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A 7-year-old Minneapolis boy had his dream come true when he went on a shopping trip with a star Minnesota Viking. However, that dream turned into a nightmare when his family's house went up in flames and his presents were destroyed. Stafonta Crenshaw had a chance to go shopping with Adrian Peterson through an event organized by The Boys and Girls Club. After those presents were destroyed, he had a second chance at a happy holiday thanks to Dicks Sporting Goods. "When we found out what happened to Stafonta and his family, we wanted to reach out to him and...

Hector was one of 52 terribly abused and neglected dogs owned by NFL quarterback Michael Vick and his friends. He landed here in Minnesota and is now part of a student service learning project which teaches the kids not to be mean or hurt animals. "He lived outside in the woods in a wire cage. So did the other dogs. They had very little food, very little water," said kindergarten teacher Amber Anderson. Third graders at Barack and Michele Obama school in St. Paul got a special visit Tuesday from Hector. "In St. Paul, there seem to be quite a...

Tiger Woods hasn’t shown his face since the news broke that he’d been cheating on his wife, Elin Nordegren, with as many as a dozen porn stars, cocktail waitresses and party girls. But Tiger isn’t in seclusion, depressed and watching cartoons, as many news outlets have reported — In Touch can exclusively reveal that he’s still secretly having sex with his mistress, New York party promoter Rachel Uchitel. “They have been sleeping together the entire time since the scandal broke,” her friend says. They hooked up in a condo she’s been staying at in Palm Beach.” Rachel, 34, has recently...

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Tiger Woods and Wife: If They Split, How To Divide? Talk of divorce arises in Tiger Woods' crisis, in which riches and child custody issues could be at stake. By Jim Peltz and Carol J. Williams December 18, 2009 (snip) Woods and his wife reportedly entered into a prenuptial agreement before their 2004 wedding in Barbados, the terms of which could influence a divorce court's decision about property division. There already had been unconfirmed reports that Nordegren was attempting to renegotiate the agreement. "Prenups can be challenged, but usually the vulnerability of a prenup will be procedural," such as whether...

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- Brett Favre and Brad Childress enjoyed quite the honeymoon in their first three months together in Minnesota. The coach coaxed the quarterback out of retirement to play for the Vikings, picking up the 40-year-old from the airport and personally chauffeuring him to team headquarters to sign a contract in August.

Two cop cars and eight police motorcycles have just entered Tiger Woods' Isleworth gated community in Windermere, Florida, presumably to escort Elin out. An X17 photographer on the scene tells us, "With Tiger off on his yacht, Elin's had enough. She's ready to take the kids and go back to Sweden. And with this many cops on bikes entering the community, we can only imagine they're preparing a motorcade for her to get herself and the kids to the airport quickly and safely." Two police choppers are also hovering overhead waiting for the motorcade to start their move.

OTTAWA — Ottawa Senators centre Mike Fisher confirmed Monday morning that he is engaged to country music star Carrie Underwood. He spoke about the impending nuptials at the morning skate, ahead of his team's game against the Boston Bruins. "It's true," Fisher said. "We're both obviously excited and very happy and so, exciting times for sure." A wedding date hasn't been set. Fisher said he popped the question Sunday, but he wouldn't go into any more details. He has been reluctant to speak about the relationship in the past. But according to a family friend, Fisher, 29, popped the question...

In two of the most dramatic games of the NFL this weekend, the Dallas Cowboys went into New Orleans and defeated the unbeated Saints 24-17, defying all the pundits who said they had no chance. Also, the Pittsburgh Steelers won on the last play of the game, but scoring a Touchdown against the Green Bay Packers. Here are highlights from those two games . . . . (VIDEOS)

The playoff picture in the NFC has begun to simplify, New Orleans, Minnesota, Philiadelphia, and Arizona as divison leaders while Green Bay, Dallas, and the NY Giants fight for the two wild cards. Since Dallas defeated Philadelphia earlier, Dallas since has a shot at winning the East. The NY Giants plays at the resurgent Washington Redskins Monday night and are on the outside looking in, but has the tie breaker over Dallas. However in the AFC, 6 teams still have mathematical hopes for the last wild card at 7-7 (Jacksonville Jaguars , Pittsburgh Steelers,Tennessee Titans, Miami Dolphins,New York Jets, and...

