The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have hired former North Carolina head coach Butch Davis as a "special assistant" to new head coach Greg Schiano. The team announced the hire Monday, saying Davis would "advise Schiano in a wide range of football aspects." In a statement, Schiano called Davis a friend and mentor going back to the time when Schiano worked on Davis' staff at Miami.

Just before Christmas , Jud Davis went to his pastor with an idea. Davis, who is living with stage-four, or advanced, cancer, told the Rev. Pete Jones that men with cancer "weren't getting enough support" and that he thought there was a lack of research.

Whether inside or outside the Beverly Hilton hotel where singer Whitney Houston died Saturday afternoon, the grief and shock were the same.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have hired former North Carolina head coach Butch Davis as a "special assistant'' to new head coach Greg Schiano.

Should Milos Raonic, Canada’s top tennis player, have withdrawn from Sunday’s key Davis Cup match due to an apparent knee injury or simply played through the pain?

YAKIMA, Wash. — Of course, they like to run. For more than three seasons now, these Davis Pirates have left many an opponent in their wake, using a free-wheeling, high-flying and crowd-pleasing style. But if running is who the Pirates are, it’s not necessarily what they do. Or at least, all they do. PHOTO GALLERY [...]

FRIBOURG, Switzerland (AP) -- Given a supremely tough draw in the Davis Cup, the United States is off to an exhilarating start.

The tragic and sudden death of Whitney Houston on Saturday was at the forefront of everyone's mind on Saturday night at The Recording Academy and Clive Davis' pre-Grammy gala, which the late singer was supposed to attend.

In previous years, this particular Davis Cup draw would be very advantageous for the United States. Facing off in a tie against Switzerland in the first round, a victory would mean a quarterfinal tie between either France or Canada.

WIENER NEUSTADT, Austria (AP) -- Jurgen Melzer eased past Alex Bogomolov Jr. of Russia 6-2, 6-4, 6-1 Sunday to help Austria reach the quarterfinals of the Davis Cup for the first time since 1995.