PETAH TIKVA, Israel (AP) There were no cheerleaders, tailgaters and not that many spectators. The gridiron was marked over a baseball diamond and the home side scored one touchdown while conceding seven.

The Washington State Cougars will now start their season two days earlier than previously thought. The WSU opener, coming against Brigham Young University, has been moved from Saturday, Sept. 1 to Thursday, Aug. 30. The reason for this is that the game is part of ESPN#39;s 2012 College Football Primetime Thursday night schedule.

Being the arena football freak that I am, it doesn#39;t take much to get me interested in an Arena Football League game. When the league features a slate that is as chock full of excitement as the one in Week 9, though, it#39;s hard to wait until Friday night.

The Italian coach believes that the Ligue 1 title race will probably be decided at the last day of the season after PSG closed to within three points of Montpellier.

Last season the Pittsburgh Steelers played in one of the best Monday Night Football games of the season. The game between the Steelers and the San Francisco 49ers was not a great, exciting game, but it solidified the 49ers as a contender that should have been taken more serious and it cemented the Steelers as a team that was hobbling down the stretch. Which Monday Night Football games will be ...