IN BRIEF
NEW YORK — Cliff Lee is returning to the Philadelphia Phillies, the team that traded him nearly one year ago.
The free-agent pitcher reached a preliminary agreement on a $100 million, five-year contract with the Phillies, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press Monday.
The agreement is subject to the 32-year-old left-hander passing a physical, the person said on condition of anonymity because the agreement was not final.
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — The New York Jets assistant coach who tripped a Miami Dolphins player during a game has been suspended without pay for the rest of the season, including the playoffs, and fined an additional $25,000.Sal Alosi, the Jets' strength and conditioning coach, will begin serving his suspension immediately and will have no access to the team's practice facility.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — It'll be the Leaders vs. the Legends divisions when the Big Ten stages its first football championship game next season.The conference also on unveiled a new logo — it is a block “Big Ten” with the numeral 10 embedded in the word last two letters of Big — as well as two-person trophy names for 18 new football awards, including the Stagg-Paterno Championship Trophy and the Hayes-Schembechler Coach of the Year.With Nebraska becoming the conference's 12th team earlier this year, the conference created new divisions that it introduced in September. Illinois, Indiana, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue and Wisconsin will be in the Leaders Division, with Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska and Northwestern in the Legends Division.
Duke is still the unanimous No. 1 in The Associated Press college basketball poll and Texas A&M has moved into the Top 25 for the first time this season.Ohio State remains second, followed by Kansas, Connecticut, Syracuse and Kansas State.Tennessee jumps four places to seventh and is followed in the top 10 by Pittsburgh, Baylor and Villanova.
