Tony Romo and the Dallas Cowboys have agreed on a six-year contract extension worth $108 million, with about half of it guaranteed.

A deal to loan Mark Martin to Joe Gibbs Racing as a replacement driver for injured Denny Hamlin fell apart Friday, when Michael Waltrip Racing said Martin will fulfill his commitment to its team.

Sophomore Jeff Hoffman tossed a one-hit complete game shutout and junior Zach Houchins collected three hits with two RBI in East Carolina’s 3-0 victory over North Carolina Central Friday night at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium. With the win the Pirates improve to 13-14, while the Eagles (18-10) saw their nine-game win streak come to an end.

Joffrey Lupul scored the go-ahead goal with 3:10 remaining, helping the Toronto Maple Leafs hold off a Carolina comeback and beat the Hurricanes 6-3 on Thursday night.

Mark Martin will drive for Joe Gibbs Racing while Denny Hamlin recovers from a fractured vertebra in his lower back.

North Carolina State coach Mark Gottfried says he's committed to the Wolfpack program when asked about the coaching vacancy at UCLA.

NC State junior guard Lorenzo Brown has announced that he will forego his final season of eligibility and enter his name into the 2013 NBA Draft.

The first-game victory snapped a five-game losing streak for East Carolina.

Chase McDonald belted two of East Carolina’s four home runs lifting the Pirates to an 11-4 victory over Elon Wednesday afternoon at Latham Park.

No. 1 North Carolina (23-1) used a four-run seventh inning en route to a 6-2 win over visiting Winthrop (8-17) Wednesday afternoon at Boshamer Stadium.

Appalachian State announced Wednesday their athletic program is leaving the Football Championship Subdivision and moving up to Football Bowl Subdivision.

The Panthers have announced they've re-signed unrestricted free agent defensive tackle Dwan Edwards.

Hamlin will be out at least six weeks and miss five races.

Veteran offensive tackle Jordan Gross says he's agreed to take a pay cut to remain with the Carolina Panthers.

East Carolina advanced to the Final Four of the CollegeInsider.com Tournament with a 70-58 win over Loyola Maryland Tuesday night at Minges Coliseum.

William & Mary pounded out 19 hits and got multi-hit performances from five players en route to a 10-4 win over East Carolina Tuesday afternoon at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium.

WITN Sports Director Billy Weaver has confirmed an earlier ESPN report that the soon-to-be-renamed Big East Conference will make East Carolina University a member in all sports.

A second House committee has agreed to give the city of Charlotte more flexibility with current hotel and prepared food taxes to pay for Carolina Panthers stadium improvements.

Wake Forest athletic director Ron Wellman says basketball coach Jeff Bzdelik will be back for a fourth season.

NASCAR is not penalizing Tony Stewart for scuffling with Joey Logano on pit road at California, and viewed the crash between Logano and Denny Hamlin as a racing incident.

Fourth-year head coach Ruffin McNeill and the East Carolina Pirates officially opened the 2013 spring practice period with their initial workout Monday afternoon at Hight Field inside the Cliff Moore Practice Complex.

Alexander Semin has agreed to a five-year contract extension with the Carolina Hurricanes.

East Carolina athletic officials have announced that Tuesday’s baseball game between ECU and William & Mary has been moved up to a 3 p.m. (ET) start.

Rasheed Sulaimon scored 21 points, Seth Curry scored had 17 and No. 2 seed Duke held off seventh-seeded Creighton 66-50 on Sunday to advance to the round of 16 for the fourth time in five years.

Denny Hamlin suffered a compression fracture in his lower back during Sunday's last-lap crash at Fontana, Calif.