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October 11 marks the second annual International Day of the Girl, and the United Nations' theme this year is "Innovating for Girls' Education." Making girls' sports a priority is exactly the innovation needed to strength...

Lakers' All-Star guard doesn't know when he'll be ready to play, but he knows he has to get in better shape.When will Kobe Bryant play again?

ESPN's pullout from a collaboration on a documentary about the N.F.L.'s handling of players' injuries was a boon to the program, which was shown on PBS.     

When it comes to losing the fifth and deciding game in baseball's first playoff round, nobody beats the Athletics.     

NBC has locked up eight more Ryder Cups through 2030.

On September 17, 1977, Carleton College and St. Olaf College played the Liter Bowl, the first NCAA-sanctioned game to use metric measurements, and probably the dorkiest piece of football ever put together.

Prosecutors in the murder case of Aaron Hernandez made it...

San Jose Sharks defenseman Brad Stuart has been suspended for three games, without pay, by the NHL for an illegal check to the head of New York Rangers forward Rick Nash.

An explosion in a power supply unit outside the football stadium in Mallorca has reportedly injured three people and put Friday's World Cup qualifier between Spain and Belarus in doubt.

Iman Shumpert scored 18 points and rookie Tim Hardaway Jr. had 10 of his 16 in the fourth quarter, including the go-ahead basket with less than 10 seconds to play, to lead the Knicks to a 103-102 preseason victory over t...

The 2013 Shanghai Masters is in full swing as the world's top two men's players, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal, announced their arrival with dominating opening-round wins on Wednesday. Roger Federer also won his first ...

UFC Fight Night 29 went down Wednesday night from Barueri, Brazil. The main event featured two elite welterweight grapplers in Demian Maia and Jake Shields, and while that fight contained plenty of moments to appreciate,...

Poor Guy Junker. The WTAE reporter tried to deliver his somber live report from the site of Pittsburgh's season demise, and all Cardinals fans want to do is kiss him.

Lydia Ko, 16, of New Zealand received the McCormack Medal as the world's leading female amateur for a third year.     

Lawyers for Alex Rodriguez, who has a long-running feud with the Yankees, are appealing his 211-game suspension in a little-understood arbitration hearing in New York.     

Terrelle Pryor has shown tremendeous improvement as a passer this season, but the Raiders quarterback says he is not satisfied.

He's wearing them to promote Mental Health Awareness Week.

The NFL, meanwhile, keeps $45.

Lamar Odom is flying to New York later today ... to meet with honchos from several basketball teams, and he's carrying what he claims is proof that he's clean and sober ... sources connected with Lamar tell TMZ.Our sourc...

Last week we brought you the smh-worthy tale of the cosmic nut-punt that went down at a New Mexico State football game. Tired of empty stands, university honchos had whipped up some cash awards to entice students to witn...

Football players invite their professors to practice in effort to bridge gap between academics and athletics, coach Larry Fedora says.

Most tragic sentence of the day so far: "One more, you can do this!"