MIAMI (Reuters) - A proposed change to the rules governing overtime in NFL playoff games could see teams having to do more than win the coin toss and kick a field goal to secure victory. NFL Competition Committee Chairman Rich McKay said on Wednesday the proposal reflected a statistical change over the years with the team winning the coin toss having ...

Three-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova will miss the Sony Ericsson Open, as will women's world number two Dinara Safina and 2008 men's champion Nikolay Davydenko, organizers said Wednesday. The Miami tournament is the second of prestigious back-to-back hardcourt tournaments in the United States, coming immediately after this week's event at Indian Wells, California. Sharapova, who won ...

A three-game series between the New York Mets and Florida Marlins in June has been moved from Miami to Puerto Rico, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The shift to San Juan's Hiram Bithorn Stadium had been discussed for months pending an ...

An author and journalist who resigned last month from the Internet news site The Daily Beast over allegations of lifting material acknowledged that passages in his latest book are similar to those of another writer. Gerald Posner, whose many books include "Case Closed" and "Secrets of the Kingdom," said ...