Hendrick Motorsports says Dale Earnhardt Jr. will retire at the end of this season. Earnhardt is a 14-time winner of NASCAR's most popular driver award. He has 26 career Cup victories, and that includes a pair of wins in the…
Free-agent running back Adrian Peterson has reportedly agreed to a two-year contract with the New Orleans Saints. The Saints have not announced a deal, but Peterson tells ESPN in a statement that he's agreed to play in New Orleans. Peterson…
Police have closed off traffic outside a funeral home that will be the site of a funeral service for former NFL player Aaron Hernandez. The private service for family and friends is being held Monday afternoon in Bristol, Connecticut, where…
The Montgomery Biscuits (9-7) got their ninth win of the season, 2-1, against the Mississippi Braves (8-9) Sunday afternoon at Riverwalk Stadium. Mike Franco went seven scoreless innings and surrendered only two hits while striking out seven in a no-decision. …
Three Auburn softball players have been suspended indefinitely after they were arrested on marijuana-related charges. AL.com reports  that Haley Fagan, 22, Makayla Martin, 19, and Brittany Maresette, 19, were arrested Thursday morning at a home. Each was charged with second-degree…
Down 4-1, the Biscuits (8-6) exploded for eight runs in the eighth inning to stun the team that eliminated them from last year's postseason, defeating the Jackson Generals (9-5) 9-5 on Thursday night in West Tennessee. Montgomery sent Yonny Chirinos…
Aaron Hernandez's death in prison has been officially ruled a suicide. That determination comes from the district attorney's office in Worcester County, Massachusetts. Authorities say investigators found three handwritten notes next to a Bible inside the maximum-security prison cell where…
Massachusetts state police say they have launched an investigation into former NFL star Aaron Hernandez's death by hanging in prison. Worcester District Attorney Joseph Early, Jr., says detectives assigned to his office and the Department of Correction are investigating Hernandez's…
Alabama forward Braxton Key is declaring for the NBA draft after leading the team in scoring as a freshman. The school said Monday Key won't hire an agent, giving him until May 24 to decide whether to return next season.…
Kenya's Geoffrey Kirui (JOFF'-ree key-ROO'-ee) has won the Boston Marathon - his first marathon victory ever. Kirui outran Galen Rupp of the U.S. to take Monday's 121st running of the race in an unofficial time of 2 hours, 9 minutes,…
The Biscuits (5-5) blew an eighth-inning lead for the second-straight night and lost in heartbreaking fashion, 5-4, on Sunday night in the series finale to the Birmingham Barons. Brad Schreiber made a spot start for the Biscuits, who lost Brent…
Alabama safety Deionte Thompson has been arrested in connection with a spring break assault in Texas. Thompson was booked into the Tuscaloosa County jail Friday, according to the Sheriff's Department Web site. The listed charge was fugitive from justice. Galveston…
Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez has wept quietly in court after a jury announcement acquitting him of a Boston double slaying. The jury announced its verdict Friday in the 2012 killings of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro…
Hunter Wood (1-1) became the second Biscuits pitcher to dominate the Birmingham Barons in as many nights as Montgomery defeated their interstate rivals 4-1 on Thursday night at Regions Field. Wood, like Wednesday night's starter Brent Honeywell, went seven innings…
Auburn coach Gus Malzahn has hired former Tigers offensive coordinator Al Borges as an analyst. A spokesman confirmed the hire Wednesday night after it was first reported by ESPN. Borges spent four seasons as the Tigers' offensive coordinator, making his…
Ender Inciarte hit two home runs and Tyler Flowers had a go-ahead single in the ninth inning Wednesday night to help the Atlanta Braves break a five-game losing streak by rallying past the Miami Marlins 5-4. Miami's Giancarlo Stanton hit…
USA Baseball released its 40-player midseason Golden Spikes Award watch list on Wednesday, moving closer to naming the top amateur baseball player in the country. Presented in partnership with the Rod Dedeaux Foundation, the 40th Golden Spikes Award will be…
Finally, a banner moment at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs have raised their 2016 World Series championship flag, delighting a raucous crowd that waited through a rain delay for a moment more than a century in the making. Hall of…
Russell Westbrook broke Oscar Robertson's 55-year-old record with his 42nd triple-double of the season Sunday, then he broke the Denver Nuggets' hearts with a buzzer-beating 3-pointer for a 106-105 victory. That eliminated the Nuggets from playoff contention. Westbrook had 50…
The Biscuits (1-3) notched their first win of the year behind a phenomenal outing by Greg Harris and three solo homers by Braxton Lee, Granden Goetzman, and Justin O'Conner on Sunday afternoon against Biloxi (3-1), winning 6-1. The win ensures…
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver says Charlotte will be eligible to host the 2019 All-Star Game after a recent change to a North Carolina law that limited anti-discrimination protections for lesbian, gay and transgender people. Silver says Friday the league's Board…
Right-handed pitcher Brent Honeywell came out dicing and dealing from the get-go striking out two of his first three batters. He would go on to record a Biscuits Opening Day record-breaking 12 strikeouts, breaking the previous record of nine set…
Auburn has promoted men's basketball coach Bruce Pearl's son, Steven, to assistant coach. Steven Pearl was the Tigers' director of basketball operations the past two seasons after one year as an assistant strength…
Dustin Johnson's manager says the world's No. 1 player has taken a serious fall on a staircase on the eve of the Masters. David Winkle of Hambric Sports says in an email that Johnson fell on the stairs of his…
Perhaps with an assist from the memory of Villanova's Kris Jenkins, viewership for the NCAA national championship game between Gonzaga and North Carolina was up 30 percent from last year. The finale on Monday night, which aired on CBS, was…
