Sports Daypop

Jimmie Johnson’s bid for a record eighth NASCAR championship is over. Needing a win at Phoenix to make the final four in next weekend’s championship finale, Johnson suffered a blown

After losing to Missouri and dropping to 0–6 in SEC play, the University of Tennessee has fired head coach Butch Jones. Jones, who coached for five seasons, exits with a 34–27 record at the

The NFL players union wants everyone in the league to honor a two-minute moment of silence on Sunday in observance of U.S. military veterans. With Veterans Day falling on Saturday this year, the

UCLA basketball players LiAngelo Ball, Cody Riley, and Jalen Hill were arrested Nov. 7 in Hangzhou, China, on suspicion of shoplifting, and were accused of stealing sunglasses from a Louis Vuitton

Charlotte Hornets center Dwight Howard has been fined $25,000 by the NBA for making an obscene gesture toward a fan during Sunday’s loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves. Howard made the gesture

Roy Halladay, an eight-time All-Star pitcher who retired from baseball in 2013, has died in a plane crash in the Gulf of Mexico off Florida. He was 40 years old.  Halladay was an eight-time

 San Antonio Spurs guard Derrick White has a fractured right wrist and is out indefinitely. The Spurs said Monday that White was hurt on Saturday during a game for the Austin Spurs against the

On Monday, Major League Baseball and the Baseball Writers Association of American (BBWAA) announced the finalists for the 2017 Manager of the Year, Rookie of the Year, Cy Young, and Most Valuable

Washington Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins shook off a tough game, aided by a number of key starters missing, and in one of their biggest wins in awhile he led the Redskins to a stunning upset

The Cleveland Cavaliers announced center Tristan Thompson will miss three to four weeks after suffering a left calf strain.  He suffered the injury during Cleveland’s