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Adrian Peterson and the Minnesota Vikings need a Week 17 victory to clinch a playoff spot. Doing so is no easy task; however, because the Vikings host Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers on Sunday. And despite Green ...

The dream of playing in the NHL often starts at an early age. Youngsters who show off their talent may get a chance to play junior hockey or play the game at the college level. At that point, if they continue to improve ...

Stoke City manager Tony Pulis believes Southampton will pose his team their toughest test of the busy festive schedule. Pulis’...

James Harden was no better than a third option for his first three seasons in Oklahoma City, but Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey suspected he was capable of much bigger things. He was right. Harden is the NBA's fourth-lea...

The 2012-2013 DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball team has been something to cheer about. Oliver Purnell is in his third season as the Demons' head coach. Over the course of his coaching career, Purnell has been known fo...

We've examined the difficulties faced by first-year athletic director Jeff Hammond, who inherited a multi-million-dollar budget deficit when he took over at Southern Miss. Complicating matters was the performance of the ...

Jonathan Wasserman: Phil Jackson makes sense for the Brooklyn Nets, but the Brooklyn Nets don't make sense for Phil Jackson. Let's be honest. This isn't a championship-caliber roster, which means it's not a Phil Ja...

San Francisco 49ers tight end Vernon Davis (concussion) received clearance from an independent neurologist to resume non-contact drills on Thursday. Davis took a vicious hit from safety Kam Chancellor in the 49ers 42-13 ...

Potential is the key word to focus on in regards to the top junior recruits in the college football world. The 2014 class is simply filled with potential star players. They may not be high on the radar with many college ...

The Green Bay Packers are 9-1 SU and 7-3 ATS over their last 10 games and can earn a first round bye with a win this Sunday on the road against the Minnesota Vikings at the Metrodome. Green Bay was a 3-point road favorit...

The Chicago Bears are just 2-5 SU and ATS over their last seven games, but they still have a shot at a playoff spot with a win this Sunday at Ford Field over the slumping Detroit Lions. Chicago was a 3-point road favorit...

Murray loses to Tipsarevic in opening match at Abu Dhabi exhibition tournament

Another former Yankee has decided to hang up the cleats for good. Hideki Matsui has decided to announce his retirement from baseball, according to Craig Calcaterra of NBC's Hard Ball Talk. The 38-year-old made headlines ...

"They appear on television so often that their faces are as familiar to the public as presidents and movie stars," said narrator John Facenda in a 1978 NFL Films-produced highlight video. "They are the Dallas Cowboys,...

Welcome back to "How To Be The Coolest Kid In Your School," SportsGrid's infrequently-recurring chronicle of insane plays by high school athletes. Today's edition of HTBTCKIYS showcases not one, but three terrific plays ...

Maybe this is just what happens in a country where the sale of cutlery is circumscribed, but there's a little controversy going on at Sunderland. Fans showed up for yesterday's Boxing Day match against Man City only to f...

The Italian is worried with the lack of goals scored by his forwards but is confident that the club do not need to delve in the transfer market to purchase reinforcements

Super middleweight champion Andre Ward said Thursday that he has a tear in his right shoulder that will require surgery, explaining why he had to cancel his defense against former middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik.

A year after carrying the Giants to their second Super Bowl title in five seasons, New York's defense is one of the major reasons the team is on the verge of missing the playoffs.

There is no such thing as a secure job.  Working hard may help with maintaining a job, but hard work isn't always enough. A simple change in company strategy or the rise of a young, talented coworker could lead to one...

So much can change over the course of one MLB season. Players with expiring contracts and those coming off uncharacteristically strong or poor performances have the most to gain and lose in 2013. We can only observe resu...

A lot of things went wrong for the Philadelphia Phillies last year, not the least of which was the injury sustained by the ace of their staff, Roy Halladay. Just two years removed from throwing a perfect game, no-hitter ...