Search

Vols defense deals with lack of experience, size 08/21/2014 09:50pm • STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- After years of playing catch-up with the rest of the Southeastern Conference, Tennessee's defense finally is getting up to speed.A variety of position switches and the infusion of a talented recruiting class have given Tennessee a faster defen DT Brockers ready to return for Rams 08/21/2014 09:00pm • JASON L. YOUNG Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Michael Brockers doesn't know all the technical jargon for what kept him out of much of training camp. He just knows he's ready to go.The third-year defensive tackle suffered a high right ankle sprain in early August just prior to the St. Louis Rams Perry presses for greater US involvement in Iraq 08/21/2014 07:48pm • DONNA CASSATA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Thursday pressed for a more aggressive U.S. military response in Iraq to combat Islamic state militants, including a sustained air campaign, and signaled he would support sending American ground troops."We need to have all of K-State's Truman makes world stop in weight room 08/21/2014 04:50pm • DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) -- Every school has "max-out day," when guys try to better their best in a bunch of weight-lifting exercises -- bench press, squat, hang clean. It's no different at Kansas State.But when linebacker Jonathan Truman wraps his fingers around the bar, a Las Vegas spoils Mo'ne's night, beats Philly 8-1 08/21/2014 02:28pm • JOHN KEKIS AP Sports Writer SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) -- Mo'ne Davis didn't have her best stuff when she and her Philadelphia teammates needed it most, and Las Vegas took advantage.Dallan Cave and Brennan Holligan hit two-run homers, lefty reliever Austin Kryszczuk got out of two big jams, and La Bodies of 3 climbers retrieved from Mount Rainier 08/21/2014 01:54pm • GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) -- The location of the three bodies was revealed by the melting snow, but getting to them was another matter. They were high on a glacier at one of the most treacherous spots on Mount Rainier, an area pummeled by falling ice and rocks.So rangers borrowed a Ebola health workers battle death, heat, rumors 08/21/2014 09:06am • MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) -- Doctors and nurses fighting Ebola in West Africa are working 14-hour days, seven days a week, wearing head-to-toe gear in the heat of muddy clinics. Agonizing death is the norm. The hellish conditions aren't the only problem: Health workers struggle to co Wildcats searching for Carey's replacement 08/21/2014 05:10am • ANTHONY GIMINO Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- Arizona will have a hard time replacing Ka'Deem Carey with one running back.A two-time All-American, Carey left the desert with nearly every rushing record in the Wildcats' book. Now that he's gone to the NFL, the Wildcats are auditioning six pla AP source: Vols adding Memphis transfer Woodson 08/20/2014 10:40pm • STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Dominic Woodson is transferring from Memphis to Tennessee, a source close to the situation said.Woodson should be in class at Tennessee's Knoxville campus on Thursday, said the source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because Tennessee NHL draft lottery to change in next 2 years 08/20/2014 08:50pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Forget about tanking in the NHL. Bottoming out in the standings might not get you to the top of the draft.The weighted lottery will change a bit next year and even more in 2016, the NHL said Wednesday, in order to "more appropriately reflect the current state of competitive balance. World champ Biles at ease with role of favorite 08/20/2014 08:40pm • WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) -- The realization didn't hit Simone Biles until days later.Sitting in her meticulously organized bedroom in suburban Houston last winter, the teenager was idly watching the news she heard the anchor say her name.At some point during the piece -- maybe it Raiders FB Reece's injury not as bad as feared 08/20/2014 07:10pm • JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) -- Oakland Raiders fullback Marcel Reece escaped a scare when an injury to his right foot was not as significant as initially feared and he expects to be at full strength when the season opens next month.Reece was a full participant at practice on Wed Merkel Ukraine role mirrors rising German ambition 08/20/2014 05:18pm • GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) -- Chancellor Angela Merkel's emergence as a leader in efforts to resolve Ukraine's crisis -- showcased by a visit to Kiev this weekend -- underlines Germany's increasing ambition to transform itself from economic power to diplomatic heavyweight.Merkel and h Fact sheet: Infiniti QX60 08/20/2014 02:48pm • The Associated Press 2014 Infiniti QX60 Hybrid AWDBASE PRICE: $45,100 with FWD; $46,500 with AWD.PRICE AS TESTED: $60,780.TYPE: Front-engine, all-wheel drive, seven-passenger, large, luxury, gasoline-electric hybrid, sport utility vehicle.ENGINE: 2.5-liter, double overhead cam, supercharged, inline Holder bringing personal perspective to Ferguson 08/20/2014 01:08pm • CONNIE CASS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Eric Holder talks about the nation's civil rights struggles in a way no previous U.S. attorney general could -- by telling his own family story.As he increasingly pushes his Justice Department to protect voting rights and end unfair prison sentences an