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On Wednesday, ESPN Stats & Info debated which defense has been more impressive in 2012, the Seattle Seahawks or San Francisco 49ers? But what about the leaders -- specifically the quarterbacks -- on the other side of the ball? At 4-2, Seattle'...

Key to Game 5: Manu Ginobili was hot ... And LeBron James was not. It turns out that all Manu Ginobili needed to get his game going was a chance to start. Ginobili's 24 points and plenty of 3-pointers from Danny Green were the keys to suppor...

Each team has its shooting strengths and weaknesses through two games. Dwyane Wade came up with a vintage performance, the kind that the San Antonio Spurs had no answer for, and exactly the kind the Miami Heat needed to even the NBA Finals. Chris...

The 113th U.S. Open gets underway Thursday at Merion Golf Club. Here are the top things to know this week: U.S. Open Champions At Merion Golf Club To par 1981 David Graham -7 1971 Lee Trevino E* 1950 B...

Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals will take place Wednesday night at 8 p.m. ET. Here are the top things to know about the series: • For the first time since 1979, two of the Original Six teams will meet in the Stanley Cup finals. &#8...

Each team has its shooting strengths and weaknesses through two games.The winner of Game 3 figures to have a pretty significant edge in the NBA Finals, given the recent history. Since the 2-3-2 format began in 1985, the Game 3 winner of a tied NBA...

The Heat were almost perfect from the field for an eight-minute stretch. It took one quick basketball blitz by the Miami Heat to even up the NBA Finals. The Heat's run in the closing minutes of the third and fourth quarters was the knockout momen...

Dwyane Wade has not performed at the same level in the postseason as he did in the regular season.As the NBA Finals heads to Game 2, let's take a closer look at the postseason struggles of Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, which figure to be a key storylin...

Tony Parker came up clutch for the Spurs in Game 1 ... And the Heat were off-the-mark in the fourth quarter. The steadiness of the San Antonio Spurs won out in Game 1. Their fourth-quarter rally and defensive stand powered them to a victory o...

Harry How/Getty ImagesWith Crabtree out for six months due to injury, Colin Kaepernick will be without his favorite target.The San Francisco 49ers and New York Giants both have high expectations for the 2013 season. However, both teams will face a di...

AP Photo/Lynne SladkyDwyane Wade and the Heat have a lot to celebrate after beating the Pacers in Game 7. For the second year in a row, the Miami Heat survive a Game 7 to reach the NBA Finals, this time beating the Indiana Pacers 99-76 on Monday nig...

Jerome Miron/US PresswireJason Kidd won his only NBA title with the Mavericks in 2011.Just two days after the No. 3 pick in the 1994 NBA draft -- Grant Hill -- announced his retirement, the player chosen one spot ahead of him also decided to call it ...

MCT/ZUMA Press/Icon SMI LeBron James (right) averages 34.3 PPG in three career Game 7s, the most in NBA history. Paul George (left) will try to lead the Pacers to their first-ever Conference Finals Game 7 win.The Indiana Pacers visit the Miami Heat ...

The Pacers shot lights-out in the third quarter ... And the Heat could not match them. The Miami Heat had won each of their previous six games when they had a chance to close out a postseason series. But they couldn't get that lucky seventh, fa...

Grant Hill announced his retirement from the NBA on Saturday night, ending the career of a player whose numbers might be a little bit better than you would think. We found two stats that establish that well and thought they were worth sharing, in ...

AP Photo/John F. RhodesMiguel Cabrera got a lot of high-fives this month. Jose Valverde's ninth-inning implosion spoiled the final day of the month for the Detroit Tigers. But when you look back on the month as a whole, you'll see something else-...