Josh Cribbs of the Cleveland Browns has returned two kickoffs for touchdowns against Kansas City, breaking and then extending the NFL career record. After his 100-yard return in the first quarter broke the league record, the 6-foot-1, 215-pound veteran sped 103 yards in the second quarter. His first return of the day was the seventh of his five-year career and broke the record he had shared with five others. On that one, he broke free from at least six players who got their hand on him. In his second, he took the ball 3 yards deep in the end zone,...

The Firecrackers named Best Touring Act/Halftime Show of 2009 Video: Half-time show at the U.S. Naval Academy(almost 10 million - yes, million hits!)

The NFL is partnering with Boston University brain researchers who have been critical of the league's stance on concussions, The Associated Press learned Sunday. The league now plans to encourage current and former NFL players to agree to donate their brains to the Boston University Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy, which has said it found links between repeated head trauma and brain damage in boxers, football players and, most recently, a former NHL player. "It's huge that the NFL actively gets behind this research," said Robert Cantu, a doctor who is a co-director of the BU center and...

In a potentially devastating development for Tiger Woods, his growing sex scandal and hush money payoffs have caught the attention of the FBI and IRS. A top source in Washington, D.C., divulged that in mid-December "discussions were underway" involving those two government agencies about whether to launch a federal probe of the billionaire golfer. "They haven't pulled the trigger yet, but they smell blood in the water," the source told The ENQUIRER. "Their interest was heightened when they heard reports suggesting that Tiger may have been paying for high-class call girls. "It had already come out that Tiger's company may...

Elin Woods is preparing for a bitter custody battle with her cheating husband Tiger over the couple's two young children. The ex-model has vowed to bring up Sam, two, and Charlie, ten months, alone - limiting the golf star to occasional visits. Elin had been prepared to discuss amicably joint custody arrangements with Woods, 33. But she has had a change of heart because of Woods' refusal to see sex addiction doctors about his appetite for illicit romps. His stubborn denial of his problem has driven Elin, 29, over the edge and prompted her decision to try to limit his...

Now that the dust has begun to settle on a slim free-agent market with slim pickin's, it appears Johnny Damon and Jason Bay are going to wind up with teams they never would've dreamed of playing for, while Matt Holliday will have to settle for considerably less than the $18 million-$20 million per year his rep Scott (Avenging Agent) Boras asserted to be his worth. We start with Damon, a terrific guy for whom there will be no sad songs sung here over his self-imposed exile from the team he loved, the Yankees. It wasn't as if the Yankees deceived...

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NEW ORLEANS - Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints are marching toward perfection no more. Tony Romo and DeMarcus Ware helped Dallas end its December doldrums and the Cowboys held off a frenzied rally by the Saints for a 24-17 victory Saturday night. The loss by the Saints (13-1) left the Indianapolis Colts (14-0) as the NFL’s only unbeaten team this season.

Already 7-0 Dallas

Win streak adds to volleyball championship hype Saturday, December 19, 2009 | Print Entry Posted by Anna K. Clemmons TAMPA, Fla. -- It's a week before Christmas and it's raining and humid in Tampa. Despite the dreary weather, the Penn State and Texas women's volleyball players and coaches seemed in festive spirits Friday, the day before their decisive national championship battle (Saturday at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN2, ESPN360). Before the day's press conferences, the Penn State players sat eating and talking together. They looked loose and relaxed, laughing at each others' stories and reminiscing over moments during the season.

US golfer gave exclusive interview to sister paper of National Enquirer in return for tabloid's silenceRepresentatives acting on behalf of Tiger Woods brokered a deal two years ago to bury a tabloid story of an extramarital affair, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday. It said representatives for the golfer acted after the National Enquirer threatened to publish pictures of Woods taken in a parked car with Mindy Lawton, a Florida waitress. The alleged deal, which the Wall Street Journal claims was made in August 2007, saw Woods give an exclusive cover interview and photo spread to a sister magazine of...

