HOUSTON -- A vendor at Houston's Minute Maid Park has been fired after a fan filmed him taking a tray of snow cones into a stadium bathroom and putting it on the floor of the stall while using the facilities....

The Pacers lost a close-as-can-be Game 1. But they made the game into what they want and showed they can really challenge Miami in the ECF....

Heat guard James Jones, who once mulled retirement, says he plans to return to Miami next season....

The 49ers' future took an unexpected twist Tuesday when wide receiver Michael Crabtree made an innocuous cut during an offseason practice. According to multiple reports, Crabtree, who last year became the 49ers' first 1,000-yard pass-catcher......

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Cards' Lyons holds Padres to Jedd Gyorko homer over seven innings in major league debut...

Indiana Pacers coach Frank Vogel made the decision (twice) to take center Roy Hibbert out of the game on crucial plays towards the end of the Eastern Conference Finals game 1 against Miami. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear to have been the wisest......

CHICAGO — Star linebacker Brian Urlacher is calling it a career after 13 seasons with the Chicago Bears....

Mark Sanchez (r.) takes 15 snaps at Jets OTAs and throws three interceptions, including one to a defensive tackle. Rookie QB Geno Smith (r.) looks on....

Ike Davis continues to struggle, including during this eighth-inning at-bat in the Mets' loss....

HOUSTON -- A vendor at Houston's Minute Maid Park has been fired after a fan filmed him taking a tray of snow cones into a stadium bathroom and putting it on the floor of the stall while using the facilities....

With 2.2 seconds left and up one, pretty much the last thing the Pacers should be allowing is a layup. And somehow, that's what they did....

A year ago, no one knew if Peyton Manning was still Peyton Manning. The Broncos QB details with Pete Prisco how he overcame a healthy dose of self-doubt....

HOOVER, Ala. - For the third time in four years and fourth time in six years, South Carolina dropped its SEC Tournament opener losing 5-3 to Mississippi State on Wednesday....

CHICAGO—Well, glad we got that cleared up. What the rest of the world might view as a slump, Red Sox outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury on Wednesday night insisted has been not much more than an inability to “find some grass out there.’&rs...

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Wednesday’s game in Chicago wasn't a must-win for the Red Sox, but it held a lot of weight. A victory meant a positive end to an overall solid road trip, whereas a loss would have had the Red Sox once again taking a long look at ...

In what may have been Daniel Alfredsson's final meaningful twirl around Scotiabank Place, the Ottawa Senators were hit hard by the reality of facing off against the Pittsburgh Penguins....

CHICAGO -- The Chicago White Sox optioned left-handed reliever Donnie Veal to Triple-A Charlotte after Wednesday's 6-2 defeat to the Boston Red Sox. Veal was called on to pitch in the ninth inning and allowed both of his inherited runners to......

You were good, Paul George. Just not quite good enough. As George raced to the 3-point line to close out on LeBron James, who was receiving an inbounds pass with two seconds on the clock, there was an overwhelming sense that viewers had seen......

CLEVELAND — About the only thing the Indians can take as a positive from a two-game series with defending Central Division champion Detroit is that they are still in first place....

Chris Kunitz scores on the breakaway - Chris Kunitz scores five-hole on the breakaway to even the score early in the second period. - With NHL Network Online you get all hockey, all access, all the time, live and direct around the league, every......

Tim Tebow doesn’t have a job, so sometimes-employed actor Chuck Norris decided to take up for the quarterback....

Indiana Pacers' center Roy Hibbert was left off the court for key plays at the end of the Game 1 overtime loss to the Miami Heat. Why?...

Indiana Pacers coach Frank Vogel made the decision (twice) to take center Roy Hibbert out of the game on crucial plays towards the end of the Eastern Conference Finals game 1 against Miami. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear to have been the wisest......

Heat guard Dwyane Wade pulls up for a running floater Wednesday against the Pacers. (Joe Cavaretta, Sun Sentinel) (May 22, 2013)...

Some controversial coaching calls and some bad defense gave LeBron a game-winning layup in overtine....

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5/22/13: After pitching a strong eighth inning, a pumped Koji Uehara hands out some high fives, including one that startles Shane Victornio...

Texas Rangers pitcher Neal Cotts overcomes adversity to return to the majors. Texas Rangers pitcher Neal Cotts overcomes adversity to return to the majors...