The day is here, the clock is ticking ... the European football transfer window -- the biannual gateway to the most lucrative leagues in the world soccer -- is rapidly closing, leaving little time for clubs and coaches around the world to seal the deals on the new players they want to sign.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Effective with the 2010 high school football season, any player who shows signs, symptoms or behaviors associated with a concussion must be removed from the game and shall not return to play until cleared by an appropriate health-care professional. The concussion rule was one of 12 changes approved by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Football Rules ...

As the Logan-Magnolia Panthers football team took to the field to scrimmage in front of Logan-Magnolia fans, they did so with a new mantra in their hearts: Finish it Strong. In the 2009 season, head coach Matt Straight had introduced the theme of “Win with Character,” which student athletes followed with pride. In choosing to “Finish It Strong” Straight hopes to instill within the players the ...

Wake Forest will open its 109th season of football by hosting FCS foe Presbyterian. The game is set to kickoff at 6:30 p.m. and will be broadcast live online via ESPN3.com. The game is also available on the Wake Forest ISP Sports Radio Network.

American football star Troy Polamalu has a price on his head -- with an anti-dandruff shampoo brand taking out a $1 million (647,000 pound) insurance policy on his trademark mane of black ringlets.