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If the rationale behind ousting coach Stan Van Gundy and general manager Otis Smith was to make staying in Orlando more appealing to Dwight Howard, the Magic failed.

Michael Smith, Israel Gutierrez and Jemele Hill discuss Wes Welker's comment about not missing regular season games....

In the video above, Michael Smith, Israel Gutierrez and Jemele Hill discuss Wes Welker's comment about not missing regular season games....

Andrew Bynum was having such a spectacular year, it seemed to be a foregone conclusion that trading him was out of the question. Given his actions in the first round of the playoffs, it shouldn't be.

Football has saved players' lives, giving them a path out of difficult circumstances. The game has shaped players into better men. Football has put many players in the position to change other people's lives.

Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd, who pitched eight of his 10 major league seasons with the Boston Red Sox, ventured into insulting territory with his comments about Jackie Robinson during a mostly heartfelt interview.

Metta World Peace should be held to a higher and different standard. He needs to be suspended at least 10 games, and league officials would be justified if they decided on an indefinite suspension.

True or false: Behaving badly towards other fans, such as fighting, swearing or threatening them, is OK as long as they deserve it. Even a 5-year-old could get that answer right. And if you didn't immediately realize the answer is "false," then m...

Jemele Hill makes a key point, saying: "It's not tanking, it's strategizing." If the incentives are set up properly, nobody should be able to say that. Ideally, the system would reward the teams that are always trying to win. One way that could...

Jemele Hill and Skip Bayless discuss the report saying Andrew Luck has been told he will be the No. 1 pick in the draft....

A quiz and fine for fans kicked out of stadiums is only an interim step. It would be totally appropriate for the NFL to develop no-tolerance policies for misbehaving fans.

We always want The Next Big Thing, an athlete who can dominate over years, not just a weekend or a stretch of midseason games. Is it Bubba Watson? Jeremy Lin? Does it matter?

ESPN.com's Jemele Hill did a very nice, tight column this week explaining how the lives of professional athletes are connected to the life and death of Trayvon Martin. Contrast that to ESPN's bouncing back and forth on whether its talent can post ...

LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and other athletes who are speaking up in protest of the Trayvon Martin shooting have changed the role of sports in social activism forever, and for good.

Jemele Hill, Skip Bayless and Stephen A. Smith debate whether Matt Forte has been disrespected by the Bears' signing of Michael Bush....

Now that Peyton Manning is headed to Denver, the question must be asked: What were the 49ers thinking? Their pursuit of Manning was a mistake of monumental proportion.