A lawsuit filed by six current and former players against the NFL and its union seeking to recoup $20 million they lost in an alleged fraud scheme is moving forward.

USC does not play Stanford until October, but new Cardinal Coach Jim Harbaugh has already stoked flames with Pete Carroll, albeit inadvertently.

Replay is here to stay in the NFL.

According to Peter King of Sports Illustrated, a proposal to move the kickoff from the 30- to 35-yard line at the start of overtime has a good chance of passing.

Ron Jaworski is apparently going to replace Joe Theismann as the lead analyst on ESPN's "Monday Night Football.

Joe Theismann will not return as an analyst on "Monday Night Football" this season, according to reports from Newsday and The New York Times.

Roger Goodell's first full NFL meeting as commissioner is beginning with one item at the top of the agenda: a crackdown on players who get in trouble with the law.

The NFL set a paid attendance record for the fifth straight season, surpassing 22 million for the first time.

Gene Upshaw was re-elected Wednesday for his ninth consecutive three-year term as executive director of the NFL Players Association.

Butch Davis, the new head coach of North Carolina, is undergoing chemotherapy after a dentist removed a cancerous growth from his mouth.

Former Cowboys running back Emmitt Smith has been hired by ESPN as a studio analyst for its NFL pregame coverage.

Fox had its annual planning seminar this week for its Major League Baseball broadcasters, and it had been thought that the meetings might provide a time for the network and Joe Buck to resolve his status for next football season.

Elliot Pellman, whose qualifications as the longtime chairman of the N.