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Though now isn't the best week for the Seahawks to learn this, Jim Mora loves Peyton Manning. He has for more than 15 years, ever since Seattle's current coach was his dad's assistant with New Orleans and a then-teenage Peyton Manning joined the Saints for a minicamp in the spring of 1994. Of course, Manning wasn't just a random teen who wandered off a school bus and onto a professional practice field.

By JIM REEVES ANAHEIM, Calif. — It hasn’t escaped Hank Blalock’s notice that he is coming down to what will almost certainly be his final days with the only major league team he’s ever known.But don’t look for any tears in his eyes at the prospect.It’s not that Blalock hasn’t appreciated his time in Texas, it’s just that that’s not the way he is. He’s about as emotional as a Mount Rushmore president.'My whole life I’ve never been the sentimental type,' Blalock said before Thursday’s series finale against the Los Angeles Angels. 'I’ve always thought the best approach is to live in the present and try to move forward.'Blalock, who was out of the lineup Thursday recovering from a mild concussion suffered in a collision with teammate Derek Holland on Wednesday night, can be a free agent at the end of the season, and it’s clear that the Rangers will not attempt to re-sign him.'We probably won’t,' man

Tiger Woods has become the first sportsman to break through the billion-dollar earnings barrier, Forbes magazine have reported.

Thanks to the play of Mike Peterson at weakside linebacker, the Falcons have one less concern heading into their bye week at 2-1. An 11th-year veteran in his first full NFC season, Peterson has two forced fumbles, three passes defended, 21 tackles and an interception he returned 39 yards. Not bad for a 33-year-old whose best days were allegedly behind him. 'I probably surprise you guys more than I surprise myself because I knew I could still play football, man,' Peterson said. 'If I don't know nothing else, I know I can play football, but I never get comfortable with my game. I'm always trying to be the best.'

The dusty infield is empty except for the Mountain Man dressed in purple and the guy in the white hat from the Hollywood Hills. At about seven o'clock tonight (Friday), they will start walking towards each other and soon one and then the other will draw their guns and the three-game shootout will begin.

JIM REEVES ANAHEIM, Calif. — It is three hours before game time Thursday and pitchers Frankie Francisco and Matt Harrison are playing chess in the visiting clubhouse at Angels Stadium. Ian Kinsler is sitting between them, watching and he’s almost beside himself.First he mildly scolds Francisco for a move, then it’s Harrison’s turn to catch his wrath.'You could have won the game right there, man,' he says, shaking his head. He grabs the errant chess piece and demonstrates the move that should have been made.This is who Ian Kinsler is, a man in search of perfection, mostly in himself, but sometimes that quest bubbles over and scalds those around him.This is not necessarily a bad thing, mind you. Kinsler just became only the third second baseman in major league history to hit 30 or more home runs and steal 30 or more bases in a single season, yet at 26, he is only beginning to scratch the surface of his prodigious talent.This is why watching Kinsler frustrates me

Three days before his first spring training start for the New York Yankees, CC Sabathia already was having a big man's impact on those buttoned-down pinstripes. Having just joined the Yankees as a free agent during the offseason, the left-hander made the trek from the team's camp in Tampa, Fla., over to Orlando, taking Joba Chamberlain and Chien-Ming Wang along to watch the Magic beat the Phoenix Suns and Shaquille O'Neal.

To Peyton Manning, this feels like reunion weekend. He's playing in Indianapolis after two straight road trips, off to another 3-0 start, closing in on yet another NFL milestone and ready to welcome one of his old NFL friends, Edgerrin James, back to town.

A man is charged in connection with a robbery at the home of England and Liverpool footballer Steven Gerrard.

The sphinx speaks! Gather 'round. Isaac Bruce, a man of few words who stands as a role model to men of few words everywhere, took a few minutes out of his Thursday to talk about his 16th season in the NFL and his third game in two years against his former...