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Hakeem Nicks has signed with the New York Giants now that Victor Cruz has been ruled out for the entire 2015 season. Nicks is still just 27 years old and was a key part of their Super Bowl XLVI team. Nicks had 56 catches for 896 yards and zero touchdowns for the Giants in 2013, and the Giants...

Tony Romo will start for the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday. In a related move, Brandon Weeden has been released. Romo was on short-term injured reserve with a collarbone injury. Source: Real GM

Johnny Manziel will start at quarterback for the Cleveland Browns for the rest of the season. Manziel is 76-for-128 for 933 yards, five touchdowns and two interceptions to go with 17 rushes for 90 yards. Manziel has a passer rating of 88.4 and QBR of 54.2. Manziel went 33-for-45 for 372 yards...

David Ortiz will retire after the 2016 season, according to multiple media reports. USA Today Sports is reporting that Ortiz will officially announce the news Wednesday, which is his 40th birthday. Fox Sports was first to report the news that Ortiz was retiring following the upcoming season...

The presidency of Barack Obama is entering the final year and he was asked if he would have interest in being part of an ownership group of an NBA team. "Absolutely," said Obama. Obama closely follows the NBA and is a fan of the Chicago Bulls. "Well, you know, I know [Jerry] Reinsdorf pretty...

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 Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh declared Joe Flacco "the best quarterback in football" for the second time in less than a week.   Harbaugh made the latest grand declaration after Flacco guided the Ravens to a 30-17 wild-card victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers on Saturday night. In the...

A day after the Detroit Lions' season ended with a 24-20 loss to the Dallas Cowboys and defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh had an emotional news conference where he broke down in tears, the Lions organization has made it clear that trying to bring him back is one of its top priorities. Suh is...

 Kobe Bryant believes European basketball players are more skillful than American basketball players, and says it's a growing trend that can be blamed on the greed and coaching at the AAU level. "I just think European players are just way more skillful," Bryant said Friday night after the Los...

Lakers coach Byron Scott, after expressing befuddlement at a flagrant foul called on one of his players in a win Sunday over the Indiana Pacers, said college basketball is more aggressive and "much more physical" than the NBA. The foul, a flagrant 1, was called on Lakers forward Carlos...

Former Boston Celtics captain Rajon Rondo acknowledged Friday that he "hasn't played defense in a couple years," and suggested that the recent trade that delivered him to theDallas Mavericks has reinvigorated him, particularly on the defensive end. While addressing his return to Boston after...

Amar'e Stoudemire has the same reaction as many other New York Knicks fans when he looks at his team's record. "It's beyond my imagination at this point," he said Sunday before a 95-82 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks that extended their losing streak to 11 games. "I never thought I'd see this. ...

Detroit Lions coach Jim Caldwell said the NFL reached out to him Sunday night about the pass interference reversal during the Lions' 24-20 wild-card loss to the Dallas Cowboys even before the team had left the airport. On Monday, Caldwell was even more adamant and frustrated by the decision of...

Rex Ryan will interview with both the Atlanta Falcons and San Francisco 49ers next week. Ryan was fired by the New York Jets after Week 17. The Falcons fired Mike Smith, while the 49ers and Jim Harbaugh parted ways. The Falcons and 49ers played each other in the NFC Championship in the 2012...

Madison Bumgarner sat in the outfield alongside Jake Peavy before Game 7 of the World Series and told his teammate exactly what needed to happen: Tim Hudson would work a few innings and get the ball to Bumgarner, who would hand it off to the bullpen to finish the championship. Peavy quickly...

Detroit Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh, during an appeal of his one-game suspension for twice stepping on Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, said his feet were numb from the cold, a source told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter on Wednesday. A source said Suh told appeals officer...

The Chicago Bulls came into Monday night's 92-90 win over the Indiana Pacershaving won six games in a row and nine of their past 10, but star point guard Derrick Rose was convinced his team can get even better as the season progresses. "I think we can," Rose said before Monday's shootaround. "I...

New York Giants owner John Mara confirmed Tuesday that Tom Coughlin would return as the team's coach next year. But after the team went 7-9 last year and 6-10 this season, Mara made it clear that he expects to see improvement in 2015. "Tom knows his legacy is on the line," Mara said in a long...

Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin permanently dismissed student assistant coach Michael Richardson from the Aggies' program Tuesday as a result of Richardson's actions in Monday's AutoZone Liberty Bowl, in which he struck two West Virginia players. Sumlin issued a statement Tuesday afternoon...

Carmelo Anthony said he feels "what the fans are feeling" after the Knicks fell, 102-91, to the Washington Wizards on Christmas Day, according to a report from ESPN New York's Ian Begley. The loss, the sixth in a row for New York, dropped the Knicks to 5-26, the second worst record in the...