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If the Los Angeles Lakers do the improbable -- the very, very improbable -- they would join quite the exclusive club. Ditto the Boston Celtics (or the Chicago Bulls, Houston Rockets, Atlanta Hawks or Milwaukee Bucks). And over in hockey, there'...

Hard to believe, but it's true: 20 years have passed since Chris Webber made his most infamous play, calling for a timeout with none left in the 1993 national championship game between Michigan and North Carolina. So, to "celebrate" the 20th anniv...

Some have hosted special speeches. Others? Major milestones. All of them: great games. And they're no longer with us. So, as we celebrate the biggest noncompetition moments in North American stadium history with the Playbook Stadium 50, and as ...

Welcome to a weekly blog post of thoughts and observations from the past few days and/or decades of NHL hockey. The Three Stars of Comedy Recognizing the three moments or personalities from around the league that produced the most comedic fodder ...

Editor's note: This is an extended version of a story that appears in ESPN The Magazine's March 4 Analytics issue. It is part of an ongoing collaboration between Klout and ESPN to highlight athletes with surprising social media influence. Subscribe t...

NHL teams instituted the largest ticket percentage increase among the four major sports for the second consecutive season, according to an annual study by Chicago-based sports marketing research firm, Team Marketing Report.

Monday marks the 23rd anniversary of Buster Douglas' thunderous, stunning win over the vastly favored Mike Tyson in Tokyo. And although it was a match of many myths, one thing's for certain: It was one of sports' greatest upsets. Here's a look at,...

Football season is over, which means NFL fans are now facing the depressing prospect of going months without their favorite sport. But there's good news - another professional sports league is perfectly suited to fill that void, and its season just s...

Gary Bettman's 20 years as commissioner of the NHL have been full of ups and downs, writes Scott Burnside, but he's still leading the league to unprecedented heights.

Jim and John Harbaugh will meet for the second time when they face each other in the Super Bowl in New Orleans, and it'll be another case of the HarBros making history. They are the only set of brother head coaches to square off in any NFL game; t...

The strange final days of the NHL lockout.

Sure, the NHL and NHLPA have reached a tentative deal and will start hockey soon, writes Scott Burnside. But at what cost?

The past 12 months were so surprising that Nate Silver accurately predicted only 47 percent of what actually happened. Peyton Manning is quarterbacking the Denver Broncos while Northern Illinois is heading to a BCS bowl. A man without legs ran in...

All that and more in this week's Bake Shop mailbag!

It's time for the Week 8 edition of the Playbook NFL Power Rankings. We are at the halfway point of the NFL season. Consider this the intermission. Please tip the bathroom attendant after you are done reading. 1. Things that can't be unseen (Last ...

October is a sports month unlike any other. Football, playoff baseball, soccer and the start of the basketball and hockey seasons (in hypothetical non-lockout years) mean there is nonstop action every night of the week. It is sports fan paradise. ...