A.J. Feeley claims Tom Brady tampered with footballs in 2004

Former UNC coach, assistant Bill Guthridge dies at 77 (Yahoo Sports)

Bill Guthridge, the longtime assistant to Dean Smith who succeeded him as North Carolina’s head coach, has died. The school announced Wednesday that Guthridge died Tuesday night. ”If he told me to run through that wall to make me better, I’d hit that wall,” former North Carolina player and well-traveled college coach Buzz Peterson told The Associated Press. ”Because I knew coach Guthridge had the best interest for you and

Kyle Busch eligible for NASCAR's Chase despite missing races (Yahoo Sports)

Kyle Busch is eligible to compete for the NASCAR championship despite missing the first 11 races this season. NASCAR announced Wednesday it has granted Busch a waiver that would allow the Joe Gibbs Racing star to qualify for the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship. ”In my mind, it was intended for someone in my situation that has a car, sponsor and team that was set to run the entire

Houston avoids elimination with 124-103 win over Clippers (Yahoo Sports)

Harden had 26 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists, Dwight Howard added 20 points and 15 rebounds, and the Rockets bounced back from two lopsided losses with a 124-103 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers. ”We won, so that’s all that matters.” The Rockets hadn’t lost three straight all season, and with their season on the line they ended their skid to send it back to Los Angeles for Game

Lightning oust Canadiens with 4-1 win in Game 6 (Yahoo Sports)

Tampa Bay Lightning captain Steven Stamkos urged his teammates to not play ”scared.” The Lightning responded with their best performance of the playoffs, and now they’re headed to the Eastern Conference finals. Nikita Kucherov had two goals and an assist, and Stamkos and Ondrej Palat also scored Tuesday night in a 4-1 victory that ended the Lightning’s second-round series against Montreal in six games. The Canadiens fought off elimination in

Patriots fans want to help pay NFL's 'Deflategate' fine

The loyal fans of the New England Patriots, angered by the suspension of Tom Brady and $1 million fine levied against the team for the “Deflategate” scandal, have opened a fund-raising drive to help the team pay the bill. A Patriots fan looking to raise money to pay the fine created a GoFundMe web page titled “Paying the bill of the PATRIOTS,” and as of Wednesday morning fans had donated

Real aim to end 20-year Euroleague wait on home court

By Zoran Milosavljevic MADRID (Reuters) – European club basketball heavyweights Real Madrid will be hard pressed to win their first Euroleague title since 1995 when they host the competition’s Final Four this weekend. The showpiece tournament also features dark horses Fenerbahce Istanbul, who clash with Real on Friday for a berth in Sunday’s final, as well as CSKA Moscow and Olympiakos Piraeus who meet in the other semi. Touted as

New Venom flaw may be worse than Heartbleed, researchers warn

With the digital world still recovering from the Heartbleed bug, there’s a new nastily named vulnerability in town, and its consequences could be even more catastrophic. The zero-day flaw could theoretically allow an attacker to take over a data centre from within. CrowdStrike’s Jason Geffner, who found the bug, has christened it Virtualized Environment Neglected Operations Manipulation – or Venom for short. It uses a bug inside a legacy virtual