Villanova beat Montana 23-21 in Chattanooga for the FCS crown. The Wildcats were down 14-9 at halftime.

Tuscaloosa, Ala. – Every good Southerner knows there are only two religions in Alabama – football and football. This week, a new maxim emerged: When it comes to the state judicial system, there’s a lot of crimson hiding beneath those billowing black robes. Circuit Judge Dan King announced Wednesday he would grant a delay in the civil suit Traywick v. Energen Corporation, which was scheduled for trial Jan. 4 in Bessemer, Ala., a suburb of Birmingham. The reason? Energen’s defense attorneys want to attend the showdown between the University of Alabama and University of Texas at Austin, scheduled for Jan....

Nine victorious girls, a coach and her husband and the headmaster sat in the main office of tiny Dallas Academy on Friday, cramming into small couches and chairs and spilling out onto the floor. They teased Jeremy Civello, the husband and last year’s coach, for leaving the game early. They recounted how half the boys team met them at Schlotzsky’s afterwards and dogpiled them as soon as they got off the bus. They repeated the word amazing, with major emphasis on the “UH,” often between long bouts of laughter. If you want a concrete image to describe satisfaction, it was...

Model Jaime Jungers 'Took Photos of Tiger Woods Naked And Said She Would Sell Them If They Ever Broke Up' MAIL FOREIGN SERVICE 18th December 2009 Tiger Woods' mistress Jamie Jungers has claimed that she took naked pictures of the star when he was drunk in a hotel room, according to her aunt. Susan Minor today told website RadarOnline that the 26-year-old model had told her all about her 'affair' with the star. 'She told me that she had taken pictures of Tiger Woods naked while he was passed out drunk on her cell phone,' Mrs Minor said. Model Jaime...

The soul of the city is coming off the practice field and headed toward the showers. They are a motley group, undrafted guys and late-round fliers, players cast off from other teams. Brees landed in town after an injury convinced the Chargers that his best days were behind him. "When we came here," he has said, "I was in the process of rebuilding, as well." Quarterback Drew Brees and the Saints' potent offense have produced a 13-0 record heading into their home game Saturday night against Dallas. Running back Mike Bell was out of football. So was cornerback Mike McKenzie,...

Villanova coach Andy Talley sometimes wears his national championship ring while on recruiting trips - his basketball national championship ring, that is. The ring was a gift from the school's basketball team when he was hired in 1985 to rebuild the football program. Twenty-five seasons later, Talley and the Wildcats finally have their first shot at winning the school's first Football Championship Subdivision title when they face Montana on Friday night in Chattanooga. The second-ranked Wildcats (13-1) couldn't have picked a more dominant opponent.

Has the Athlete of the Decade betrayed us? Does he owe us an apology? Well, no, not unless you have trouble distinguishing reality from a Nike commercial. The Tiger Woods who is a spectacular golfer is a real person. The one who was supposed to inspire our children to found a multicultural utopia atop the pillars of unfettered achievement and social justice is a fake. That one was a life-sized cardboard cutout, a store-window display created to sell Buicks and basketball shoes. At this stage of Tiger's stupendously rapid decline, he has wrecked his family and alienated his sponsors. He...

We have now reached college football's very own exhibition post season known as the bowl season. Already, I can hear some grumblings from a few of you about why I should watch the St. Petersburg Bowl or the Papajohns.com Bowl when there's plenty of Christmas parties to attend and plenty of women to underwhelm. Well, can't argue with that, see you guys next year! (Just kidding). Okay, so as is custom with the bowl games thread, each day a bowl game is being played, I will ping the list and do my usual mildly sarcastic preview of each bowl game....

Late interception by Colts seals the win: 35 - 31.

Does the University of Miami offer a degree in cluelessness? Because most of the former players interviewed in ESPN's documentary The U seem to have majored in it. For two solid hours they brag about their arrogance, their dirty play and even their outright criminality, smiling proudly during every moment. --snip-- The U is a brilliant and horrifying history of the good-old-bad-old-days of the 1980s and early 1990s when UM -- so the joke of the day went -- topped all three football polls: AP, UPI and FBI. Filmmakers Billy Corben and Alfred Spellman, a pair of UM graduates who...

