Peppers, 30, a North Carolina native and the Panthers’ second overall pick from UNC in 2002, will be playing football for a team outside the state for the first time.

Kurt Warner, the 38-year-old quarterback announced his retirement Friday after 12 years after coming from nowhere to lead the lowly St. Louis Rams to two Super Bowls. Warned walked away with a year left on a two-year, $23 million contract, knowing he still had the skills to play at the highest level.

“It’s been an amazing ride,” Warner said. “I don’t think I could have dreamt it would have played out like it has, but I’ve been humbled every day that I woke up the last 12 years and amazed that God would choose to use me to do what he’s given me the opportunity to do.”

“The toughest thing is my wife, my parents, close friends have had no idea that I hid it from them all this time,” he told The Associated Press in an emotional, 20-minute interview. “I knew this day was going to come. I didn’t know when.”

In tears, McGwire apologized and said he used steroids and human growth hormone on and off for a decade, starting before the 1990 season and including the year he broke Roger Maris’ single-season home run record in 1998.

“I wish I had never touched steroids,” McGwire said. “It was foolish and it was a mistake.”

Then he accepted the UFC’s offer to participate in The Ultimate Fighter reality show where he brought the show its biggest season ever. He also lost his only fight on the series to Roy Nelson in the highest rated episode in the show’s history. Despite repeated teases for the remainder of the season, Kimbo declined an opportunity for a second fight on the show.

Tonight he had his third chance to make a legitimate professional MMA fighter out of himself.

A person with knowledge of the contract talks says the Sixers offered a one-year, non-guaranteed contract to Iverson on Tuesday. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the contract talks had not been made public.

Iverson, his agent and business manager met with team president Ed Stefanski, coach Eddie Jordan and two other members of the organization Monday during the first formal meeting between the Sixers and their former MVP.

Iverson announced his retirement last week after an ill-fated stint with the Memphis Grizzlies. The 10-time All-Star was NBA MVP in 2001 when he led the Sixers to the NBA Finals.

Quoting a report from the Florida Highway Patrol, several local media outlets have said that Tiger Woods pulled out of his driveway at around 2 in the morning, hit a fire hydrant, and then hit a tree at his neighbor’s property. He was transported to Health Central Hospital in Ocoee in serious condition.

2. Indianapolis Colts: 9.6
Pierre Garcon, Reggie Wayne and Tom Santi each had 80 or more yards on Sunday.

3. New England Patriots: 9.0
Wes Welker made all the difference, as he caught 15 balls for 192 yards. He is projected to finish the season with 126 receptions.

4. Minnesota Vikings: 7.2
Brett Favre had a near perfect, 22-for-25, four TD, zero interception day.

5. Green Bay Packers: 7.2
With Sunday’s win, the Packers improved to 3-0 when Greg Jennings has over 100 yards receiving.

6. Pittsburgh Steelers: 6.8
Hines Ward finished with over 100 yards for the fourth time this season and 24th for his career; the veteran receiver has never had five 100 yard games in a single season.

7. New York Giants: 4.4
They averaged just 2.4 yards per rush on Sunday and were bailed out by Eli Manning’s 384 yards.

8. San Diego Chargers: 4.4
The Chargers have now won five in a row since the 23-34 loss at home on Monday night to Denver in Week 6.

9. Cincinnati Bengals: 3.5
Cincinnati is now 0-10 while playing in Oakland.

10. Philadelphia Eagles: 3.3

LeSean McCoy rushed for a career high 99 yards during his second 20 rushing attempt game.

11. Dallas Cowboys: 3.3
Dallas is ranked 17th in 3rd down percentage this season, down from their ninth rank showing in 2008. They are ranked 12th defensively in 3rd down situations.

12. Baltimore Ravens: 2.5
The Ravens returned the Colts ground game to the anemic 3.0 yards per rush version, but they gave up 9.6 yards per Peyton Manning pass.

13. Denver Broncos: 1.7
The Broncos rushed for 6.8 yards per carry against San Diego, but were 0-for-4 in the red zone and were -3 in turnover differential.

14. Arizona Cardinals: 1.6
Tim Hightower and Benie Wells rushed for 110 yards and 74 yards respectively, while the team combined for a 6.1 yards per carry average.

15. Houston Texans: 1.6

16. Jacksonville Jaguars: 0.7
With three consecutive victories, the Jaguars now are in second place all by themselves behind the Colts in the AFC South despite a -36 season point differential.

17. San Francisco 49ers: 0.0
Veron Davis has scored seven of his eight touchdowns and 470 of his 601 yards during San Francisco losses.

18. Miami Dolphins: -0.1
Ricky Williams is rushing for a 5.3 yards per carry average, which beats out his 4.8 per carry average when he led the NFL in yards with 1,853 during the 2002 season.

19. Atlanta Falcons: -0.3
Matt Ryan kept Atlanta in the game and took care of the ball for the first time since Week 3 by not throwing a single interception.

20. Washington Redskins: -0.5
Rock Cartwight averaged 5.2 yards per carry and also caught seven balls for 73 yards in Washington’s loss at Dallas on Sunday.

21. New York Jets: -1.5
Thomas Jones rushed for 421 yards and five TDs on 74 attempts in October, while behind held to 282 yards and one TD on 69 November attempts.

22. Seattle Seahawks: -1.9
They would need help from the teams who play Arizona including Detroit in Week 15 and St. Louis in Week 16.

23: Carolina Panthers: -2.4
DeAngelo Williams continued another late season surge by rushing for a season-best 9.4 yards per carry.

24. Buffalo Bills: -2.4
The Bills had to travel to a sparse Jacksonville Stadium to get their first legitimate Terrell Owens spotting, as the receiver caught nine balls for 197 yards including a 98-yard TD.

25. Chicago Bears: -2.7

26. Tennessee Titans: -4.9
Vince Young now has a 95.5 passer rating during the month of November, all wins for Tennessee.

27. Kansas City Chiefs: -5.1
Matt Cassel had his best game in a Kansas City uniform in Sunday’s overtime win over Pittsburgh, finishing with a 100.4 passer rating.

28. Detroit Lions: -8.6
Matthew Stafford had his first 100+ passer rating game in Sunday’s win against Cleveland. He is now 2-6 as a starting quarterback in the NFL.

29. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: -8.8
Raheem Morris and Mark Dominik will need to begin making lasting decisions if they want to remain in the game.

30. St. Louis Rams: -9.8
Steven Jackson extended his 100-yard game streak to four in Sunday’s 21-13 loss to Arizona.

31. Oakland Raiders: -13.4

Bruce Gradkowski’s 73.5 passer rating kept the Raiders in the game to setup their comeback victory over the Bengals.

32. Cleveland Browns: -15.1

The win broke a two-game losing streak for Philadelphia, which now trails the first-place Dallas Cowboys by one game in the NFC East. The 6-4 Eagles are also tied with the Green Bay Packers and New York Giants in the race for the two NFC Wild Card spots.

Chicago, on the other hand, has now lost five of its last six games, and at 4-6 trails Philly, the Packers and Giants by two games in the NFC Wild Card race.

The other two teams, Eagles and Cowboys are tied at the top of the NFC East and face each other this Sunday, a game that could determine which team heads into the playoffs with a top four seed and which team will be fighting for the wildcard.

The Eagles have been incredible since being upset by the Raiders in Week 6, 13 to 9 as 14 point NFL betting favorites. They’ve covered two spreads in a row including absolutely dominating the Giants 40 to 17 just last Sunday as 1 point home faves.