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David "Prince" Castell, who coached the Knightdale High track team to multiple state championships, abruptly resigned from his job with Wake County Schools last week for personal reasons that he...

With the top seed in the Eastern Conference clinched and the NBA’s best record in reach, Erik Spoelstra will rest players for the playoffs.

Through five NFL seasons, cornerback Tracy Porter has never played a full 16-game regular season slate. Maybe the 2013 season with the Oakland Raiders will be his first. The Raiders and Porter agreed to terms on a contra...

One day last week, as teammates packed bags and readied for the escape from spring training, Gio Gonzalez walked to the center of the Washington Nationals clubhouse in Viera, Fla. He fiddled with the stereo until Louis A...

Rutgers AD considering firing Mike Rice in wake of release showing inappropriate actions

Rutgers said it would reconsider its decision to retain basketball coach Mike Rice after a videotape aired showing him shoving, grabbing and throwing balls at players in practice and using...

The airing of a videotape of Rutgers basketball coach Mike Rice using gay slurs, shoving and grabbing his players and throwing balls at them in practice over the past three seasons has the university's athletic director ...

Bayern Munich took a significant step towards the semi-finals of the Champions League with a 2-0 first-leg success over Juventus....

During the first half of a match against Paris Saint-Germain, Barcelona striker Lionel Messi left with an apparent leg injury. This comes after Messi netted the first goal of the game during the 38th minute of a 2-2 draw...

The Annika Award will be presented to the top NCAA Division I women's player, starting next year.

Golden Boy and Mayweather Promotions rounded out the televised undercard for the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Robert Guerrero Showtime PPV card on May 4.

The Mid-American Conference, better known as the MAC, has a knack for producing NFL quarterbacks, including Chad Pennington, Byron Leftwich and most notably, Ben Roethlisberger. Enter Zac Dysert in the 2012 NFL draft. Th...

Barcelona earned a nice 2-2 away draw in the first leg of their Champions League match with Paris Saint-Germain. However, they have to be leaving the Parc des Princes with a bitter taste in their mouth after allowing a l...

By Keeghann Sinanan, Goal.com Two late goals saw Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain play out an enthralling 2-2 draw during the first leg of their Champions...

PARIS (AP) -- Blaise Matuidi equalized with the last kick of the match to earn Paris Saint-Germain a 2-2 draw against Barcelona in an eventful Champions League quarterfinal on Tuesday, which saw Lionel Messi limp off inj...

Junior Seau wrongful-death lawsuits merged with NFL concussion case in Pa.; hearing next week

Overlooked in all the drama at California two weeks ago was the new driver at the top of the Sprint Cup standings.

New York, NY / Buenos Aires, Argentina (4/2/13) - Middleweight kingpin Sergio "Maravilla" Martinez (50-2-2, 28KO's) and England's undefeated interim WBA middleweight champion Martin Murray (25-0-1, 11KO's) were both well...

Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott does not believe that coordinator of officials Ed Rush should be fired for telling referees to target Arizona coach Sean Miller during internal meetings before the conference tournament.

The Dallas Stars are really rebuilding for the future now. Dallas on Tuesday traded 41-year Jaromir Jagr to Boston and sent surging centre Derek Roy to Vancouver. That came just more than a week after captain Brenden Mor...

The Boston Red Sox may have won their first game of the 2013 season, but they are always looking to improve. Keeping with that philosophy, the team signed free-agent infielder Brandon Snyder on Tuesday to a minor league ...

NASCAR is launching a month-long green initiative leading up to Earth Day and Arbor Day designed to drive more sustainable behavior within the sport.