AUSTIN, Texas — Darrell Royal, the former Texas football coach known as much for his folksy, simplistic approach to life as for his creative wishbone offenses and two national championships, died. He was 88.

University of Texas spokesman Nick Voinis confirmed Royal's death. Royal had suffered from Alzheimer's disease and recently fell at an assisted living center where he was receiving care.

Royal, who also starred as a defensive back and quarterback for the Oklahoma Sooners, didn't have a single losing season in his 23 years as a head coach at Texas, Mississippi State and Washington. During his 20 years at Texas (1957-1976), his teams boasted a 167-47-5 record — the best mark in the nation during that period.

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Rex Ryan has found the positive side of being voted the most overrated coach in the NFL.A poll of 103 players in The Sporting News had Ryan with 35 votes, beating New England's Bill Belichick, who had 16.“My first thought was I looked and saw who was second,” the New York Jets coach joked Wednesday. “Hey, I finally beat Belichick. I got him. I knew it would take time, but I finally got him.”

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Carmen Basilio, the genial onion farmer's son who wrested the world middleweight boxing crown from Sugar Ray Robinson in 1957 and lost an equally epic, razor-edge rematch six months later, died Wednesday at age 85.Basilio died at a hospital where he was being treated for pneumonia.