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DALLAS (AP) — The second makeover of the Dallas Mavericks in as many seasons just got tougher. Star forward Dirk Nowitzki had arthroscopic surgery on...

Yesterday we brought you the story of Kyna Treacy, the woman on whom Alex Rodriguez was allegedly macking during Game 1 of the ALCS. The New York Post reported on Tuesday that A-Rod, after being pulled from the game, spi...

Indians infielder Matt LaPorta has had surgery on his left hip.

Tony Stewart won't hold his annual charity race at Eldora Speedway in 2013 but plans to bring it back after a one-year hiatus.

Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: As for picki...

There was once a couch. A regular, rented couch, and it was brown. It sat in Landry Fields' New York City apparent in relative anonymity. Then Jeremy Lin slept on it the night before he exploded against the New Jersey Ne...

Aaron Fisher was 14 when he finally came forward in 2008 to allege that Jerry Sandusky had been abusing him since he was 11. Fisher is the boy from Clinton County whose initial allegation prompted the grand jury investig...

He's being real coy about it if he is. When the Vikings quarterback was asked by fan on Twitter if he was dating Steele, he responded that he was. But since a four-word tweet isn't exactly ironclad confirmation, the myst...

It's time for a new installment of Deadspin's college football rankings. As always, the teams are ranked according to the logic and values of college football, no matter how bizarre or contradictory they may be. More ...

Tony Gibson will leave Ryan Newman's car after Sunday's race to become Danica Patrick's crew chief in the No. 10 Chevrolet for her final two Sprint Cup races this season, Stewart-Haas Racing officials announced Friday.

The curse, if you will, of the Yankees is that they cannot stop overpaying for aging sluggers and pitchers.

We all know that the Yankees are fat, overpaid losers who can't hit the ball. What you may have forgotten is that the Tigers—who just swept the Yankees—were fat, overpaid, hitless losers themselves just a f...

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A little while ago on Twitter, netw3rk sent out a link to the October 12, 1970 issue of New York Magazine, which in part details the racial and coach-player tension on the then NBA champion New York Knicks. There's a lot...

The Cavaliers have exercised their team option on guard Kyrie Irving, the NBA's reigning rookie of the year.

Stephen Hart resigned as the coach of Canada’s national team, two days after it was eliminated from World Cup qualifying with an 8-1 loss at Honduras.

In a game with conference title implications, No. 7 South Carolina, coached by Steve Spurrier, will face off against Florida on Saturday, the team Spurrier once led to a national championship.

Jason Pierre-Paul, a defensive end by trade for the Giants, took about half his snaps against the 49ers at tackle, where speed and strength must combine with nuance and sophistication.

As Coach Avery Johnson grappled with what to do with MarShon Brooks on a team with a wealth of talent at guard, the Nets lost their first preseason game at home against the Celtics.

Julia Alvidrez, Gawker Media's operations manager, is an unabashed fan of Bill Simmons and everything Grantland. She is also an occasional reader of Deadspin. Every week, she will recap Simmons's podcast, The B.S. Report...

Alex Smith threw a 12-yard touchdown pass to Delanie Walker late in the third quarter, and San Francisco held off the visiting Seattle Seahawks on Thursday night to sit alone atop their conference.