Tiger Woods's Mistress Theresa Rogers 'Demands £2M Pay-Off Amid Claims Of A Love Child' Mail Foreign Service 17th December 2009 A woman who is said to have claimed she had a love child with Tiger Woods is demanding £2 million for her silence, it was claimed today. Theresa Rogers, who is the oldest of at least 11 women named as having affairs with the love cheat golfer, is believed to have hired celebrity lawyer Gloria Allred to negotiate the deal. Ms Allred is thought to have already negotiated a £3 million pay-out for another of Woods's alleged mistresses, 34-year-old New...

Danica Patrick announced Thursday that she plans to make her first NASCAR Nationwide appearance in the Stater Bros. 300 at Fontana California's Auto Club Speedway on Feb. 20, 2010. Patrick appeared at a press conference at JR Motorsports in Mooresville, NC. She will participate in a December 18-20 ARCA series test at Daytona and will enter the Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 ARCA Racing Series presented by RE/MAX and Menards on Saturday, Feb. 6. There was speculation that she would debut there in the Nationwide Series but the delay will give her more time to transition into the new car....

Here is video of the Cincinnati Bengals' Owner, Mike Brown, and Coach Marvin Lewis discussing the news that 26 year-old Wide Receiver Chris Henry died today after reportedly falling out of the back of a pickup being driven by his fiance after they had a dispute. The video also shows Bengals' QB Carson Palmer reacting to the news. . . . (VIDEO)

MIAMI (Reuters) - PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem gave his full backing to scandal-hit Tiger Woods on Thursday and said the public would now root for him as an underdog. Finchem, who said he had not spoken to Woods since the series of scandals over extra-marital affairs began, said in a television interview with CNBC that he did not know when Woods, who has taken an "indefinite break," would return to golf. "It could be weeks, it could be months, it could be an extended period of time," said the commissioner. "I have not spoken to him since all this...

December 13, 2009 Tiger Blackened By His All-White Trophy Cupboard India Knight. At some point you notice that all the women Tiger Woods has slept with since marrying his Swedish wife in 2004 have been white. And why shouldn’t they be? If Woods fancies white women more than not-white women — well, that’s his thing, in the way that Rod Stewart’s is leggy blondes. And all my boyfriends have been Chinese — 20 boyfriends, two husbands. No, not really (only one). But what did you think when you read that sentence? Because if I read it, I’d think, “Chinese boyfriends...

HUNTINGTON W Va.- West Virginia University assistant coach John "Doc" Holliday has signed a 5-year deal to become Marshall University's new head football coach. The announcement came during a press conference Thursday afternoon in Huntington. Holliday, who was a linebacker for the Mountaineers from 1976 to 1979, started his coaching career at West Virginia under former coach Don Nehlen, serving as assistant coach from 1979 to 1999. He then served stints as assistant coach at Florida from 2005 to 2007 and N.C. State from 2000 to 2004, before returning to WVU to serve as associate head coach, tight end coach,...

Elin Nordegren has reportedly been in contact with a high-profile California divorce lawyer and plans to start a legal battle with her husband, Tiger Woods, in that state. Nordegren and Woods share a home in California, which has a "no-fault" divorce law that may allow her to circumvent a prenuptial agreement. That might allow her to take half of the roughly $500 million (U.S.) Woods has earned since the pair were married in 2004. According to various U.S. outlets, Nordegren has contacted Sorrell Trope, an 82-year-old, L.A-based attorney. Trope has represented Nicole Kidman, Britney Spears and Clark Gable in divorce...

A porn flick of Tiger Wood’s X-rated escapades will be released in January, heaping yet more embarrassment on the golf superstar. An adult film company made the tongue-in-cheek film – called Tiger’s Wood – with roles for jilted wife Elin Nordegren, celebrity lawyer Gloria Allred and alleged mistresses Rachel Uchitel and Jaimee Grubbs. Self-proclaimed “A-list porn star” Tyler Knight plays Tiger .............

Washington Redskins executive vice president of football operations Vinny Cerrato has resigned, a team source tells ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter. It was not immediately clear when the team would make an official announcement. The resignation was first reported by ESPN 980 in Washington. D.C.

