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Three players were carted off the field on stretchers with neck injuries in the season opener between Northwestern State and Air Force, yet each of the players was released from the hospital Saturday night. "Not in 21 years have I seen a game like that, where we've boarded three athletes," said Tony Peck, head athletic trainer at Air Force.

AFL Players Association prepares to make biggest wages push in the sport's history.

A charity ice hockey game involving Russian players and politicians could become an annual event, NHL star Alexander Ovechkin said after a game that raised millions of rubles for victims of this summer's wildfires in Russia.

Physical toll is just one reason players oppose the plan to lengthen the NFL season to 18 games.

New measures require caution in dealing with head injuries As Maryland and Navy renewing a 105-year-old football rivalry Monday, the public's focus will be on the game's most jarring tackles. But it is the gentler but still potentially damaging collisions, some on the practice field, that are attracting attention from researchers and sports leagues. The NCAA and NFL have adopted new measures to ...

Owen Marecic enjoyed his first game of double duty as Stanford's starting fullback and inside linebacker, although the Cardinal played so many players, he had ample opportunity to catch his breath. College football's rare two-way player credited his defensive... College football - Football - Association football - Linebacker - sport

SANFORD — It's Sunday afternoon, and there's something unusual going on in the field across busy U.S. Highway 17-92 from Sanford Middle School.

British police Friday questioned three players from the Pakistani national cricket team at the center of an alleged betting scandal that has rocked the sport.

The last time the NFL expanded the season was 1978, when the schedule increased to 16 games from 14. That also was the year each conference added a wild-card playoff team and when regular-season records dictated matchups the following season. The NFL had switched from a 12- to a 14-game schedule in 1961.

This week the snooker world will cast its bleary eye over John Higgins as he attends a hearing into gambling allegations. Another News of the World sting; perhaps his slow, deliberate style of play might help to shore up the Pakistan middle-order. But while the framed Higgins waits for total clearance, his namesake Alex could have faced all sorts of insinuations about match-fixing, such was his ...

Pakistan's High Commissioner to the UK wants the trio of players accused of spot-fixing "banished" from cricket if they are found guilty.

Cricket: Pakistan's high commissioner to Britain has said that he wants the trio of players accused of spot-fixing "banished" from cricket if they are found guilty.

Investigator and author Declan Hill says low wages are behind match fixing, writes David Sygall.

Pakistan will continue to play even if players are guilty: ICCPakistan will continue to play even if players are guilty: ICC

Prince Fielder hit his 30th home run, Randy Wolf was sharp against his former team and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-2 on Sunday to snap a five-game losing streak. Milwaukee Brewers - Philadelphia Phillies - Randy Wolf - Sport - Baseball

The Broncos might be in the best position to become the first team outside a major conference to play for the BCS title. But they'll have to start their 2010 season with a win over the Hokies to have any shot at the top. Boise State versus Virginia Tech at FedEx Field, in Maryland, on Labor Day night, is more than a game — it's a game changer.

Baseball should mandate that players immediately come out of games after suffering any sort of head trauma.

Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi blasted Yasir Hameed as being mentally a teenager as the batsman insisted he was duped by a newspaper over betting scam claims which eclipsed the team's defeat to England.

Nyjer Morgan's wild week has landed him an eight-game suspension, one of nine punishments handed out Friday by Major League Baseball for a brawl between the Washington Nationals and Florida Marlins. MLB suspended Morgan and fined the Nationals outfielder an... Major League Baseball - Florida Marlins - Washington Nationals - Nyjer Morgan - sport

Sunday's NFL news briefs: Miami Dolphins cornerback Will Allen was placed on injured reserve, ending any hope the 10th-year player had of returning from mid-August knee surgery. Miami Dolphins - NFL - Will Allen - sport - Football