The Saints and their fans awoke Monday to the realization that the once lovable losers from New Orleans were Super Bowl champions for the first time in the club's 43-year history after Sunday's 31-17 triumph over the Indianapolis Colts.

The Cleveland Browns terminated the contract of wide receiver Donte' Stallworth Monday.

Peyton Manning and the Colts are favored to win next year's Super Bowl, according to odds released Monday by BetUS.com.

The Lakers could be missing Andew Bynum and Kobe Bryant on Monday night when they host the San Antonio Spurs.

Losses on the road sent Villanova and Michgan State tumbling in this week's ESPN/USA Today men's basketball poll -- which once again is led by Kansas.

Twins owner Jim Pohlad says he's staying out of contract negotiations with catcher Joe Mauer.

Chicago White Sox unretire Luis Aparicio's No. 11 so Omar Vizquel can wear it.

Bob Gainey is resigning as the general manager of the Montreal Canadiens.

The Brewers are erecting a statue of baseball commissioner Bud Selig outside Miller Park and will unveil it on Aug. 24.

In the strongest comments yet by a players' union official since NBA owners made a new collective bargaining proposal, first vice president Adonal Foyle of the Magic said the offer put forth last week by commissioner David Stern's office was "ludicrous."

The Danica Patrick circus at Daytona will continue with the IndyCar Series driver making her NASCAR debut in Saturday's Nationwide Series race.

Steve Phillips, the former ESPN baseball analyst and New York Mets general manager, said Monday that he knew he had a sex addiction problem in August of 2009 -- two months before he was fired from his role with the network.

Florida State will vacate athletic victories from 2006 and 2007, including 12 credited to former football coach Bobby Bowden, as its penalty for an academic fraud scandal in 2006-07 involving 61 student-athletes, the school announced.