ESPN Search

One theme emerged in Friday's NFC South chat that really surprised me. Multiple readers seem unable to forgive former Carolina kicker John Kasay for his out-of-bounds kickoff late in Super Bowl XXXVIII. Andy in Durham wrote: "I've had mixed fee...

Daniel Freiman produced two of the most original viral sports videos that appeared on YouTube in 2012, re-enacting both the Bill Buckner error from Game 6 of the 1986 World Series and Larry Bird's memorable steal against the Detroit Pistons in Game 7...

Athletes appearing on sitcoms (or other semi-humorous shows) is a tradition as old as time. Or at least as old as television. While some athletes have provided memorable and entertaining moments (such as Keith Hernandez on "Seinfeld" or Bill Buckner ...

Samuel Gishohe had never heard of Larry Bird, the Boston Celtics or the even the NBA. But the 12-year-old Kenyan boy had no problem stepping in for Bird when it came time to make the video to help raise money to buy a playing field near the Grace ...

Oct. 25, 1986: The event is so infamous it needs little explanation. So here goes: On this day 26 years ago, Boston Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner committed an error -- albeit one that merely contributed to, rather than caused, the cursed team fr...

If Bill Buckner could make a small fortune off the ball rolling through his legs, Green Bay Packers safety M.D. Jennings might not be far behind. Jennings is the Packers player who appeared to come down with the last-second pass thrown by Seattle ...

It will be a shame if New Jersey's Steve Bernier -- like Steve Bartman and Bill Buckner -- is the underserving scapegoat for a team-wide collapse.

Hey, Red Sox fans! Does the adorable nature of this video make Bill Buckner's error in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series any more digestible? Does the fact that these Kenyan schoolchildren still possess the childlike wonder with which most of us once l...

The baseball that rolled through the legs of Boston Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner in the 1986 World Series was sold at auction Friday for $418,250.

The baseball that broke the hearts of Boston Red Sox fans everywhere and turned Bill Buckner into one of the most famous goats in sports history is up for sale.

In this week's installment of That's What She Said, Sarah Spain examines the heartbreaking moments that have come to define a team or an athlete as the most memorable losers in the history of sports.

The Chicago Cubs have hired former star Bill Buckner as a minor league hitting coach.

Ending speculation that he could be hired to join the Red Sox coaching staff, former Boston first baseman Bill Buckner will join the Cubs Class A affiliate Boise Hawks as their hitting coach, a source ESPN's Jeremy Schaap. Read the entire story....

Ending speculation that he could be hired to join the Red Sox coaching staff, former Boston first baseman Bill Buckner will join the Cubs Class A affiliate Boise Hawks as their hitting coach, a source told ESPN's Jeremy Schaap. Buckner makes his ...

Ending speculation that he could be hired to join the Red Sox coaching staff, former Boston first baseman Bill Buckner will join the Cubs Class A affiliate Boise Hawks as their hitting coach, a source told ESPN's Jeremy Schaap.

DALLAS -- A source close to former Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner said new Sox manager Bobby Valentine wants to add Buckner to his coaching staff and that Buckner wants the job, but that the Sox front office is resistant to the idea. Valentine...