ESPN Search

Thanks to daily interleague play and a number of other factors, the adoption of the DH by the NL is only a matter of time.

So here we are: Two days from Ron Blomberg Day, the anniversary of baseball's partial adoption of an overdue innovation, the designated hitter. Forty years on, and we still have the two leagues playing by different rules. Imagine the NBA with one con...

The column Rick Reilly wrote about adoption during Super Bowl week encouraged San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick to meet with his birth mother. The birth mother, Heidi Russo, did not speak with Reilly for the piece. Her subsequent co...

Now that the Big Ten is ready to expand with Maryland and Rutgers, a big question remains: is it done adding?

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Will Muschamp says he has no issue with DT Sharrif Floyd being adopted by the man who the NCAA determined provided Floyd with improper benefits. In fact, he's a little miffed that some are questioning Kevin Lahn's motives behi...

Once a scared, overwhelmed teenage mom, Taj McWilliams-Franklin has grown into "Mama Taj," the woman who has a heart big enough to mother everyone who needs it, whether it's her teammates or three daughters, including one the Minnesota Lynx star gave up for adoption.

Bubba Watson has completed the final paperwork in the adoption process for his infant son, Caleb, the Chicago Tribune reported Tuesday.

Every week, television documentaries present us with so many unusual people, with so many strange and/or disturbing problems, you might find it hard to keep up with all of them. That's where I come in! Here's an unflinching look back at TV's Week in ...

Olympic gold medalist Dominique Moceanu discovered at 26 that she had another sister, given up for adoption at birth.

Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Nyjer Morgan is putting his offbeat sense of humor to work, encouraging fans to adopt pets from animal shelters in a new promotional campaign for PETA.

Ryan McGee chats with several bowl officials to get their opinion about the possible adoption of a college football playoff, and finds that most feel as though any new system -- even a 16-team format -- would still allow room for bowls to exist.

Blog | Conversation | March 22, 2012

Kicked out of her home in high school and later shocked to find she was adopted, Alabama A&M freshman runner Michelle Scott strides for peace and happiness.

Feel-good stories in MMA are hard to sustain, and even harder to get off the ground. As quick and cobbled as the story of the Blackzilians is being put together as a sort of wrecking crew/adoption agency, old tendencies are returning to its fighters....

If ever there were a year for a pioneering gay athlete to come out, 2011 was it. But Howard Bryant writes that league commissioners like Roger Goodell and Bud Selig must first pave the way for openness in sports.

Kristin Chenoweth talks Lakers, adoption and the kiss.

Betting and attendance figures for the first five days of the Monmouth Park meet have far exceeded the expectations of the track's operator and the racing officials.