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WESTBOROUGH, Mass. -- Westborough lacrosse has come a long way this season under first-year coach Tom Baker, but the new coach still left his team's 7-6 home defeat to reigning Central Mass champion Algonquin unsatisfied. "Today was a very good ga...

Baseball anarchy. That's what Rays manager Joe Maddon says is an encroaching threat. Maddon claims crew chief Gerry Davis told him during the Rays' 3-1 win over Baltimore on Sunday that he would have changed a ground-rule double to a foul b...

If you're reading this, chances are you like sports and grew up dreaming of becoming a famous star athlete. Unfortunately, that didn't quite work out for us. We're stuck watching in the stands while the famous star athletes are out on the f...

Sydney. Athens. Beijing. London. Rio. Tulsa. Wait. What? One city doesn't belong, right? If you're a member of the Tulsa 2024 Olympic Exploratory Committee, though, your answer is that all six cities are equals. Yes, Tulsa, Okla. -- the se...

Nick Saban is "the devil himself." Those are the words of Tim Davis, Florida's offensive line coach, at a Gators booster club meeting Tuesday night. Davis is not alone in believing the Alabama head coach is the Prince of Darkness. Vanderbil...

It was the "shush" heard 'round the world. Yankees closer Mariano Rivera shushed fellow reliever Joba Chamberlain before Saturday's game. Minutes later, Chamberlain told Rivera: "Don't ever shush me." Yes, it was that bad. Things got crazy....

The NBA and NHL allow only 16 teams into their playoffs. It's an exclusive club. But not as exclusive as the club of playoff fans. There are only nine kinds of playoff fans. Here they are. The Freak-Out Fan Every twist and turn...

Former two-division champ Vic Darchinyan lit up Javier Gallo on Saturday to keep his feet on the path back to relevance and a potential title shot at 122 pounds.

Former two-division world champion Vic Darchinyan knocked out Javier Gallo in the fourth round Saturday.

Mother's Day is here. But it's hard to find a card that expresses your true thanks for all that your mom did for you. Playbook can help....

Big 12 football > SEC football. That's the implication made by Bob Stoops. The Oklahoma Sooners head coach seems to believe the Big 12 is where it's at and alluded to as much to the Tulsa World. "So [the SEC has] had the best team in colleg...

LAS VEGAS 0, SACRAMENTO 0 (suspended): The game was suspended because of rain after Kirk Nieuwenhuis and Collin Cowgill consecutively walked to open the first inning. Box TRENTON 5, BINGHAMTON 0: Cory Mazzoni surrendered four first-inning runs in ...

There is a move afoot to rid America of The Wave. Nationals fans and the "cool kid," hipster sports fans of America want to outlaw The Wave. They want to take away a time-honored means of passing time at America's pastime. And they are gain...

The Stanley Cup playoffs are underway and, with it, the drama of playoff overtime hockey. But extra time is not unique to the NHL. All four of our major sports can go long, and when those games occur we, the fans, must decide if we have the phys...

The Denver Nuggets say forward Danilo Gallinari underwent surgery to repair meniscus in his left knee and will later have another procedure to fix his ACL.

If Tim Tebow's NFL career is over, what's next? Here are the six most likely landing spots. CFL Tim Tebow is an unconventional football player. The CFL is an unconventional football league. The field is wider, the goalposts are at the goal l...