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Larry Johnson, the troubled two-time Pro Bowler, is back with the Chiefs after being benched for three games and suspended by the league for one. He's expected to be active for Week 11 vs. the Saints, but exactly what role Johnson will have in an offense that has been reconfigured to suit quarterback Tyler Thigpen has not been defined. Edwards wouldn't even say if Johnson would start against the Saints. But with rookie Jamaal Charles hobbled by a sore ankle and Kolby Smith gone for the year, it seems almost certain that Johnson, if he has stayed in shape, will be heavily relied upon. 'He hasn't played football in a month. He'll have fresh legs,' Edwards said. 'The thing he's going to have to get used to is getting hit. That's the first thing, a guy hasn't been hit. Now, in practice he'll be hit a little bit. That helps some. ... He's going to be in the mix with our offense. That's how we're kind of running it right now, and that's how we're going to continue to run it.'

In ten year of racing Joanna Zeiger (www.joanna-zeiger.com) has won and done almost everything a women can do in the sport of triathlon.She's an Olympian.She's multiple Ironman winner.She's an ITU Champ.She's won too many 70.3 races to list.And now she...

AP - Trevor Ariza turned an offensive rebound into an emphatic, go-ahead dunk early in the fourth quarter and Kobe Bryant quickly stretched the lead, sending the los angeles lakers to a 106-99 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday night.

MINEOLA, N.Y. -- New York officials say 12 men have been arrested in connection with a $30 million sports betting operation.

 RYA Youth Squad sailor James Peters has capped a memorable year by being shortlisted in the final 10 for the prestigious BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year award 2008. Hayling Island’s Peters, who only turned 16 last month, ...

Marty Biron made 35 saves, and Danny Briere scored the go-ahead goal before suffering an injury as the Flyers snapped a three-game losing streak, defeating the Islanders, 3-1.

SOMEONE IS going to run into Nick Garcia. They're bound to. Garnet Valley's 6-3, 320-pound senior - that's no exaggeration - defensive tackle is quick enough to stunt the forward progress of a gnat, if positioned right.

The slow reinvention of Andre Iguodala continued in the Wachovia Center last night. If it is half as painful to go through as it is to watch, Iguodala is earning every dime of his new contract, regardless of what the stat sheet or the standings might say.

The director general of the World Anti-Doping Agency is hopeful the fight against drug cheats will gain ground now that over 100 countries have signed a United Nations treaty. WADA's David Howman said Wednesday that 102 countries have ratified the UNESCO Convention on Doping in Sport since it went into effect nearly two years ago.