TIGER Woods is close to "cracking up" after spending days alone watching CARTOONS and eating cereal. Close friends fear the golf superstar, 33, can't cope in the wake of his sex scandal. He changed his mobile phone number the day after his late-night car crash which sparked a stream of revelations - so friends can no longer contact him.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chris Henry is "battling for his life" after falling out of the back of a pickup truck Wednesday during what police described as a domestic dispute with his fiancee. Henry was found in the road about eight miles north of downtown Charlotte "apparently suffering life-threatening injuries," according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg police. Police spokesman Robert Fey said officers were stationed near the 26-year-old Henry's hospital room. He had no information on Henry's condition, but said he was alive. "We ask everyone to pray for Chris," agent Andy Simms of PlayersRep Sports said in a statement. "We...

NFL video clip exploring the question of who's the better 13-0 team.

Tiger Woods' wife Elin Nordegren is taking her two children and moving to Sweden after weeks of shocking revelations about her husband's infidelity, Fox411.com has learned exclusively. Tiger is not accompanying Nordegren and their kids, daughter Sam, 2, and son Charlie, 10 months, a source close to her family tells Fox411.com A second source confirms to Fox411.com that Nordegren will move out of the couple's Windemere, Florida mansion before Christmas. That is the same house where Woods crashed his SUV in the early morning hours following Thanksgiving. The revelations come as People magazine reports that Nordegren is meeting with divorce...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chris Henry has been seriously injured in a car accident in North Carolina. The Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department says the accident happened just before noon Wednesday in the 1100 block of Oakdale Road. When officers arrived, they found Henry, 26, laying in the road, apparently suffering from life-threatening injuries. Medics transported him to the Carolinas Medical Center. His condition has not been released. Based on information gathered by police at the scene, a domestic situation began at a residence on Peachtree Road. According to police, his fiance got into a pickup truck and...

No, but for a long time they seemed to. The best kept secret of the past 20 years has been this: When the Los Angeles Lakers won the NBA championship, the market would almost always fall that year. When the Lakers lost, the market would usually rise. An investor who put down $1,000 into the Nasdaq at the start of 1987 and stayed fully invested through 2007 would have ended up with $7,604. But an investor who bought the Nasdaq in years the Lakers lost and stayed in cash when the Lakers won would have finished with $21,189.

It isn't just a trade. It's a foray into the history books. How often in life do you ever see a trade like this -- two Cy Youngs in their prime changing teams in, essentially, the same deal? When you get right down to it, it's Roy Halladay for Cliff Lee, with a supporting cast that looks like the roster for the Futures Game. You just don't see trades like this one, ladies and gentlemen. It isn't exactly Wes Littleton for Beau Vaughan, now is it? "I can remember a lot of blockbuster trades, and this is definitely a blockbuster,"...

Jamie Jungers is spilling more never-before-heard details about her alleged 18-month affair with Tiger Woods. In an exclusive interview with RadarOnline.com, Jungers, 26, says that during her tryst with the golfer, she often partied with Tiger and his "billionaire boys club" at Mansion at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas -- which, among other A-list athletes, included top NBA player Charles Barkley. "I gambled with him and Charles Barkley one night for hours," Jamie told RadarOnline.com exclusively. "He played blackjack and I sat there with him [Tiger] while he played. He played $25,000 a hand or more and Charles played...

Elin Nordegren may soon be getting something from her husband's scandal. Tiger Woods' wife is reportedly "very close" to signing a deal of her own with athletics shoes and sportswear company Puma, the competitor of the golfer's sponsor Nike.

Tiger Woods: Elin Nordegren 'Hires Top Celebrity Divorce Lawyer Over Star's £337Million Fortune' 16th December 2009 Tiger Woods's estranged wife could get up to £169 million of his fortune after calling in California's top divorce lawyer, it was claimed today. Elin Nordegren is believed to be meeting celebrity attorney Sorrell Trope - who has represented Nicole Kidman and Britney Spears - in the hope of obtaining half of what the golf star has earned in the five years they have been married. The 29-year-old former model is also likely to file for divorce in California where the couple have a...