The death of Dallas Cowboys linebacker Jerry Brown in a car accident just gets sadder and sadder. According to a witness, teammate Josh Brent , who was driving the car when it crashed, had to be begged repeatedly to pull Brown from the burning wreckage in which he was trapped.

Fans of Manny Pacquiao have been searching for explanations since he was knocked out in the sixth round of his fight against Juan Manuel Marquez on Saturday. Is he slowing down? Not the fighter he used to be? Got caught by a lucky punch?

Braylon Edwards knows the New York Jets system and has a good rapport with quarterback Mark Sanchez . With the Jets in need of healthy wide receivers and Edwards in need of a job, his signing with the team Tuesday makes perfect sense.

Former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue affirmed Tuesday the "factual findings" of Commissioner Roger Goodell but vacated any penalties to the players involved in the New Orleans Saints bounty program.

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It was one of the only moments in Monday's Dodgers news conference that didn't require translation.

In a roundabout way, Brandon Jacobs told the San Francisco 49ers how he really felt.

With Zack Greinke set to draw an average salary of $24.5 million over the next six years, some baseball executives and agents are wondering if Clayton Kershaw could become the first pitcher to earn $30 million a year.

LAS VEGAS -- Juan Manuel Marquez on Monday vowed, “I am a clean fighter,” predicting his drug tests in Nevada will come back negative while adding that he’ll seek to do random, Olympic-style testing before his next fight.

Acceptable or exceptional?

Twenty-nine years ago, representatives from each NFL team — there were 28 at the time — gathered for the draft in the ballroom of a Sheraton hotel in New York City.

The Lakers ' holiday to-do list is getting lengthy for a team that thought it had finished its shopping over the summer.

Philadelphia 76ers center Andrew Bynum is still feeling pain in his left knee , according to an Associated Press report.

If you were paying attention this college football season, you saw that Notre Dame acquired a fifth horseman.

The Lakers are a mess, there's no denying it.

Amir Khan’s comeback fight Saturday at the Los Angeles Sports Arena will be preceded by boxing’s return to network television.

The dribs and drabs  -- almost like an annoying dripping faucet -- have taken a large toll.

It really is. See for yourself.

Kirk Cousins saved the Washington Redskins ' season Sunday by emulating the man he's been watching light up the field all season.

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Who’s afraid of the big, bad wolf? Apparently everybody.

Robert Griffin III , the Redskins' sensational rookie quarterback, sprained his right knee in the fourth quarter Sunday.

In April, three rounds after they made Robert Griffin III the second pick in the draft, the Washington Redskins selected Michigan State quarterback Kirk Cousins .

The love was coming Eric Bledsoe 's way before and after the Clippers' 102-83 victory over Toronto on Sunday, but apparently one birthday present will have to wait.

Lob City gave way to Reserve City.

Everyone is going to be quick to praise the Dodgers for spending roughly $208 million on Zack Greinke and a starting pitcher from Korea.

The Lakers are 9-11 and seven games behind Oklahoma City in the standings.

PITTSBURGH -- Philip Rivers threw three touchdown passes, two to Danario Alexander , and the San Diego Chargers beat the Pittsburgh Steelers , 34-24, on Sunday.

Robert Griffin III , the Redskins' sensational rookie quarterback, sprained his right knee in the fourth quarter Sunday.

Steve Nash could return during the Lakers’ four-game trip that starts Tuesday in Cleveland, Coach Mike D’Antoni said Sunday after his team’s shoot-around.

Dallas Cowboys defensive lineman Josh Brent , who was scheduled for a hearing on charges of intoxication manslaughter stemming from a car crash that claimed the life of teammate and friend Jerry Brown on Sunday, released a statement expressing grief and sorrow over the fatal accident.

South Korean left-hander Ryu Hyun-jin has signed with the Dodgers, who expect him to be part of the rotation next season.

USC was behind very early and very late and all the places in between Saturday at the Galen Center on its way to a 71-57 loss to 14th-ranked Minnesota .

The Clippers are fun, and they're winning, but they don't yet grab attention like that other team in town. But we do have Kim Kardashian's cat.

— Johnny Football just got himself a way cooler nickname: Johnny Heisman.

The Dodgers are close to making free agent Zack Greinke the highest-paid right-handed pitcher in baseball history.

HOUSTON — Jordan Adams scored 18 points and UCLA closed the game on a 13-2 run to defeat Texas, 65-63, Saturday.

It was a direct salvo from Clippers Coach Vinny Del Negro directed toward his starters after Saturday's win over the Phoenix Suns .

The Lakers are 9-11 and seven games behind Oklahoma City in the standings.

Week of Words in Laker Nation

Kings enforcer Kevin Westgarth went through the same emotional extremes felt by everyone else who had an interest in the labor talks held last week in New York between the NHL and the players’ association.

Quarterback Johnny Manziel , the frenetic playmaker who led Texas A&M to an upset of then No. 1 Alabama , became the first freshman to win the Heisman Trophy .

That didn't take long.

LOS ANGELES — Jamal Crawford led a fourth-quarter rally with 13 of his 21 points, and the Los Angeles Clippers beat Phoenix 117-99 on Saturday, winning their fifth in a row while sending the Suns to their season-worst sixth straight loss.

The Dodgers are making significant progress toward a contract with free-agent pitcher Zack Greinke .

— The undersized point guard didn't think he could do it.

A powerful, and powerless, ally

As a child growing up outside Glasgow, actor Gerard Butler found his first heroes not on the stage but on the soccer pitch. Back then he had less desire to follow Sean Connery 's footlights than to follow the footsteps of Liverpool standout Kenny Dalglish or Celtic's Charlie Nicholas.

Are NFL kickoffs in their final days?

As noted by The Times' Mike Bresnahan , the Lakers are "debating whether to not to bring Pau Gasol off the bench when he returns from knee tendinitis."

Josh Lindblom , traveling man.

A Dallas Cowboys player was arrested Saturday on charges of intoxication manslaughter after a rollover accident in Irving, Texas, that killed a teammate, police said.