DeMaurice Smith is the new executive director of the NFL Players Association, succeeding the late Gene Upshaw.

Travis Moen scored a second-period goal to help the Sharks beat the Ducks 1-0 on Sunday night. Evgeni Nabokov made 34 saves for his sixth shutout of the season.

The University of Nevada men’s basketball team will take on the University of Texas at El Paso on Tuesday, March 17 at Lawlor Events Center in the College Basketball Invitational (CBI).

Baseball looked more like America's national pastime Sunday night.

The NIT did not invite the Wolf Pack to play in it's 32 team tournament.

Chipper Jones will miss the rest of the World Baseball Classic because of a strain in his right side.

The University of Nevada (6-10) baseball team earned a series split with Oregon (8-8) downing the Ducks 2-1 behind the pitching of senior Derek Achelpohl in the final game of a four-game set at Peccole Park in Reno, Sunday afternoon.

The Arizona Wildcats are in the NCAA tournament for the 25th straight year.

Make it 21 straight win at home for the Nevada softball team – and seven victories overall – as the Wolf Pack downed Santa Clara 10-2 in five innings on Sunday at Hixson Park.

Phil Mickelson has won the CA Championship for his second victory in the last month. He closed with a 3-under 69 on Sunday to outlast Nick Watney in a spirited duel at Doral, and rose to No. 2 in the world ranking behind Tiger Woods.

The Big East put up a big number Sunday: Three No. 1 seeds in the NCAA tournament.

Manny Ramirez has aggravated his sore left hamstring while playing the outfield for the first time this spring.

Phil Mickelson's spokesman says the golfer has been treated for heat exhaustion and mild dehydration before playing the final round of the CA Championship.

Jay Cutler finally met face-to-face with Josh McDaniels over the weekend, but nothing was resolved, leading to doubt the quarterback will show up for the new coach's first team meeting Monday.

Defending champion Lance Mackey left Kaltag with three hours of rest and a two-hour lead over Sebastian Schnuelle in the 1,100-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

The No. 9 Blue Devils swamped upstart Florida State with a barrage of 3-pointers on the way to a 79-69 victory in the title game Sunday, giving Duke its ninth ACC crown in 12 years.

Claiming O.J. Simpson was dealt an injustice, the brother of the football star's former girlfriend is soliciting money to appeal Simpson's conviction and prison sentence on kidnapping and armed robbery charges.

On the second and final day of the NCAA Rifle Championships, the University of Nevada finished eighth Saturday at TCU’s Daniel-Meyer Coliseum.

Hundreds of the country's best young cross-country skiers wrapped up the Junior Olympics with a ceremony in Truckee on Saturday.

Reggie Holmes scored 20 points and Morgan State claimed its first NCAA tournament berth by beating Norfolk State 83-69 on Saturday night in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference championship game.

Martin Brodeur tied Patrick Roy's NHL career record of 551 wins when the New Jersey goalie led the Devils to a 3-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night.

Sparked by freshman guard Anthony "Humpty" Hitchens, the Zips, who watched as other teams cut down the nets the past two years after the championship, won their first Mid-American Conference tournament title and the NCAA berth that goes with it by beating Buffalo 65-53 on Saturday night.

Lance Mackey, the defending champion of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, arrived at the Eagle Island checkpoint on the frozen Yukon River hours ahead of the competition.

Gary Wilkinson scored 21 points and Jared Quayle and Tai Wesley each had double-doubles to help Utah State win the Western Athletic Conference tournament championship 72-62 over Nevada on Saturday night.

Tyler Lantrip threw for three touchdowns and Luke Collis tossed another as the Nevada football team held its final spring scrimmage on Saturday at Mackay Stadium.