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LeGarrette Blount left the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' 48-3 loss to the San Francisco 49ers with a left leg injury, putting even more of a dampner on the ugly defeat.

Despite being England's icon, Wayne Rooney's red card against Montenegro could come at a heavy price as England manager Fabio Capello revealed the player would face a fight to win back his starting spot.

Manchester United midfielder Tom Cleverley has signed an extension to his contract at the club, which will bind him with the champions for four more years.

Texas Tech may have lost more than just a game to Texas A&M on Saturday - they may have to go through much of the season without star running back Eric Stephens due to an injury.

Adding injury to insult in Maryland's 26-21 loss to Georgia Tech on Saturday, the Terrapins have lost starting left guard Andrew Gonnella for the season.

Al Davis, the longtime Oakland Raiders owner who died Saturday, was remembered during a moment of silence before the Raiders took on the Houston Texans on Sunday.

Oakland Raiders owner and Pro Football Hall of Famer Al Davis died at his home in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday at the age of 82. National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell called Davis a true legend of the game.

Spain comfortably won, 2-0, over the Czech Republic to maintain its perfect record in Group I of Euro 2012 qualifiers.

Ten-man England secured their place in the Euro 2012 Finals with a 2-2 draw with Montenegro at the Pedgorica Stadium in Montenegro.

ESPN has decided to permanently drop Are You Ready for Some Football?

The Big East suffered another blow on Thursday when the Big 12 officially extended an invite to TCU, which the Texas school is expected to accept.

England will require just a point against Montenegro, to book their spot in the Euro 2012 Finals next summer, on Friday at the Podgorica Stadium.

With the Miami Dolphins off to an 0-4 start, their season is in danger. If they keep losing, their chances of drafting Stanford QB Andrew Luck next year is almost certain.

The Big East is now losing teams that aren’t even a part of its conference yet. TCU going to the Big 12 became the latest move in more than a year of college football’s conference reshuffle and realignment.

Hank Williams Jr. and ESPN have officially decided to part ways after his controversial comments comparing President Obama to Hitler.

The Big 12 unanimously voted to extend an invite to Texas Christian to join its conference, according to a report.

After Missouri authorized its chancellor to explore other conference affiliations, the Big 12 has stepped up its efforts for expansion, according to reports.

Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny has used the medium of Twitter to deny reports claiming he had asked for the captain's armband while also laughing off links to Barcelona.

Goals from Luke Rodgers and Thierry Henry helped New York Red Bulls beat Los Angeles Galaxy 2-0 and give themselves a fair shout of making the final play-off berth.

Reports suggest England manager Fabio Capello is considering pairing Manchester United duo of Wayne Rooney and Danny Welbeck in their key Euro Qualifier against Montenegro on Friday.

ESPN pulled Hank Williams Jr.'s theme song from its Monday Night Football broadcast in a rebuke to the country music star for comments earlier in the day comparing President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler.