NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee safety Kevin Byard is hoping to scratch one more thing off his bucket list. The second-year safety tied for the league-lead with eight interceptions and led the NFL with 10 total takeaways, though he has yet to reach the end zone. Byard sees no better time than Saturday when the Titans (9-7) visit the Kansas City Chiefs (10-6) in an AFC wild-card game in his postseason debut... more

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee running back DeMarco Murray will miss his second straight game with the Titans ruling him out against the Kansas City Chiefs in their AFC wild-card game Saturday. Coach Mike Mularkey had refused to rule the veteran running back out until Thursday... more

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The first 41 games of the season were a struggle for the Arizona Coyotes, who only won nine times and earned 23 points. The second 41 got off to a positive start, however. Christian Fischer scored on the rebound off Jakob Chychrun's shot at 2:41 of overtime to give the Coyotes a 3-2 comeback victory over the Nashville Predators on Thursday night... more

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Dick Enberg, a Hall of Fame broadcaster known as much for his excited calls of "Oh my!" as the big events he covered during a 60-year career, has died. He was 82. Enberg's daughter, Nicole Enberg Vaz, confirmed the death to The Associated Press. She said the family became concerned when her father didn't arrive Thursday on his flight to Boston, and he was found dead at his home in La Jolla, a San Diego neighborhood, with his bags packed... more

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Russia has lost two more Olympic medals from Sochi because of doping. The International Olympic Committee ruled on the last 11 of 46 current doping cases and says all have been disqualified from the Sochi Games and banned from the Olympics for life... more

AFC Individual Leaders Week 15 Quarterbacks _ Rushers _ Receivers _ Punters _ Punt Returners _ Kickoff Returners _ Scoring Touchdowns _ Kicking _... more

NFC Individual Leaders Week 15 Quarterbacks Att Com Yds TD Int Stafford, DET 501 332 3920 25 9 Brees, NOR 478 343 3850 21 7 R. Wilson, SEA 503 307 3669 30 11 Cousins, WAS 466 308 3636 24 9 Goff, LA 439 274 3503 24 7 M. Ryan, ATL 448 292 3490 18 11 Wentz, PHL 440 265 3296 33 7 Keenum, MIN 427 290 3219 20 7 Manning, NYG 498 315 3073 18 10 Prescott, DAL 426 270 2964 21 11 more

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Nick Foles has too much respect for Carson Wentz to call himself the starting quarterback of the Philadelphia Eagles. His temporary gig could turn the backup into a Philly legend. If Foles leads the Eagles (12-2) to the franchise's first Super Bowl title, he'll become a folk hero who'll go back to the sideline once Wentz returns from a torn ACL next season... more

Major League Soccer: Nashville granted latest expansion team NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Major League Soccer is expanding its presence in the southeast, awarding Nashville the first of its newest expansion franchises as MLS' 24th team . Commissioner Don Garber made the announcement Wednesday at a news conference with Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, Nashville Mayor Megan Barry and John R. Ingram, head of the group that will own the team... more

Duck River Raceway Results Saturday, September 9 Pure Pony 1. Rusty West 2. John Bowling 3. James Woodard 4. Travis Yoes 5. Scott West 6. David Wallace 7. Justin Farless 8. Tommy Bond Jr. 9. Mike Gaines 10. Dakota Adair Pure Street 1. Jimmy Whaley 2. John Whaley... more

CLEVELAND (AP) — Don Baylor's one-of-a-kind presence was again with the Colorado Rockies. Baylor, the team's first manager who died Monday after a lengthy battle with cancer, was honored Tuesday night as the Rockies hung his No. 25 jersey inside their dugout at Progressive Field... more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Len Dawson had never considered a career in broadcasting until then-Chiefs general manager Jack Steadman, trying to drum up some publicity for his recently moved franchise, talked a local TV station into doing a sports segment on the nightly news... more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Even as the PGA Tour aims to end its FedEx Cup around Labor Day, that doesn't mean the end of golf for the year. Golf is the one sport where the length of the offseason is determined by the players, who can take off as much time as they want. Dustin Johnson played two times over three months at the end of last year and plans to do the same. Phil Mickelson once took four months off after the FedEx Cup ended... more

LONDON (AP) — Sam Kendricks will soon step on the podium as a gold medalist and hear the only song he knows by heart — "The Star-Spangled Banner." "The anthem is something near and dear," said the Army reservist and pole vault world champion. "I don't know how I'm going to react."... more

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The owners of the Minnesota Vikings have joined a group trying to bring a Major League Soccer expansion franchise to Nashville, after a failed bid to bring a club to their enclosed NFL stadium. Zygi Wilf, Mark Wilf and Leonard Wilf are minority partners in the Nashville project, according to Nashville Soccer Holdings CEO John R. Ingram. Terms of their investment haven't been disclosed. The expansion fee being charged by the league is $150 million... more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — On the monitor below them was a photo from the first time they met. The 14-year-old with an easy smile was holding the winner's trophy from the 1984 Junior World Championship. Next to him was the golden boy from San Diego, slightly taller at the time, holding his trophy as the runner-up... more

The 41st edition of the Lions Club Super Pull of the South was a roaring success in Chapel Hill, on and off the track. Temperatures were in the 90’s at the Lions Motorsports Park during sunlight hours and never fell below the mid-80’s at night, but that didn’t stop the fans, who came in droves from all over the country to attend the biggest Tractor Pull in the south. more

The green flag drops at 7 p.m. tonight for the 41st Annual Lions Super Pull of the South in the first of two nights of exciting pulling at Chapel Hill. Here are just a few of the memories of the past four years in the event that attracts fans and pullers from all over the country. ... more

Chapel Hill’s Mike Minor continued his stellar comeback season with the Kansas City Royals as he moved to 5-1 on the season when Salvador Perez hit a two-run homer in the 10th inning to cap off 9-6 win at Seattle on Wednesday night. Minor pitched the ninth inning to get the victory before Kelvin Herrera threw the 10th for his 19th save. The Forrest graduate faced three batters in the ninth inning, inducing two fly ball outs and picking up his 45th strikeout of the season. Minor has appeared in 34 games for the Royals out of the bullpen this season and has a stingy 1.91 earned run average. more