UNDATED (AP) - There's a new No. 2 in the latest BCS standings
as Oklahoma State climbs ahead of Alabama. The Cowboys moved up
after the Crimson Tide lost to No. 1 LSU 9-6 in overtime. 'Bama,
Stanford and Boise State round out the top 5.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - The Southeastern Conference has released
a statement saying the conference's presidents and chancellors are
acting unanimously in announcing that Missouri will join the league
effective July 1, 2012. Missouri will be leaving the Big 12. The
addition of Mizzou will increase SEC membership to 14 schools. That
includes Texas A&M, which announced last month that it was also
leaving the Big 12 for the SEC.
NEW YORK (AP) - NBA Players Association president Derek Fisher
doesn't think much of commissioner David Stern's latest contract
proposal, calling it an ultimatum that is not acceptable to the
union. Stern has given the players' association until Wednesday to
accept a deal that offers players up to 51 percent of
basketball-related income, a figure the union insists is fiction.
Regardless, it will drop to 47 percent Wednesday if players don't
accept the current offer by the league-imposed deadline.
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - Tony Stewart won for the second
straight week to pull within three points of Sprint Cup leader Carl
Edwards with two races remaining. Stewart and Edwards finished
one-two in the Texas 500 yesterday, which leaves Stewart 30 points
ahead of Kevin Harvick. Racing continues in Phoenix Sunday before
the season concludes at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
NEW YORK (AP) - Geoffrey Mutai shattered the course record in
the New York City Marathon with a time of 2 hours, 5 minutes, 6
seconds. He crushed the previous mark set a decade ago by more than
2 1/2 minutes.
