The mother and father of 16 children were shot to death in their home as some of their family slept upstairs. The Florida couple had an extensive surveillance system in the house that recorded three apparently experienced criminals swiftly slip into ...Read More
We rise to find that the career of JaMarcus Russell, a former overall No. 1 draft pick, may be over and Bruce Gradkowski is the new starter in Oakland.
Here are Russell's stats and here is a video showing why the ...Read More
Coach Tom Cable made the announcement yesterday as the Raiders (2-7) prepared to play the Cincinnati Bengals (7-2) on Sunday. Russell was not available for comment. The Raiders drafted him first out of LSU in 2007 and eventually gave him a ...Read More
The Rangers' Ron Washington and Mariners' Don Wakamatsu also were strong candidates. So was the Yankees' Joe Girardi, who many voters disqualify because of the Yankees' high payroll. This season, though, there could be only one choice. The Angels' Mike Scioscia demonstrated ...Read More
Former Kansas City Chiefs running back Larry Johnson was en route to Cincinnati on Monday and, barring a last-minute breakdown, he expects to sign with the AFC North-leading Bengals, a source familiar with the negotiations told ESPN's Michael Smith. A deal, ...Read More
OAKLAND – Rarely, if ever, is it easy to defend JaMarcus Russell as an NFL quarterback.
He entered camp out of shape. His work ethic is questionable. His refusal to show accountability is deplorable.
But, as I close my eyes, take a ...Read More
The mother and father of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl are disappointed with the federal government's decision to try Pearl's professed killer and Guantanamo detainee Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in New York City, according to The Hill.
Pearl's father, Judea ...Read More
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) — Dwight Dasher threw for two touchdowns and 219 yards to spark Middle Tennessee to a 34-17 victory over Louisiana-Lafayette on Saturday after trailing by three points at halftime. The Blue Raiders (7-3, 5-1 Sun Belt) sacked Chris ...Read More
SEATTLE (AP) - Isaiah Thomas immediately answered Washington's call for more scoring this season with a career-high 30 points, and the No. 14 Huskies held on for a 74-69 victory over Wright State on Friday night.
Thomas was 7 of 14 ...Read More
Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- A legal battle between Michael Jackson's mother and father broke out in a Los Angeles court Tuesday morning, just as Katherine Jackson dropped her challenge of the executors named in her son's will.
Katherine Jackson's lawyer ...Read More
Charges have been dropped against a retired coach accused of hitting a 7-year-old autistic boy who was having a "meltdown" in the Richland Public Library. A video from the library's surveillance system shows Frank Teverbaugh brushing against the boy without stopping. ...Read More
Coach Tom Cable said yesterday that he has spoken with Raiders owner Al Davis about allegations that Cable has a history of violent behavior toward women. "What we talked about is between us and we'll keep it that way,'' Cable said. Cable ...Read More
N.F.L. coaches and players like to say that all opponents are the same, that a win against the 2009 Raiders is no different than a win against the 1972 Dolphins. An easy early schedule helped the Giants build a big lead, ...Read More
Andy Mills/The Star-LedgerAt least one Philly team came away victorious on Sunday, and unfortunately for the Giants it was the Eagles.PHILADELPHIA -- Amazing how quickly things change in this league.
Just three weeks ago, on a pre-dawn Monday morning in the ...Read More
SAN DIEGO — The Raiders played better against the San Diego Chargers on Sunday than they did a week earlier in a lopsided loss to the New York Jets.
However, the outcome wasn't any better, as the Chargers held on for ...Read More
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Charles Schumer (D., N.Y.), joined the chief executive of NYSE Euronext on Tuesday in asking the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to start regulating private electronic trading platforms more like exchanges to promote fairness and eliminate a ...Read More
PALM BAY, Fla. - Police in Florida say a mother and father and their 15-year-old son died after being electrocuted while putting up a ham radio antenna at their Palm Bay home. The victims were identified Tuesday as 55-year-old Melville Braham ...Read More
(CNN) -- Prosecutors will seek the death penalty against four of seven suspects facing murder charges in the July death of a Florida couple known for adopting special-needs children, authorities said Monday.
State Attorney Bill Eddins filed notices of intent to ...Read More
The Red Sox and Angels will be competing against the NFL for attention this weekend. The third game of the American League Champion Series in Boston is tentatively scheduled to begin at 9:07 a.m. PDT, which would conflict with the Raiders-Giants ...Read More
A Wisconsin mother and father convicted of reckless homicide for praying instead of taking their dying daughter to a doctor could spend up to 25 years in prison.
Dale and Leilani Neumann will be sentenced Tuesday in the death of 11-year-old ...Read More
Plot details for "Sex and the City 2" are a closely guarded secret. But amid rumors of decoy scripts - Kim Cattrall apparently let one too close to photogs on the set - and other potentially false leads, a new ...Read More
