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The Baltimore Ravens have signed veteran running back Ricky Williams to replace Willis McGahee, who they let go days before training camp.

Williams agreed to a two-year deal, the team announced on Monday.

The former Heisman Trophy played last season with the Miami Dolphins and if everything goes well with his physical on Tuesday, Williams will work in tandem with Ray Rice.

“He's a veteran that brings a lot of leadership,” Rice said. “I'm looking to learn a lot from him. I'm looking forward to working with him.”

A former Pro Bowler, Williams rushed for a career-high 1,853 yards to

So much for damage limitation. Rupert Murdoch’s ruthless closure of the News of the World, with the loss of an estimated 200 jobs, although not the one held by Rebekah Brooks, has backfired spectacularly. As one Twitter wit observed, this was the first radical surgery in which they decided to remove the healthy tissue and left the cancer in place.

“Mr Murdoch doesn’t explain himself. He meets power with power,” said his biographer, Michael Wolff. Not this time. The old bloke with his blonde personal trainer in Hyde Park suddenly looked less like a media mogul than a bewildered escapee

The ban will apply to all 11,000 athletes, their coaches and support staff, VIPs and accredited politicians and journalists. It will also cover anybody who has access to inside information of the sporting competition or competing athletes.

The IOC hopes the tougher stance will help combat illegal and irregular betting, which president Jacques Rogge has called the biggest threat to the credibility and integrity of sport.

In his opening address at the 123rd IOC session in Durban, Rogge said there was “no room for complacency".

He added: “Protecting the integrity of sport is a priority for the IOC. In all

Dear Comrades:

On the occasion of your sport's lockout, I'd like to impart a bit of advice. As you know, the NFL's been boarded up since March, and it's been no church picnic for the football media, to say the least. We've been reporting different levels of miscommunication, no communication, and excommunication for months, and we're all more than a little tired of it. Speaking for myself, it's far more interesting to go over Saints-Ravens tape than it is to review the latest 80-page legal document from one side or the other, earning an informal junior law degree by virtue

On June 1, 2011, one of the top 10 basketball players to ever terrorize opposing teams, Shaquille O'Neal(notes), announced his retirement on Twitter.

Shaq burst onto the NBA scene when he was drafted first by the Orlando Magic in 1992. In his rookie season, he averaged 23.4 ppg, 13.9 rebounds, 3.5 blocks on 56 percent from the field and Orlando Magic won 20 more games than their previous season.

The most inexperienced version of Shaq added an instant 20 more wins to your team.

In his next season, the Big Aristotle exploded for 29.3 points per game and quickly evolved

In Indianapolis, it's time to think about the post-Peyton Manning era.

Colts president Bill Polian said the team has begun the process of considering a plan for how to replace Manning, 35.

The Colts have even been working out quarterbacks such as TCU's Andy Dalton and Nevada's Colin Kaepernick, possible selections in this month's draft.

"Quarterback's an issue, probably not a front-burner issue, but an issue nonetheless because while Peyton's not at the end of his career, it's approaching faster than it has in the past," Polian told the Indianapolis Star. "I wouldn't rule that out in the right situation."