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Barring a total collapse, Jimmie Johnson will send Mark Martin to a fifth runner-up finish in the standings. In doing so, Johnson will become the first driver in NASCAR history to win four consecutive championships.

Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis said he would have a hard time arguing if the school decides to fire him for his 6-5 record, saying it isn't good enough.

Mississippi, California and North Carolina have surged back into the AP Top 25 college football poll.

Opinion: On a night when Colt McCoy set the NCAA record for most wins by a quarterback in a career, this reality has come into focus: It took McCoy 43 wins to get the one victory the Texas faithful have wanted for four years: The win that sent the Longhorns as a team to the Big 12 championship game. But he may not be done there.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -Larry Bird and Magic Johnson have been linked since their epic 1979 NCAA title game. Now they're going into college basketball's hall of fame together.

NEW YORK (AP) -The NFL says its teams will soon be working with independent neurologists on concussion issues.

Winderman: While 2009 NBA Draft might not produce a duo with the staying power of Deron Williams and Chris Paul, it arguably will do more to restock the league's void at point guard than any other draft in years.

The vicious hair-pulling of an opponent was inexcusable. But prominent advocates of women's sports say that so, too, has been much of the commentary generated by the popular video of college soccer player Elizabeth Lambert's combative tactics in a recent game.

Sprinter Usain Bolt of Jamaica and 400-meter runner Sanya Richards of the United States have won their second IAAF World Athlete of the Year awards.