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Major leaguers face a similar challenge each February: what to pack for spring training. For Rockies starting center fielder Dexter Fowler, deciding what to bring involved a several-year learning curve -- and some rookie mistakes. Fowler's first s...

Would a Thursday night hamper the spirit of tailgaters at Virginia Tech? Anna K. Clemmons went to check it out and found a warm welcome amid the freezing temperatures.

U.S. military veteran and Paralympic volleyball player Kari Miller didn't let a double leg amputation stop her from playing sports or affect her fighting spirit.

Vanderbilt is often overshadowed by its powerful SEC rivals, but there's a new spirit among the Commodores that is reflected in the loyal and growing contingent of tailgaters at the Nashville university.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- As the thunder and lightning crashed and the rain pounded Davenport Field on Sunday afternoon amidst the fifth inning, the nation's No. 1 squad held a 3-0 lead over UC Irvine. Having shut out the Anteaters the day before, the ...

NEW ORLEANS -- Emeka Okafor sits on a hallway table inside the Alario Center on a late Wednesday morning. The New Orleans Hornets have just finished practice following their 110-102 victory over the Clippers the night before. But Okafor is still in m...

Emeka Okafor brings a hearty appetite for the new and interesting to his new home in New Orleans.

For a while in the women's volleyball championship, it seemed as though all of Penn State's records were about to wash away. But then the Nittany Lions showed us why their records exist in the first place.

TAMPA, Fla. -- For the Texas Longhorns, the feeling -- and the scoreboard -- were all too familiar: the two-set lead in a women's volleyball tournament environs, the one-set-away-from-victory mentality and the reminder that -- as in their loss to Sta...

TAMPA, Fla. -- It's a week before Christmas and it's raining and humid in Tampa. Despite the dreary weather, the Penn State and Texas women's volleyball players and coaches seemed in festive spirits Friday, the day before their decisive national cham...

All season long, the women's volleyball rankings have been controlled by Penn State and Texas. So it's only fitting that the two powerhouses play each other in Saturday's national championship, where both will have plenty to lose.

Virginia men's soccer had strayed from its glory days the past 15 years, failing to win a national title since 1994. But the Cavaliers brought tradition back when they defeated Akron 3-2 on penalty kicks in the 2009 championship game.

After both Virginia and undefeated Akron were put to the test in Friday's men's College Cup semifinals, the two set up a balanced national championship game Sunday that won't be easily won.

CARY, N.C. -- It was a blustery, sunny day at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, N.C., as the men's College Cup competitors ran through drills on fields adjacent to the weekend's main stage. Once again, ACC teams abound, having claimed three of the final f...

Former Indiana Pacers teen prodigy Jonathan Bender is plotting an NBA comeback after a injury-forced retirement.

Vince Carter may be the most famous example, but plenty of NBA'ers head back to school in the summertime.

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