FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (Reuters) - Jerry Rice and Emmitt Smith, two record-setting offensive powerhouses, were elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday in their first year of eligibility. Also elected to the Class of 2010 on the eve of the Super Bowl were Russ Grimm, John Randle, Rickey Jackson, Floyd Little and Dick LeBeau. Rice, 47, owns virtually ...

A woman claims in a lawsuit filed only days before the Super Bowl that former Dallas Cowboys star Michael Irvin sexually assaulted her at a South Florida hotel, an allegation labeled a false attempt at "civil extortion" Friday by Irvin's attorney. The woman filed the ...

David Stern joked Friday that the NBA All-Star game will have the largest crowd "in the history of the world." Actually, it most likely won't even be the biggest in Cowboys Stadium. That's OK with the commissioner, because he only wants to set ...

The wife of former Dallas Cowboys tight end Jay Novacek has been found dead in a home. Burleson spokeswoman Sally Ellertson says police in the Fort Worth suburb responded to a call of a possible suicide early Monday. The Tarrant County medical examiner identified the woman as ...