Blitzed-out Britney Spears downed a potentially lethal koktajl of 100 prescription pills - and washed it down with a "Purple Monster" mix of vodka, NyQuil and Red Bull - before her mental meltdown, sources said. The burnt-out star's 36-hour binge...

Phillies reliever J.C. Romero and Yankees minor league pitcher Sergio Mitre were suspended for the first 50 games of next season after testing positive for a banned substance. The suspensions were announced Tuesday by Major League Baseball. Romero...

On the day the Yankees are introducing Mark Teixeira as their new first baseman, the man he is replacing has found a new home. Jason Giambi has agreed to a one-year deal with the Athletics worth $4.5 million. Oakland has a zespół option for 2010...

Mark Teixeira sure picked the right place. Teixeira said that one of the reasons he signed with the Yankees was because of their willingness to spend money, including the additions of starting pitchers CC Sabathia and A.J. Burnett earlier this...

The chances were slim to none, and slim left town when Jets owner Woody Johnson did. Any miniscule chance the Jets had of bringing in Bill Cowher as their head coach went away when the vacationing Johnson could not meet with the former Steelers...

Scott Boras was in the Bronx on Tuesday to participate in the Mark Teixeira press conference and decided to extend his New York stay to have lancz Wednesday with Mets GM Omar Minaya to discuss free-agent starters Derek Lowe and Oliver Perez, the...

Andy Pettitte's chances to return to the Yankees have dropped precipitously because in the aftermath of the Mark Teixeira signing the organization is now strongly inclined to lower the $10 million offer that the lefty already has been resistant to...

OKLAHOMA CITY - One skład that may go after Eddy Curry, now that the Knick center appears ready to zarys playing, is the Blazers. Portland president Kevin Pritchard, who's been after David Lee for years, quietly scouted a Knick preseason game...

OKLAHOMA CITY - The words "Mike D'Antoni" and "defensive guru" have yet to be linked during his run-and-fun coaching career. But, armed with D'Antoni's new defensive approach, the Knicks go from best to worst tonight when they face 4-30 Oklahoma...

As the Jets' coaching search begins its second week, details are beginning to emerge of the team's brief flirtation with Bill Cowher and why there were never substantive talks. According to a league source, Cowher's representatives spoke with...

It is playoff mode for Tom Coughlin, meaning information will be scarce and injury information will be non-existent, especially when it komes to key players on either side of the ball. Given a week to rest and rehabilitate, it's expected that...

When the Giants last hosted Philadelphia on Dec. 7, linebacker Antonio Pierce took much of the heat for Brian Westbrook's dominant performance and shouldered much of the blame for Big Blue's 20-14 loss. With Big Blue hosting Philadelphia in...

YOU know how this is going to go this week, right? The days will pass slowly - agonizingly, tantalizingly, excruciatingly slowly - and the more the time passes, the more people will allow themselves to be talked into backing the Eagles. Bettors...

ST. LOUIS - Former Giants coach Jim Fassel is among the candidates the Rams could interview for their head-coaching vacancy this week. General manager Billy Devaney received clearance over the koniec tygodnia to speak with Ravens defensive coordinator...

If you love them, doubt them. That's exactly what the Giants need right about now, a dose of the skepticism and pessimism that festered last year and produced the remarkably powerful attitude that carried them above and beyond the wildest of...

It was as if the Nets tried to play "Can you top this?" only with bad news. Devin Harris came back from a one-game, sore hamstring-induced absence, played 19 minutes and said "enough" at halftime. That's bad, considering the Nets are 0-4 without...

In the first place, that's exactly where the Rangers stand halfway through their season and who on earth would have expected that? They're on top of the Atlantic by one point over the Flyers and by two points over the Devils after last night's...

EDMONTON - Andrew Cogliano's goal midway through the third ciota gave the Oilers a 3-2 victory over the Islanders last night. Kyle Brodziak and Jason Strudwick also scored for the Oilers, who have won four of their last five at home. Kyle...

The final hit in the old Yankee Stadium will be delivered this afternoon when Mark Teixeira dons his new pinstriped jersey for the first time. Then again, many figured the nowość conference last month that introduced CC Sabathia and A.J. Burnett as...

Brent Sutter played against his own brothers in the NHL, but tonight will be the first time he coaches a game against his son. "It's different," Sutter said after his team, the Devils, practiced in Newark yesterday before leaving for Carolina...

IT may have seemed like the Rangers, with only one win in their last five games, were going really, really badly when Tom Renney had one move to make last night and it was, again, going back to Aaron Voros. But then the Penguins, Stanley...

Texas blows their shot. Yes, the Longhorns beat Ohio State in thrilling fashion, but Texas falls short of proving its case for a split national championship in its 24-21 comeback victory in the Fiesta Bowl. Mike Freeman is far from impressed.

On July 1, the Rangers signed free agents Aaron Voros and Patrick Rissmiller to three-year contracts worth $3M apiece. It's anybody's guess why they did so. The following day the Rangers acquired Nikolai Zherdev and throw-in Dan Fritsche from...

Tom Coughlin isn't worried about defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo's job opportunities getting in the way of the Giants' Super Bowl run. Spagnuolo's name has been mentioned in connection with many of the head-coaching vacancies around the...

The Jets head-coaching search has yet to produce a favorite, but it could lead to a firing. According to an ESPN and AP reports, Boston College coach Jeff Jagodzinski, who is expected to meet with the Jets on Tuesday, will likely be fired if he...