Kerry Collins has faced down his demons and is now the unlikely leader of a 10-0 Titans team. Mark Kriegel never saw it coming.

There's no shortage of free-agent pitchers to choose from. But Dayn Perry offers this warning: Most of these guys aren't worth it.

So you wanted a playoff? Saturday's OU-Texas Tech and the upcoming 'Bama-Florida game look like semifinals to Peter Schrager.

You may not see much of these guys, but NBA scouts will be watching. Randy Hill has the scoop on under-the-radar pro prospects.

Knicks president Donnie Walsh is within hours of announcing a trade with the Warriors for Al Harrington that is expected to include Jamal Crawford in a move geared to get under the salary cap for 2010 rather than to help the present.

CC Sabathia will have a deadline to accept the New York Yankees' contract proposal. "We've made him an offer. It's not going to be there forever," Hal Steinbrenner said Thursday after he was approved as the team's new controlling owner during a meeting at Major League Baseball headquarters. New York offered a six-year contract to the pitcher last Friday, the first day teams were allowed to start talking money with free agents. The proposal exceeds Johan Santana's $137.