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As Halloween approached, ESPN.com wondered how many NFL players would divulge their darkest fears about an unforgiving game. Read their confessions.

A newly released police report indicates the man found on Isiah Thomas’ kitchen floor after an apparent overdose on sleeping pills had stopped breathing.

North Carolina star Tyler Hansbrough is out of practice indefinitely with a stress reaction condition in his right shin.

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The Lakers have reached a four-year contract extension with center Andrew Bynum worth about $58 million, according to a published report.

Manny Ramirez, Mark Teixeira and Ben Sheets wasted no time in filing for free agency. The trio were among 65 players who filed on the first possible day. Thursday began a 15-day window in which approximately 180 players can become free agents.

North Carolina was voted a unanimous No. 1 in the preseason ESPN/USA Today coaches’ poll which was released on Thursday.

Ken Macha gets to manage again. That’s because Brewers general manager Doug Melvin is a big believer in second chances.

The NBA All-Star Game is coming to the new Cowboys stadium in 2010 and plenty of good seats are available — more than 100,000.

The presidential candidates are planning to participate in one-on-one interviews via satellite that would air during “Monday Night Football,” the day before the election, ESPN has announced.