Thursday night.

Leach is the king of the high-scoring spread offense this year. He has Texas Tech, 10-0 and…

After all those years of hating Eastern Conference arch-rival Allen Iverson, will Pistons fans embrace him?

Tipsheet guesses they will. A.I. is headed from Denver to Motown in a blockbuster NBA trade. Pistons GM Joe Dumars delivered on his promise for shake…

The Billy Goat Curse continues, or so it seems. The Cubs lost the first two games of their best-of-five series to Dodgers.

Now they off to Los Angeles for the next two games, with the booing of anguished Cubs still ringing…