It had all the elements of an explosive national story: a Texas high school track team disqualified after one of its runners crossed the finish line and pointed to the sky in thanks to the Lord. However, after an investigation, the University [...]

MIAMI – Whatever happens in Game 2, Game 3 or Game 7 of this Eastern Conference semifinal series, Bulls fans will have this image: Nate Robinson standing at the top of the key with 10 fresh stitches in his lower lip, stamping his foot, [...]

MIAMI – It was an explosion that led to an implosion, an unloading that led to an unraveling, a torrent that led to torment. The game was ugly, the score was ugly, and the behavior was ugly, but the ugliest truth for the Chicago Bulls on [...]

ANGOLA, La. – He walks out into the rodeo ring already in pain; soon his face will be covered in blood. His boots sink slightly into the dirt as he moves to the center of the arena, with the Louisiana sun beating down and the stench of sweat [...]

Ronde Barber’s retirement has drawn the appropriate comparisons to the best defensive backs of the modern era: Charles Woodson, Champ Bailey, Ed Reed, even Deion Sanders and Darrell Green. There’s another apt comparison group [...]

Justin Blackmon (14) reacts as he answers questions from the media about his recent four-game suspension by the … JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Justin Blackmon was asked a simple, direct question on Monday: “Do you have a drinking problem [...]

Denard Robinson (29) is adapting to life in the NFL as a running back and receiver. (USAT Sports)JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Denard Robinson picked up speed, faked left, cut right, then burst between two defenders and into the clear. He was gone. [...]

Oh deer. Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the forest, there’s breaking news in the deer antler spray saga that began more than two years ago and reached a fever pitch at this year’s Super Bowl. This week, the World [...]

How did a hardly-recruited, 240-pound basketball player from suburban Detroit become the top overall pick in the NFL draft? Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. It’s not quite that simple, but [...]

Eric Fisher (Central Michigan) is introduced as the first overall pick to the Kansas City Chiefs. (USAT Sports …How did a hardly-recruited, 240-pound basketball player from suburban Detroit become the top overall pick in the NFL Draft? Peanut [...]

(From L to R) Aaron Rodgers, Ed Reed and Steven Jackson were all drafted with the 24th overall pick. (Getty Im …Admit it: Sometime in your football-loving life, you’ve secretly shrugged off your favorite NFL team’s late-season [...]

In his last Major League appearance, Jose Valverde gave up four hits and two runs. (Getty Images)LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – The baseball scout snickers. “He’s pitching here?” he says, peering down at the field. “These [...]

It’s a plain spreadsheet with a simple title: “I have a place to offer.” What follows is simply inspiring. There are names, thousands of names of people in the Boston area with [...]

The official attendance at Miami’s home opener on Monday night: 34,439. (Getty Images) MIAMI – Meet Dave Argenti. He’s a Miami Marlins fan. And he’s really, really mad. When approached during Monday night’s home [...]

Ronda Burke hadn’t even heard about the report Thursday that her son, Trey, had decided to turn pro. She didn’t need to. “He has not made any decision,” Ronda told Yahoo! Sports Thursday afternoon, when reached by [...]

Almost as soon as the disturbing video of now fired Rutgers basketball coach Mike Rice abusing players surfaced Tuesday, social media exploded with horror and one resounding question: Why didn’t anyone fight back? It’s hard [...]

They took their leader. Then they took their identity. That sounds like the opening line of a movie trailer, yet the truth is sadder than fiction in the fairytale land known as Dunk City. After hiring away Florida Gulf Coast head coach [...]

Baylor ‘s Brittney Griner (42) shoots as Louisville guard Shoni Schimmel (23) defends. (AP)Robert Griffin III is one cool cat. Over the weekend, he was photographed chatting with President Obama, looking as if the leader of the free world [...]

PHILADELPHIA – When he arrived on campus at Florida Gulf Coast University three years ago, Chase Fieler had kind of an embarrassing problem. He couldn’t dunk off two feet. In fact, he could hardly jump off one. Yes, this is the [...]

PHILADELPHIA – They came from a made-up place called Dunk City, a rollicking, refreshing GIF-machine consisting of nobodies who became somebodies with dunks and oops and just enough sass to raise an eyebrow. And now the Eagles of Florida [...]

Coach Andy Enfield with wife Amanda and their son Marcum. (Courtesy of Florida Gulf Coast University) PHILADELPHIA – There have been several pressing questions about Florida Gulf Coast University over the last several days. First of all, [...]

PHILADELPHIA – Eleven years ago, the Florida Gulf Coast University athletic department consisted of trailers in a swamp. The school hired a basketball coach, but there was no arena. There was campus life, but a lot of it was wildlife: [...]

Josh Jones leads the team circle before a game in January. (Getty Images)PHILADELPHIA – For many, March Madness is an adrenaline rush, a thrill, a tension they crave all year long. For Josh Jones, March Madness can be terrifying. The [...]

Duke’s Mason Plumlee (5) goes up for a shot against Albany’s John Puk (44). (AP)PHILADELPHIA – The sky hook is suddenly back in style, and every team in Duke’s path to Atlanta should be afraid. Blue Devil center Mason [...]

President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are caught on Kiss Cam at a basketball game. (Getty Images)Kiss Cam usually gets some laughs at arenas and stadiums around the nation, as a camera locks in on a couple in the stands and encourages [...]

Chase Fieler’s dorm room looks onto a beach at Florida Gulf Coast University. (Courtesy of Chase Fieler)This year, Cinderella could be wearing sandals to the dance. Every March, a host of directional schools nobody’s ever heard [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – One of Jeremy Foley’s favorite stories about Billy Donovan dates back to when the Florida basketball coach was 29 years old. Foley, the long-time Florida athletic director, had just hired Donovan and took him and [...]

TAMPA, Fla. – At 7:03 p.m., the man who is likely the last to wear a single digit for the New York Yankees turned to his teammates and yelled, “Come on! Let’s go!” Derek Jeter then charged up the dugout steps and led his [...]

TAMPA, Fla. – At 7:03 p.m., the man who is likely the last to wear a single digit for the New York Yankees turned to his teammates and yelled, “Come on! Let’s go!” Derek Jeter then charged up the dugout steps and led his [...]

University of Utah president David Pershing has ordered an independent investigation on allegations of abuse during the tenure of suspended head swimming coach Greg Winslow. In the wake of a Yahoo! Sports report detailing Winslow’s [...]