NEW YORK (AP) - Jason Collins, the NBA veteran who last week announced he was gay, is disputing reports from publishing insiders who say he is shopping a book deal.Officials at three publishing houses told The Associated Press on Monday that they had been contacted about a planned memoir by Collins, the first active player in any of four major U.S. professional sports leagues to come out as gay. T...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Jason Collins, the NBA veteran who last week announced he was gay, is disputing reports from publishing insiders who say he is shopping a book deal.Officials at three publishing houses told The Associated Press on Monday that they had been contacted about a planned memoir by Collins, the first active player in any of four major U.S. professional sports leagues to come out as gay. T...
DPS: Dan Patrick talks to Tim Brown and discusses Brown's accusations that former Raider head coach Bill Callahan sabotaged the Super Bowl by changing the gameplan at the last minute. Brown clarifies his statements about Callahan and his role in Barrett Robbins' disappearance before the game. (NBC Sports)
In an interview Friday night with ESPN, the Notre Dame linebacker said he was fooled by a person who has since apologized to him and that he had no role in the bizarre hoax. But for many questions still remain about this elaborate scheme. NBC's Mike Taibbi reports. (TODAY)
Intelligence officials say they knew it was terrorist attack from the beginning, and U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice was given unclassified talking points that were deliberately vague. But Republican critics say that helped mislead the public. NBC's Andrea Mitchell reports. (Nightly News)
Officials say that thousands of emails between General John Allen and Florida socialite Jill Kelley are flirtatious, but the general denies a relationship. NBC's Andrea Mitchell reports. (Nightly News)
Michael Vick's brother, Marcus, tweeted during the Eagles' 28-13 loss to the Saints on Monday that Vick wanted out of Philadelphia. Vick said that is not the case. (NBC Sports)
The U.S. and Iranian governments have denied reports that they have agreed to sit down for discussions regarding Iran's nuclear program, which has been an ongoing source of tension for both countries. NBC's Mike Viqueira reports. (TODAY)
Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan made his first public comments Wednesday since April's scandal involving agents and prostitutes in Colombia. While being grilled by U.S. senators, Sullivan apologized for the agents' misconduct and called the scandal an isolated incident, but some lawmakers are not buying it. NBC's Pete Williams reports. (TODAY)
The Obama administration is denying any role in the killing of an Iranian university professor working at a key nuclear facility. NBC's Richard Engel reports. (Nightly News)
Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, who was indicted on child sexual abuse charges last month, defended himself in an interview with the New York Times, saying "I had kid after kid after kid who might say I was a father figure." (TODAY)