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Gallery featuring bios, photos and videos of Super Bowl MVPs Ottis Anderson, Len Dawson, Desmond Howard, Jim Plunkett, Emmitt Smith, Roger Staubach, Lynn Swann, Hines Ward, Kurt Warner and Doug Williams....

Following up on the critically acclaimed first film, "Spirit of the Marathon II" takes a personal look at seven runners from around the world competing at the 2012 Rome Marathon.

Our countdown of the top 20 NFL coaches of all time reaches No. 9 today, and that's where we find Washington Redskins coaching legend Joe Gibbs, winner of three Super Bowls with three different quarterbacks. One of those quarterbacks was Doug William...

Jim from Albany, Ore., had no beefs with the "Greatest Coaches" ballot I submitted for the ESPN project. He did question the project itself, however. "It seems to me that a coach becomes 'great' only after he has a 'great' quarterback," Jim wrote ...

Looking to raise money and awareness for the disease that claimed her father, 14-year-old Winter Vinecki aims to become the youngest to finish marathons on all seven continents.

Ted Turner was the "Mouth of the South," "Terrible Ted" and "Captain Outrageous," a brash, outspoken business mogul who had a golden touch. He launched the first successful cable news network with CNN, sailed to victory in the America's Cup and us...

Jersey No. 81 wasn't bad for Art Monk, Carl Eller, Tim Brown, Dick "Night Train" Lane, Jackie Smith, Roy Green, Andy Robustelli or Terrell Owens. Each was an NFL star, and several are in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. So, No. 81 isn't hexed. Un...

On May, 23, 1980, Oakland A's pitcher Rick Langford threw a complete game against the Texas Rangers. The A's lost that day, 3-1, as Langford gave up three unearned runs in a 1-hour, 56-minute duel with Hall of Famer Ferguson Jenkins. Five days...

As he sits in a noisy coffee shop in San Diego, Anthony Tarantino is shuffling through a stack of baseball cards and selecting a few for show-and-tell. One is a 1962 Topps of Duke Snider wearing the interlocking "LA" of the Dodgers on his blue cap...

Cole Mazza knew it would be tough to achieve his dream of playing BCS-level college football. At 6-foot-2 and 240 pounds, Mazza is big and strong, but not BCS big. He'd be the minnow on any line of 300-pound lunkers in the Big Ten or Southeastern ...

TAMPA, Fla. -- When it comes right down to it, not all that much has changed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers this offseason. Sure, they made the blockbuster trade for cornerback Darrelle Revis, signed free-agent safety Dashon Goldson to a big contra...

Each goes by the name Mr. Irrelevant, but no two are alike. So when Irrelevant Week is held annually in Newport Beach, Calif., to honor the last player taken in the NFL draft, many of the activities are tailored to fit the guest of honor. Whil...

After bogeying his first-ever Masters hole Thursday, 22-year-old British Amateur champion Alan Dunbar approached the second tee with a chance to regain his confidence. Instead, things got ugly. His tee shot on the par-5, 575-yard hole hooked le...

Each year, during the first round of the NFL draft, Roger Goodell welcomes every player in attendance with a bear hug, slaps on the back and a personal message delivered lips-to-ear from close range. It's the one day the league's commissioner beco...

At the end of a long, emotional day Monday, Paul Shorthose was watching television coverage of the bombing at the Boston Marathon when he saw a scene from New York that he will long remember. Projected onto the side of the Brooklyn Academy of Musi...

Fun piece from Doug Williams at ESPN Playbook on Gary Redus' 1978 season with Billings of the Pioneer League, one of those legendary minor league seasons us baseball nerds are familiar with. In 68 games, Redus hit .462 with 17 home runs and 42 stolen...