No team claimed running back Larry Johnson off waivers, a league source told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.

  Derek Jeter won his fourth Gold Glove at shortstop, joining Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira among the AL players honored for fielding excellence.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is being treated for a rare form of leukemia, and the basketball great said his prognosis is encouraging.

  Chauncey Billups hit the go-ahead free throw with six-tenths of a second left and the Denver Nuggets beat the Chicago Bulls 90-89 on Tuesday night after a potential winning jumper by Brad Miller was overturned following a replay review.

  Baseball general managers failed to take avote Tuesday on expanding instant replay following a postseason filled with blown calls by umpires.

  But two sources said the Browns are expected to name Brady Quinn the starting quarterback for Monday night's game at Baltimore against the Ravens.

  Zach Collaros will start at quarterback for No. 5 Cincinnati on Friday against West Virginia, coach Brian Kelly said.

  A champion has been crowned at the World Series of Poker main event in Las Vegas.

  Former No. 1-ranked Marat Safin says Andre Agassi should give his titles back after confessing in his autobiography that he tested positive for a banned substance during his career and lied about it to the ATP.

  Speaking publicly for the first time since photos of him from a recent musical award ceremony were published on the Internet, Sammy Sosa said that the skin lightening is the result of the use of a facial cosmetic cream.

  A federal appeals court is backing the judge who ruled against the NFL and let quarterback Michael Vick keep more than $16 million in roster bonuses from the Falcons.

  Mark Cuban interested in controlling share of L.A. Dodgers for "the right deal."

  Michael Phelps failed to qualify for the finals of the 100-meter freestyle and 100 backstroke events at a World Cup short-course meet while wearing an old-style swimsuit.

  Al Cervi, a pro basketball star who coached the Syracuse Nationals to the 1955 NBA championship, has died in upstate New York at age 92.