Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell appeared to shade the NFL during a press conference this week when pointing to the apparent hypocrisy of the league’s rules on touchdown celebrations.  The NFL has come down hard on celebrations in general this season, with several players being fined for making violent gestures, or finger gun celebrations, during…

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – New West Virginia coach Rich Rodriguez admitted Friday he made a mistake by leaving West Virginia for Michigan 17 years ago. Based on the welcome he got from the thousands of fans who attended his introductory news conference Friday, much seemed to be forgiven — except for one man who yelled at…

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The second round of the high school football playoffs are Friday night. Here is a glance of the matchups for local teams in Classes 4A, 5A and 6A. Previews on matchups in Classes 1A, 2A, 3A and the Rural can be found here. Matchups for the Georgia playoff games will be published…

All eyes were on the Dallas Mavericks and Golden State Warriors Tuesday as Klay Thompson made his return to the Bay Area to face the team with which he spent his first 11 seasons and won four championships. The Warriors put together a classy tribute video for Thompson, who saluted the raucous crowd once it…

The grand experiment to revive horse racing in Northern California is coming to an end. On Monday, the board of the California Assn. of Racing Fairs was formalizing its decision to withdraw its application for a racing meeting from Dec. 25 to June 10 at Pleasanton Fairgrounds Racetrack. Unless the fair board changes its mind,…

Narbonne High’s football team, idle since Sept. 27 after four forfeits by Marine League opponents protesting alleged rule violations, is scheduled to return to the field Friday night with a home game against Dorsey in the City Section Open Division playoffs. Coach Malcolm Manuel has continued to have his team practice and stay in shape…