Floyd Mayweather Jr. made it official by signing a contract to fight Shane Mosley on May 1 in a welterweight bout.

The struggling Columbus Blue Jackets have fired defensive-minded Ken Hitchcock, a year after the club made the postseason for the first time in history.

Well beyond his gold standard of 10 NFL seasons, Matt Stover is the oldest player in Super Bowl history at 42. He's also a key player rep and tells Clark Judge he hopes a lockout can be avoided in 2011. First step: Get the owners on the same page.

Dick McGuire, a basketball Hall of Famer and longtime member of the New York Knicks organization, died Wednesday of natural causes. He was 84.

The biggest 'scandal' out of Super Bowl week is ... Dwight Freeney's foot? That's nothing compared to soccer players sleeping with their teammates' wives and girlfriends, Ray Ratto says.

Consider the Mike Ditka-Ricky Williams 1999 draft as the New Orleans nadir. But starting with GM Mickey Loomis, coach Sean Payton and QB Drew Brees, the Saints have left bad history behind, Mike Freeman says.

The San Antonio Saints? It almost happened after Hurricane Katrina. While New Orleans celebrates, the hardship of 2005 is impossible to forget and a reminder that this Super run almost never happened, Pete Prisco says.

In an era when prep stars passed on school, Carmelo Anthony made an exception. It paid off for Syracuse, which, thanks to a Hakeem Warrick block, topped Kansas for the '03 title in game No. 6 on Gary Parrish's countdown.

New Orleans point guard Chris Paul will have knee surgery and likely miss the All-Star Game.

This much is certain at Florida: Any doubts about Urban Meyer’s future with the Gators didn’t hurt their recruiting one bit this year. Florida landed the top-rated recruiting class in the country Wednesday.