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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- An inadequate lookout probably played a key role in causing a yacht to crash into an island during a California-to-Mexico yacht...

European leagues are lousy with NHLers staying in shape and making a buck (here’s a reasonably up-to-date map), but there’s a certain superstar who’s nowhere to be found. It’s not that Sidney ...

Two of the teams that were involved in the biggest trade of the offseason are set to open the 2012-2013 NBA season against each other. Both the Philadelphia 76ers and Denver Nuggets shook up their rosters in the deal tha...

Welcome to “Pretty Much Screwed,” our 2012-13 guide to the upcoming NBA season, in which we identify the reasons why your favorite team might have to start looking forward to 2013-2014 — and highlig...

Michigan sophomore point guard Trey Burke has been suspended for Thursday's exhibition against Northern Michigan for a violation of team standards.

Caroline Wozniacki defeated Roberta Vinci of Italy 6-3, 6-1 Wednesday to advance to the semifinals of the Tournament of Champions.

(Reuters) - Game On Dude has been installed as the overwhelming favorite to win Saturday's $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic, the feature event in the annual two-day racing carnival that gets underway at Santa Anita Park ...

What would you say if I told you that Metta World Peace would be starring in a Lifetime movie, as a detective, and got the part because of his close friendship with TV personality and author Nancy Grace? Video, after the...

Around The Horn panelists traditionally dress in costume for the edition aired on Halloween. Here’s today’s participants, dressed as the Notre Dame leprechaun, a haunted house operator, Al Davis’s gh...

This—the first year in which the NFL (and its subsidiary network, the NFL Network) has “graciously” “offered” us a full year of Thursday Night Football—has been a strange year for Th...

Reliever Rafael Soriano opted out of the final year of a three-year, $35 million contract with the New York Yankees on Wednesday and will likely seek a long-term deal in free agency.

Earlier today, the New Orleans Hornets announced that all-star shooting guard Eric Gordon will be out indefinitely with a knee injury. Gordon has been dealing with pain in his right knee since having arthroscopic s...

An English town plans to burn a 30-foot effigy of Lance Armstrong during its annual Bonfire Night celebrations.

With the NHL in the middle of another lockout, ESPN analyst/hockey man/mullet person Barry Melrose has been occasionally chronicling his thoughts on Twitter the past several weeks. In that time, we’ve seen hock...

One team could have the best backcourt in the East, while the other added veteran leadership and more size to their already formidable frontline. The New York Knicks have owned the city's basketball market for decades, a...

Multiple sources have told NBC Sports that the Carolina Panthers would be willing to listen to trade offers for running back DeAngelo Williams. The rumors come on the same day that Carolina wide receiver Steve Smith told...

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Kevin Love says he understands the skepticism about the source of his broken right hand. The Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star, however, insists the story about knuckle push-ups gone wrong is true.

(Reuters) - The season opener between the New York Knicks and Brooklyn Nets set for Thursday at the Barclays Center has been postponed due to havoc caused by Hurricane Sandy, the National Basketball Association (NBA) sai...

Sami Hyypia's Bayer Leverkusen overcame 22-time Bundesliga champion Bayern Munich last weekend for the first time in more than 23 years.

Bill Simmons, who will appear on ESPN's "NBA Countdown" this season, has good things to say about the Heat, the Hawks, the Lakers and, of course, the Celtics.

Tom Sermanni doesn't come with a guitar. And forget about bursting into song when he meets the U.S. women's soccer team for the first time, as predecessor Pia Sundhage famously did.