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"Sky pilot, how high can you fly? You'll never, never, never reach the sky." —Eric Burdon & the Animals ("Sky Pilot," spring of 1968) I know it can be annoying to see GIFs loop during a post, but it's impossible to get tired of watching Pet...

In ESPN The Magazine, Howard Bryant examines how the Oakland Athletics have found a way to win, despite being in an outdated ballpark and poor market for baseball. But the real question is: Why should they have to?

Executive producer Jane Rosenthal explains how the Nine for IX series is a gripping showcase of what it means to have the will and hunger to prevail over the limitations of the body and objections of a still-sexist society.

The Chick-fil-A Bowl is a college football bowl game played in Atlanta at the end of the college season. Previously known as the Peach Bowl, the game has been played since 1968 and features the No. 2 ACC school against an SEC squad....

King of the Kippax was the nickname given to Colin Bell, so named for his peerless displays of stamina, skill and selflessness in the great Man City side that eventually won the title at St James's Park one unforgettable afternoon in 1968. Until l...

Dec. 3, 1968: On this day 44 years ago, Major League Baseball approved its rules changes. Big deal. Oh, but this time it was. After a season "completely owned by pitchers," in the words of "Sports Illustrated" back then -- owned most notably by th...

Nov. 17, 1968: Back in the early times of pro football television, this day 44 years ago brought about one of the more infamous moments in televised -- or, perhaps, we should say -- untelevised NFL/AFL history. The situation: With less than a minu...

TORONTO -- Pat Quinn has seen a lot of hockey come and go since he first joined the NHL as a player in the 1968-69 season and on through decades of coaching and managing at the NHL level. And the current co-chair of the Hockey Hall of Fame selecti...

Ohio gambled by going for one more play instead of a tying field goal, and Tyler Tettleton was sacked as time ran out, preserving Miami of Ohio's 23-20 upset over the Bobcats on Saturday.

Greg Katz writes that it's time for the USC offense to live up to the preseason hype starting with Colorado this weekend.

Story | Conversation | October 18, 2012

Ohio 34, Akron 28

Offense in the major leagues increased slightly this season after five consecutive years of drops, while strikeouts reached a record high and walks dropped to their lowest level since 1968.

Kagisho Dikgacoi's second-half strike settled the south London derby as Crystal Palace won 1-0 to beat Charlton in the league at The Valley for the first time since 1968.The South African midfielder lashed home a superb finish as rejuvenated Palace m...

An American athlete who took part in a controversial black-power salute at the 1968 Olympics says an Australian parliamentary apology to silver medalist Peter Norman might have come too late.

Mexico survived a stunning Senegal comeback today as they won a Wembley thriller to reach their first Olympic semi-final since 1968.

Today's Olympics are much less of a contest of ideologies than they were in 1968. East or West, capitalist or socialist, the nations of the world are about making a buck and politics has taken a back seat.