WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Da'Rel Scott racked up 201 rushing yards and scored twice Wednesday, propelling Maryland to a 51-20 dismantling of East Carolina in the Military Bowl.
DALLAS, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The Dallas Stars have rewarded standout defenseman Trevor Daley with a 6-year, $19.8 million contract extension, the team said Wednesday.
HOUSTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Former Houston Oilers Coach Bum Phillips says he'd be "tickled" if his son Wade joined the Houston Texans' coaching staff as an assistant.
NEW YORK, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Fox News analyst Tucker Carlson says Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick deserved to be executed for torturing and killing dogs.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Long-time Northwest Missouri State football coach Mel Tjeerdsma says he is retiring after 17 years with the Bearcats.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- San Francisco linebacker Patrick Willis will miss the first game of his four-year NFL career Sunday because of a hand injury, the team said Wednesday.
CHICAGO, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Chicago Blackhawks center Jonathan Toews will be out of action for about two weeks with an upper-body injury, Coach Joel Quenneville said Wednesday.
MIAMI, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Police in the Bahamas say blood tests on two teens who say a Florida International University baseball star and his friends raped them found no sign of drugs.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The Sugar Bowl's chief executive officer says he lobbied to let five suspended Ohio State players qualify for the game.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Jacksonville quarterback David Garrard will miss the Jaguars' regular-season finale against Houston with a finger injury that requires surgery, the team said.
NEW YORK, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Minnesota quarterback Brett Favre was fined $50,000 by the NFL Wednesday for not fully cooperating in the league's probe of the Jenn Sterger case.
TEL AVIV, Israel, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Israeli soccer great Avi Cohen died in a Tel Aviv hospital eight days after a motorcycle accident and a day after being declared brain dead, officials said.
BORMIO, Italy, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Austria's Michael Walchhofer tamed a tough course in Bormio, Italy, in under 2 minutes Wednesday to win the men's World Cup downhill.
TEMPE, Ariz., Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Cornerback Micah Hyde returned a fourth-quarter interception 72 yards for a touchdown Tuesday and Iowa snatched a 27-24 win over Missouri in the Insight Bowl.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Ryan Kesler had two goals and an assist in support of Roberto Luongo's 35 saves Tuesday in the Vancouver Canucks' 6-2 win over Philadelphia.
GLENDALE, Ariz., Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Anaheim scored three times in the first period Tuesday and Jonas Hiller made 31 saves in the Ducks' 3-1 victory over Phoenix.
SAN ANTONIO, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Tony Parker scored 23 points and the San Antonio Spurs used a tenacious defense Tuesday to hand the Los Angeles Lakers a 97-82 defeat.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Unheralded rookie quarterback Joe Webb threw for 195 yards in his first NFL start Tuesday, leading the Minnesota Vikings to a 24-14 win over Philadelphia.
Hugh Rowland, "The Polar Bear", star of the History Channel reality television series "Ice Road Truckers," stands near a truck where a special effects team from ice manufacturer Arctic Glacier Inc. covered a 900-square-foot section of Times Square with 15 tons of artificial snow in New York City on May 31, 2012. UPI/John Angelillo
