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Ray Carlin/Icon SMIWith high expectations entering 2013, Mike Scioscia needs a quick turnaround for his slumping club You hate to push the panic button in April, but if any team needs to do it -- especially in light of last season's slow start -- it...

Russ Isabella/US PresswireDamian Lillard is one of the early favorites for Rookie of the Year.Damian Lillard came out of a school not known for basketball greatness in Weber State. Prior to Lillard, no player out of Weber had ever averaged over 6.5 P...

Five straight series against NL West teams started well for Mike Scioscia's club, as they swept the Rockies and took two of three from the Dodgers. The Angels skipper looks like he has finally found his solution for the two-spot in the lineup. The...

AP Photo/Darron CummingsJohn Isner is seeking his first career Masters 1000 title. He'll have to beat Roger Federer to get itJohn Isner made a name for himself back in 2010 with his marathon match against Nicolas Mahut in the first round of Wimbledon...

Former tennis pro Michael Chang can understand the pressure Jeremy Lin faces. He's been there.

As we head into the first Grand Slam of the 2012 tennis season, there are plenty of questions to be answered in the last two weeks of January at Melbourne Park. Can Novak Djokovic continue his dominance? From early 2004 to mid-2011 the only men ...

Serena Williams made it easily through to the third round of the U.S. Open Thursday, dropping a total of three games through two matches. She is joined there by four other American women -- Sloane Stephens, Christina McHale, Irina Falconi and Vania K...

Clijsters Kim Clijsters' withdrawal from the U.S. Open comes as no surprise given her injuries this year. Since losing in the second round of the French Open to the Netherlands' Arantxa Rus, Clijsters has played just three matches. In her most rec...

In a tennis universe owned in the past eight years by Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, it's remarkable that Novak Djokovic has broken through to become 2011's most dominant force. DjokovicThe Serbian's lone loss on the year came in the French O...

When it comes to Wimbledon, the top players are usually on their games. Since Goran Ivanisevic won the tournament in 2001 as an unseeded wild card, every Wimbledon men's singles winner has been a top-four seed. So without further ado, here is what...

Brian Wilson had a dominant 2010, leading the major leagues with 48 saves to go with a 1.81 ERA and 11.2 strikeouts per nine innings. In 2011, Wilson's ERA has grown as fast as his beard. His ERA is 3.38 with a 1.67-to-1 strikeout-to-walk ratio. S...

Although American men's tennis has struggled at the majors in recent years, American women have been a force - almost entirely on the strength of Venus and Serena Williams. Unfortunately injuries knocked both sisters out of the 2011 French Open. ...

Alberto Pizzoli/AFP/Getty Images For the first time in years, someone not named Nadal or Federer is the favorite to win a Slam. Rafael Nadal stepped onto the clay at Roland Garros as a professional for the first time in 2005. Since then, Nadal h...

WeaverJered Weaver is not new to fast starts. In his MLB debut he threw seven shutout innings, allowing just three hits in the win. Weaver would go on to win the first seven starts of his career, allowing five hits or fewer in each. Since the liv...

With news Serena Williams has returned to the practice court, many will wonder if/when she will play at a Grand Slam this year. Williams has missed 10 Grand Slam events in her career, including the last two (2011 Australian Open, 2010 US Open). Af...

Week 11 saw all four NFC West teams lose for the second time this season (Week 2 was the other). They didn't just lose either. The Arizona Cardinals (by 18), St. Louis Rams (17), Seattle Seahawks (15) and San Francisco 49ers (21) were blown out. It...