AP - Linebacker Willie McGinest agreed to terms Wednesday with Cleveland, leaving New England to rejoin Browns coach and former Patriots defensive coordinator Romeo Crennel.

AP - Free agent linebacker Willie McGinest, cut by New England last week in a salary cap move, could reunite with some former Patriots in Cleveland.

AP - The Pacific Division-leading Dallas Stars bolstered their defense for the stretch run Thursday by acquiring defenseman Willie Mitchell from the Minnesota Wild.

AP - The New England Patriots released defensive lineman Willie McGinest in a salary cap move, ending a 12-year relationship with the NFL's all-time postseason sack leader.

BA plans a new shake-up, the first with new chief executive Willie Walsh at the helm, but more jobs could go.

AP - Doug Mirabelli hit a three-run homer and the San Diego Padres finished with 20 hits in a 17-4 win over the Seattle Mariners on Saturday.

AP - Edwin Encarnacion got Randy Johnson's attention. "Who is that kid?" the Big Unit said after allowing a two-run homer and an RBI double to Encarnacion in the Cincinnati Reds' 4-1 win over the \@New York\@ Yankees on Saturday.

AP - The weather was sunny and mild Sunday as revelers in this fun-starved city gathered for a daylong extravaganza of Carnival season parades, including two of the biggest and glitziest.

AP - New York Mets star Pedro Martinez took another step Saturday in rehabilitating his sore right toe, throwing from a slope about a foot in front of the pitcher's mound.

AP - New York Mets pitcher Pedro Martinez missed spring training Friday, when the Mets gave him time off to attend to personal matters.

AP - New York Mets manager Willie Randolph predicted his team is embarking on a "special season."

AP - Rocking out instead of easing into retirement, Jessi Colter sounds as vital now as she did 31 years ago when her hit "I'm Not Lisa" broke beyond the conservative boundaries of country music. Back then, she joined husband Waylon Jennings and friend Willie Nelson at the forefront of the outlaw movement.

AP - Emmy officials are revamping their awards rules for the second time in two years, trying to give newcomers a better chance against the long-running series and familiar stars that can monopolize the annual TV awards show.

AP - Willie Nelson warmed up for a concert by playing a long freebie gig for soldiers injured in Iraq.

AP - Willie Nelson warmed up for his Friday night concert for paying customers by playing a long freebie gig for soldiers injured in Iraq.

AP - Willie Nile, "Streets of New York," (00:02:59)

AP - Never mind that country music is considered bedrock conservative, the unofficial red-state soundtrack. This year, some of country's most famous names are singing in movies with gay and transsexual themes.

Willie Rennie, the Lib Dem winner at Dunfermline, says Labour has failed to learn from its shock by-election defeat.

AP - Country singer Willie Nelson introduced California to "BioWillie," his brand of clean-burning fuel made from soybeans.

AP - A record-setting run. A game-turning interception. A trick play that no one saw coming. The Pittsburgh Steelers needed every little bit of history they could get their fingers on to craft a one-for-the-books ending on Sunday, beating the Seattle Seahawks 21-10 in the Super Bowl.