Attorney: 'No doubt' OJ Simpson goes to Florida after prison

LAS VEGAS (AP) - O.J. Simpson's attorney says he expects the former football star and actor to be released from a Nevada prison "a few days" after Sunday, the first eligible date for Simpson to be paroled under a decision reached by a state panel in July. Malcolm LaVergne tells ABC's "Good Morning America" that Simpson is "making arrangements" for his...

17 hits as Astros defeat Red Sox 12-2

Major league batting leader Jose Altuve had three of Houston's 17 hits, Carlos Correa had four and the Astros chased Red Sox starter Eduardo Rodriguez in the second inning to win 12-2 on Thursday night and keep Boston from clinching the first back-to-back AL East championships in franchise history. Despite the loss, the Red Sox were guaranteed no worse than a tie for the division title when...

Texans quarterback Watson donates first NFL paycheck

Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson, known for his generosity with his family, extended an equally generous gesture to three NRG Stadium cafeteria workers, HoustonTexans.com writer Deepi Sidhu reported.

Verlander, Altuve lead Astros in sweep of Rangers 12-2

Justin Verlander struck out 11 to win his fifth straight start since getting traded to Houston, major league batting leader Jose Altuve reached 200 hits for the fourth season in a row, and the AL West champion Astros completed a dominating three-game sweep by routing the Texas Rangers 12-2 on Wednesday.

Louisville places Rick Pitino, AD on administrative leave

Rick Pitino has just been fired by Louisville, according to multiple reports... marking the first big-name head coach to get the ax after the FBI corruption sting that rocked NCAA basketball on Tuesday.  

4 NCAA basketball coaches among 10 charged with fraud, corruption

In one of the biggest crackdowns on the corrupting role of money in college basketball, 10 men -- including a top Adidas executive and four assistant coaches -- were charged Tuesday with using bribes to influence star athletes' choice of schools, shoe sponsors, agents, financial advisers, even tailors.

Congresswoman kneels on House floor

A Democratic congresswoman called President Trump a racist and kneeled on the floor of the House of Representatives on Monday night.

Trump begins the morning by slamming the NFL

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump is up and tweeting, and his target is the NFL. Trump says "ratings for NFL football are way down except before game starts when people tune in to see whether or not our country will be disrespected." He also says that booing at the Dallas game Monday night when the team dropped to its knees was the "loudest I have ever heard."

Football ratings are down; reason unclear

Most television shows would love to have the "bad ratings!" that President Donald Trump tweeted the NFL is suffering from. But he's generally right that the TV audience size for professional football is off this year.