NEW YORK (AP) - While the U.S. men's national team is fighting to get back to the World Cup, a behind-the-scenes scuffle is taking place for American soccer's leadership. Carlos Cordeiro is trying to oust Cindy Parlow Cone, who took over as U.S. Soc...

WASHINGTON (AP) - One warm fall evening in 2001, police in Irving, Texas, received an alarming call from Herschel Walker's therapist. The football legend and current Republican Senate candidate in Georgia was 'œvolatile,'ť armed and scaring his estr...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Dennis Allen is getting a second chance to be an NFL head coach - this time with a New Orleans Saints franchise he helped transform from an oft-stumbling, also-ran into a regular contender during the 16-year tenure of his former b...

CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago organizers vowed Friday to continue protests calling for federal charges against Jason Van Dyke, the former Chicago police officer released from a state prison Thursday after serving less than half of his nearly seven-year sen...

NEW YORK (AP) - Officers massed by the thousands on Fifth Avenue for New York City's second police funeral in less than a week, saluting Officer Wilbert Mora hours after yet another colleague was shot and wounded elsewhere in the city. Once again, c...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Even as Saints general manager Mickey Loomis spoke highly of defensive coordinator Dennis Allen on Friday as a candidate to replace retired coach Sean Payton, he also emphasized his desire to thoroughly consider candidates from ou...

A diversity study showed Football Bowl Subdivision schools continue to underrepresent women and people of color in hiring for leadership positions at athletic departments of the sport's highest level of competition. The report card, issued Thursday...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Doug Pederson lasted five seasons in Philadelphia and Matt Nagy just four in Chicago before they ultimately were fired. That hasn't diminished the interest teams have in Andy Reid's offensive coordinators. Passed over several...

Where does the desirability of the Bears job openings at general manager and head coach rank among positions open around the league? With three clubs looking for GMs the fact the Bears and the Giants are two of the NFL's heritage franchises, the Bea...

Area bird-watchers will remember 2021 for at least a dozen remarkable sightings, including two wayward hummingbirds and a lost flycatcher. The chasers among us enjoyed ample opportunities to witness "life birds" that seldom visit the region. It was...