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An ESPN spokesman says the sports network has fired the production assistant whose affair with baseball analyst Steve Phillips led to his termination. Spokesman Mike Soltys (SAWL'-tiss) said Monday that Brooke Hundley was fired. He declined to say when she was fired or why. Hundley did not immediately return a phone message, and no one answered the door at her home in Bristol on Monday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The National Hockey League and U.S. trucking magnate Jerry Moyes agreed to a deal on Monday in which the pro sports league would buy the Phoenix Coyotes franchise, paving the way for the money-losing ice hockey team to emerge from bankruptcy as early as next week.

The books are dealing -3 Green Bay making them the favs because of the home field. Mike Seba, a senior oddsmaker with Las Vegas Sports Consultants, doesn't agree with the number.

An ESPN spokesman says the sports network has fired the production assistant whose affair with baseball analyst Steve Phillips led to his termination.

Rajon Rondo won't sign a contract extension with the Boston Celtics, which will make him a restricted free agent next summer, Yahoo! Sports reports. According to the report, Rondo is looking for a contract that would place him among the five highest-paid players at his position -- Chris Paul, Deron Williams, Steve Nash, Chauncey Billups and Baron Davis. Boston isn't biting on that offer... which isn't really a surprise. After all, the Celtics have a ton of cash tied up in 'The Big Three' and Rasheed Wallace -- about $60 million this season, $46 million in 2010-11. And Boston management isn't necessarily sold on Rondo in the long-term -- Danny Ainge spent a good portion of the summer shopping the talented point guard. Ordinarily, restricted free agents don't draw a ton of attention. Last summer, players like David Lee, Nate Robinson and Raymond Felton sat around waiting for contract offers that never materialized. That could change in the summer of 2010. With players like LeBron James

The Schmuck Stops Here: He might be the greatest third baseman who ever lived — and certainly one of Baltimore's most beloved figures — but he had to be all but dragged to the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall for 'An Evening with Brooks' — a night of testimonials for the benefit of the Legends Sports Museum and the American Cancer Society

NEW YORK (AP) -- Fox Sports president Ed Goren said he wasn't worried that interest in the World Series matchup between New York and Philadelphia would be limited to a small swath of the country.

The Schmuck Stops Here: He might be the greatest third baseman who ever lived - and certainly one of Baltimore's most beloved figures - but he had to be all but dragged to the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall on Monday night for 'An Evening with Brooks' — a night of testimonials for the benefit of the Legends Sports Museum and the American Cancer Society

Brive hooker's inclusion in England squad one of the most remarkable comeback stories in British sport.

The love of basketball is everywhere. There are pickup games at the White House, and a Russian billionaire wants to buy the New ...