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Brady Hoke had enough time at Michigan, but not enough wins, interim athletic director Jim Hackett said Tuesday night. Hackett formally announced his decision to fire the Wolverines' head coach shortly after Hoke shared the news with his team Tuesday afternoon. Hoke ends his four-year tenure in Ann Arbor with a 31-20 record. Hackett said the universal respect players and peers held for Hoke made his choice a difficult one."This was not an easy decision," Hackett said. "Everywhere I go there is z

76ERS over PISTONS 108 to 101 WARRIORS over BULLS 112 to 102 ROCKETS over SUNS 100 to 95 SPURS over TIMBERWOLVES 123 to 101 MAGIC over KINGS 105 to 96 CLIPPERS over PELICANS 120 to 100

HORNETS over KNICKS 103 to 102 THUNDER over 76ERS 103 to 91 WIZARDS over NUGGETS 119 to 89 CELTICS over LAKERS 113 to 96 HAWKS over NETS 98 to 75 CAVALIERS over RAPTORS 105 to 91 SPURS over GRIZZLIES 107 to 101 ROCKETS over TIMBERWOLVES 114 to 112 SUNS over MAVERICKS 118 to 106 BUCKS over HEAT 109 to 85 MAGIC over JAZZ 98 to 93 KINGS over PACERS 102 to 101

CAVALIERS over KNICKS 90 to 87 TRAIL BLAZERS over PACERS 88 to 82 WARRIORS over PELICANS 112 to 85

BULLS over HORNETS 102 to 95 WIZARDS over LAKERS 111 to 95 CELTICS over PISTONS 109 to 102 NETS over SPURS 95 to 93 HAWKS over HEAT 112 to 102 ROCKETS over GRIZZLIES 105 to 96 MAVERICKS over BUCKS 107 to 105 76ERS over TIMBERWOLVES 85 to 77 RAPTORS over JAZZ 123 to 104 CLIPPERS over MAGIC 114 to 86

CAVALIERS over BUCKS 111 to 108 HAWKS over CELTICS 109 to 105 LAKERS over PISTONS 106 to 96 NETS over KNICKS 98 to 93 MAVERICKS over BULLS 132 to 129 PELICANS over THUNDER 112 to 104 TRAIL BLAZERS over NUGGETS 105 to 103 SUNS over PACERS 116 to 99 RAPTORS over KINGS 117 to 109 WARRIOR over MAGIC 98 to 97

SPURS over 76ERS 109 to 103 WIZARDS over HEAT 107 to 86 NUGGETS over JAZZ 103 to 101 CLIPPERS over TIMBERWOLVES 127 to 101

National’s outfielder Jayson Werth was convicted Friday of reckless driving and sentenced to 10 days in jail for driving his Porsche over 100 mph on the Capital Beltway earlier this year.Fairfax County General District Court Judge Penney Azcarate said a jail sentence was appropriate given the excessive speed."I-495 is not a racetrack," Azcarate said in imposing the sentence. She added that her sentence would be the same regardless of "what a person does for a living." Werth, wearing glasses a

Yankees signed free-agent left-handed reliever Andrew Miller to a four-year , $36 million contract. General manager Brian Cashman said the team's original offer for Miller was four years, $32 million, but the Yankees upped it to $9 million per year when they learned the lefty had a four-year, $40 million deal on the table from another club. That means Miller left $4 million on the table to play for the Yankees. The 6-foot-7 Miller, who will turn 30 in May, spent the end of the 2014 season wit

Jadeveon Clowney, who is outside linebacker for The Texans is having a great deal of pain and swelling in his surgically repaired knee, but only when he plays. He has not been to practice yet this week, and says that he will test the knee before a game, but believes his chances for playing are slim. Clowney said, "A lot of pain right now, just been bothering me off and on the whole season, something I've got to push through, but when the swelling comes up, it's a little setback." He reach

A groin injury has caused Lance Briggs to be put on injured reserve by the Chicago Bears and it’s not likely that he will return to the team. A 12-year veteran, Briggs suffered a groin injury in the second quarter of the team's Nov. 23 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and the ailment kept the linebacker out of Thursday's loss to the Detroit Lions. During the team's pregame show on WBBM, Bears general manager said Briggs would be "out for an extended period of time." A seven-year Pro

