It will be hard to top the achievements of Lance Armstrong, the only 7-time Tour de France Champion. Winning one Tour is hard enough, winning seven is immense, and he did it all after almost losing his life to testicular cancer. Lance briefly retired...

The transformation of Fenway Park from baseball cathedral to high-class backyard hockey rink began on Thursday. The refrigeration truck used to create the sheet of ice for the NHL 2010 Winter Classic between the Boston Bruins and Philadelphia Flyers...

New York Islanders defenceman Brendan Witt has taken his share of big hits during his 14-year NHL career, so it was no big deal when he was struck by an SUV in Philadelphia on Tuesday morning. According to a report in Newsday, Witt was hit while cro...

Floyd Mayweather Jr. won a unanimous decision victory of Juan Manuel Marquez last night in Vegas. Pretty Boy Floyd weighed held a distinct size and speed advantage over Marquez who was clearly over matched. Mayweather couldn’t be bothered to weigh in at the agreed upon weight on Friday, so he paid Marquez $600,000 for the few extra pounds...

It's always irrational when critics ask provocative commentators to change their opinions for some sort of altruistic endeavor. Asking them to change, or ignore, their own ideology for the sake of...

Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and the blogosphere to bring you everything...

The Erin Andrews case is one that sends a chill through me. What kind of freak stalks a woman from hotel to hotel, messes with the peephole in her room, and films her naked? I can’t imagine who...

Philadelphia Flyers winger Daniel Carcillo's sucker-punch of Matt Bradley of the Washington Capitals has now cost him 29 penalty minutes in last night's 8-2 embarrassment on home ice...

Making his long-awaited live UFC debut, the former street fighter turned Internet video sensation Kimbo Slice defeated Houston Alexander Saturday night at the Ultimate Fighter Finale in Las...

Marcus Johansson Marcus Johansson, the Capitals’ pick at no. 24 of the first round at this past June’s Entry Draft, will captain the Swedes at the World Junior Championships at month’s end,...

With the rise of the internet and satellite television, seems like there’s been a surge of interest in international soccer in the United States the past decade. But is that really applicable to...

Whether it's the group of death or not is irrelevant. What matters is the Socceroos can emerge from the challenging Group D in South Africa against Germany, Ghana and Serbia; possibly...

There was a time when Roy Jones Jr. was regarded as the best boxer in the world. Was is key: His TKO loss to Danny Green in Sydney would suggest that he might not be the best boxer in any given room he passes through. Jones throws fewer than twenty...

All the speculation about Danica Patrick's future has both amused and frustrated her, she said Tuesday, a day after confirming she has re-signed a contract to stay in the IZOD IndyCar Series full-time for at least the next two years...

You ever hear about those elaborate embezzling schemes? Like the one in Office Space where they take fractions of a penny over time and deposit them into a large account. Well, this one from St....

Alex Ovechkin tonight engaged in some brutal hockey-playing, and found himself knocked out of the game, both by injury, and by the refs, who ejected him for an illegal knee-on-knee collision with the Hurricanes Defenseman Tim Gleason. The hit is abs...

Alex Ovechkin has a multi-faceted reputation in the NHL. Not only is he one of the league's best offensive players, but he is a ferocious hitter who takes no prisoners on the ice. His mentality -- treat every shift as if it's y...

I made a promise to myself that after overindulging on everything on Thanksgiving, I was going to lay low yesterday. No television, no internet, just peace and quiet. It's not like anything...

The PORTLAND OREGONIAN’s John Canzano, the designated s-stirrer in the Portland media, had a recent piece on Brandon Roy not being present on the floor for the Blazers when the national anthem...

Rena "Rusty" Kanokogi, known as the "Mother of Judo" for her role in bringing women's judo to the Olympic Games died at the age of 74. Back in the bad old 1950's, she competed against men, disguised as a man. But when she...