Howard's Petty Let Go After 5-6 Season
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Ray Petty will not return as Howard's football coach after a second consecutive losing season and a 25-30 record over five years.
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Toronto Maple Leafs enforcer Tie Domi   announced his retirement on Tuesday, bringing an end to 16   fight-filled seasons in the league.
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Gary Megsonâs stormy four-year reign as West Bromwich Albion manager ended in predictable acrimony tonight when the club announced it had relieved him of his duties with immediate effect.
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Yesterday morning things seemed pretty dicey for the NBA's Ron Artest, as chatter about "the poster boy for bad behavior" and talk of federal lawsuits, possible criminal charges and suspension appeals fluttered about the airwaves. Drama, people. Then there was the little matter of the $5 million -- $5 million! -- in lost wages, the kind of thing that happens when you hand out beatdowns to fans,  and end up being told to sit your heinie down for the rest of the season and repent.
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NEW YORK - Top-ranked shock jock Howard Stern said Wednesday that he will abandon his syndicated morning radio show to join Sirius satellite radio in 15 months, freeing him from government regulators and allowing him to "bring my fans my show my way."  "I've decided what my future is," Stern told his millions of listeners in announcing his five-year, multimillion-dollar contract. "It's not this kind of radio any more."   Stern, who battled for years with the FCC and conservative critics over his salacious show's content, will move to the national distributor of commercial-free music and sport programming when his contract with Infinity Broadcasting expires in 15 months...
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The name of Court TV is getting disbarred.
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The Indy Racing League will lose another part of its &quot;American&quot; heritage following General Motors&#39; decision to withdraw from the open-wheel series following the 2005 season.
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Sirius Satellite Radio announced a five-year deal with Howard Stern this morning that will bring the King of All Media to satellite radio in 2006.
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The ``Tonight Show&#39;&#39; host announced yesterday that he will step down five years from now, in 2009. Broadcaster NBC said he will be succeeded by Conan O&#39;Brien, whose talk show airs immediately after Leno&#39;s.
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NEWCASTLE, England: Bobby Robson&#39;s five-year reign as Newcastle United manager ended yesterday when he paid the price for his side&#39;s poor start to the season and growing dressing room unrest.
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In a move with as much impact as his decision to defect from Dale Earnhardt Inc., the race team his late father built, Dale Earnhardt Jr. yesterday announced he had agreed to drive the next five years for Hendrick Motorsports, effective next season.
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Mike Matheny's decision to retire was made for him. His doctor refused to clear the longtime catcher to play in 2007 after a concussion sidelined him for the final four months of last season.
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Two-time NASCAR champion Terry Labonte will race a limited schedule in 2005 and 2006, joining the growing list of veteran drivers slowly easing out of racing.
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Bee Staff Writer. Or else, their run of four consecutive playoff appearances would end with a whimper and plenty of regrets. The A&#39;s face that reality because Mark Mulder&#39;s mysterious downfall
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CONCORD, NC (Oct. 14, 2004) - Roush Racingâs Mark Martin announced today that next season will be his last racing for the NEXTEL Cup.
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Riding high after winning the season's first five Car of Tomorrow races, Hendrick Motorsports was laid low yesterday when NASCAR officials dropped the hammer on the team for rules violations last Friday at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, Calif.
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Daytona Beach, Fla. (Sports Network) - Former Nextel Cup  champion Rusty Wallace announced that he will retire following  the 2005 racing season. He made the announcement in front of  friends and family in a press conference at Daytona Beach, FL.