The National Football League "failed" in its efforts to police domestic abuse by its players but has "learned from those mistakes," a top NFL executive testified to Congress on Tuesday. Troy Vincent, the NFL's executive vice president for football operations, conceded that the case involving Ray Rice was handled poorly. "The commissioner (Roger Goodell) has acknowledged those mistakes," Vincent told a packed hearing by the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee."We failed. This i

Kansas City Royals and Jason Frasor have agreed on $1.8 million for the 2016 season. Frasor gets $1.25 million next season under Friday's deal, down from $1.75 million this year. The 2016 option is for $2 million with a $550,000 buyout. He can earn $500,000 annually in performance bonuses based on games pitched: $75,000 each for 35, 40, 45 and 50, and $100,000 apiece for 55 and 60. The 37-year-old right-hander was acquired from Texas in July and went 3-0 with a 1.53 ERA in 23 games for Ka

RED WINGS over CANUCKS 5 to 3

The five Rams players who entered the field before Sunday's game against the Oakland Raiders in St. Louis with their hands in the air in "don't shoot" poses will not be fined for their actions, NFL and team sources tell ESPN's Chris Mortensen. The players had used the team's pregame introductions to offer a show of support for nearby Ferguson. As the Rams' offense was introduced, tight end Jared Cook and receivers Kenny Britt, Stedman Bailey, Chris Givens Tavon Austin stopped near the tunnel

The body of missing Ohio State defensive lineman Kosta Karageorge was found by Columbus police on Sunday after a search that started after he went missing on Wednesday. Karageorge, 22, was found dead in a dumpster of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was identified by tattoos at the scene, and a police spokesman said the investigation would continue with both the dumpster and the body of Karageorge being transported to the county morgue. "At this time, there's a lot of questions th

The 16-year veteran free-agent outfielder is returning to his roots. "You talk about true love,'' Hunter told the Minneapolis Star Tribune.”That's the Twins right there.'' Hunter, after playing five seasons for the Los Angeles Angels and two with the Detroit Tigers, has agreed to a one-year, $10.5 million deal with the Twins. The Texas Rangers and Baltimore Orioles were also reportedly in the running for Hunter. Hunter, 39, played his first full season for the Twins in 1999. He has made fi

The Los Angeles Dodgers acquired outfielder from the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for right-hander Matt Magill. Heisey, who will turn 30 this month, is a .247 career hitter with 50 home runs over parts of five seasons with Cincinnati. He is eligible for salary arbitration and is projected to earn slightly more than $2 million in 2015. The Reds dealt him several hours in advance of Tuesday night's MLB non-tender deadline. The Dodgers already had a glut of outfielders with Matt Kemp, Carl Crawfo

Kris Medlen and Brandon Beachy are becoming free agents following decisions by the Braves not to offer 2015 contracts to the right-handers, both recovering from their second Tommy John surgeries. The Braves failed to offer a contract to right-hander Gus Schlosser. Medlen and Beachy, once considered rising stars in the rotation, did not pitch in 2014 after they had ligament-replacement surgeries during spring training. Medlen won a combined 25 games in 2012 and 2013. He excelled as a reliever

The Oakland Athletics has traded Josh Donaldson to the Toronto Blue Jays for four players, Brett Lawrie, Kendall Graveman, Sean Nolin, and Franklin Barreto. Donaldson told the San Francisco Chronicle that he was playing video games when his agent texted him about the trade. "I'm so shocked," Donaldson told the newspaper. "I just got off the phone with Billy Beane, and I guess they got an offer that they couldn't resist. I'm definitely a little emotional about it. Oakland is my home. At the

Dish Network subscribers will lose access to CBS-owned stations Thursday night if the companies can't agree on a new contract. In a statement, CBS said after six months of talks, Dish has "not been operating with the same sense of urgency" to make a deal."In the last few weeks, we have granted two extensions, in the hopes that this would give both parties sufficient time to come to a resolution," the network's statement said. "The second extension, which protected Dish subscribers’ programmin