Updated: 8:18 PM The Mountain West Conference has extended invitations to join the league to Fresno State and Nevada.

Posted: 2:26 PM Brett Favre says the strong chance of playing in another Super Bowl brought him back to the NFL -- again.

Posted: 8:28 PM Brett Favre is back in Minnesota, stirring hope among Vikings fans that he may be ready to play this season.

Posted: 11:47 AM HBO's "Real Sports" is reporting that scientists have found evidence connecting head injuries in athletes to Lou Gehrig's disease.

Posted: 8:57 PM Sam Bradford, the #1 overall draft pick, hopes to show improvement in his next preseason game with the St. Louis Rams.

Posted: 4:04 PM Tracy McGrady doesn't see himself as an old, broken-down basketball player.

Posted: 9:42 PM Tim Tebow makes his NFL debut.

Posted: 8:46 PM Martin Kaymer has won the PGA Championship in a three-hole playoff that did not include Dustin Johnson, who was penalized two strokes for grounding his club in a bunker on the last hole.

Posted: 4:06 PM Bryan Bullington, the No. 1 overall draft pick in 2002, threw eight crisp innings for his major league win, leading the Kansas City Royals to a 1-0 victory over the New York Yankees on Sunday.

Posted: 3:59 PM Kevin Harvick passed Denny Hamlin with 11 laps to go, then held on to win the NASCAR Sprint Cup series race at Michigan International Speedway.

Posted: 3:55 PM Chauncey Billups scored 17 points, nine in an early third-quarter flurry that broke open the game, and the United States beat France 86-55 on Sunday in its only home exhibition before the world championships.

Posted: 3:49 PM About three dozen people are protesting outside Nationals Park, urging commissioner Bud Selig to move the 2011 All-Star Game from Phoenix because of Arizona's new immigration legislation.

Posted: 3:43 PM Unfortunately for the officials, it was open mic night at Heinz Field.

Posted: 3:11 PM Nebraska public television is looking for pictures, video, film and memorabilia from Omaha's Rosenblatt Stadium to help produce a documentary on the old ballpark.

Updated: 10:07 PM Brian Duensing pitched a three-hitter for his first career complete game, as the Twins defeated the Athletics 2-0.

Posted: 7:57 PM Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez says he's glad facing the NCAA committee on infractions is over.

Posted: 5:10 PM Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany says he decided on Indianapolis for the first conference championship game in football because it was the simplest choice to make.

Posted: 5:06 PM Andy Roddick says his recent struggles on the court are the result of a mild case of mononucleosis.

Posted: 5:00 PM Danny Granger scored 22 points and the United States sprinted past China, 98-51 in a scrimmage Saturday.

Posted: 11:28 PM The University of North Carolina has hired an attorney as a consultant as the school deals with an investigation into the football program.

Posted: 11:24 PM Kasey Kahne has grabbed the pole for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Michigan International Speedway.

Posted: 11:22 PM Atlanta defeats Kansas City 20-10 in an NFL preseason game Friday.

Posted: 11:18 PM President Barack Obama will honor NCAA student athletes in September from dozens of colleges with a reception at The White House.

Posted: 8:23 PM Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly said Friday he won't ban NFL scouts from practices.

Posted: 12:54 PM The NCAA is giving Connecticut more time to respond to allegations that the school's basketball program committed eight major rules violations.