HOUSTON — Texans defensive coordinator Wade Phillips will take over as Houston's interim head coach and try to help the team end a six-game skid with Gary Kubiak out indefinitely after suffering a mini-stroke this weekend

It's a familiar position for Phillips, a 30-plus-year NFL coaching veteran, who was last a head coach in Dallas and has twice served as an interim head coach in the league. The first time came in 1985 when his father Bum Phillips stepped down with the Saints, the second was in 2003 when Dan Reeves resigned as Atlanta's coach with three games left.

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Clarence “Ace” Parker, the oldest member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, died. He was 101.Parker died Wednesday, according to Bryan Johnson of B.W. Foster Funeral Home in Portsmouth.A Portsmouth native, Parker played football, basketball and baseball at Duke, then was a first-round draft choice of the National Football League's Brooklyn Dodgers in 1937. Instead of pursuing a gridiron career, Parker opted to play baseball for Connie Mack and the Philadelphia A's.He later traded baseball for football, starring for the Dodgers from 1937-41, and winning the most valuable player award in 1940.

CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs are set to hire San Diego Padres bench coach Rick Renteria as their manager, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press.The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the hiring has not been announced. The team was expected to make it official on Thursday.