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Coaches who think it's OK to ride the refs, fans who feel it's cool to yell at officials all the time and the confusion of professional sports with youth sports lead to a breakdown in respect for authority.

Outfielder Thomas Neal's lunging catch saved an extra-base hit and helped Vancouver, British Columbia, beat Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, 13-9 on Friday in a Little League World Series slugfest.

Whether it was cheering her son on at little league games or supporting him during the most challenging times in his career as an NHL netminder, Al Montoya's mother has been the "most influential person" in his life.

The story of two boys, two countries and how baseball brought them together

Hurricane Irene is already leaving its mark on the sports world even before coming ashore.

As levels of competition increase, tryouts in sports become more and more common. When young athletes are just starting out in Little League or other youth leagues...

Thomas Hauser looks at several fighter's greatest moments in a sport other than boxing.

Given a limit of 85 pitches, Little League World Series managers have used their star pitchers in unique ways.

Can Billy Bob Thornton really play ball? How about the kids? And director Richard Linklater? Jeff Merron separates the real from the reel.

With everything else going on in the sports world, it's nice to know Little League is safe -- for now.

As his son enters the terrifying world of organized youth sports, Page 2's Bob Halloran offers the do's and don't's for surviving the little-league circuit.

With little over six minutes remaining at the Artemio Franchi on Sunday night, Milan's season appeared to be set to end with a whimper. With their Champions League aspirations hanging in the balance, up stepped Mario Balotelli and goal-scoring hero P...

The storm clouds that threatened to envelop Norwich City cleared to reveal the most wonderful end of season glow. In the space of little over 24 hours this week the angst and tension of securing a third season of Premier League football, which end...

Having watched his side pull down Barcelona's silken bloomers and paddle their little pink behinds over the course of both legs of their Champions League semi-final, it's perfectly understandable how one FC Bayern fan got a little bit carried away an...

Uli Hesse on a momentous week for the Bundesliga - and it has little to do with the Champions League.

Major League Soccer is notorious for a type of head coaching job security unknown in most of the soccer world. Owners in America and Canada's top flight tend to be a little more hesitant to make coaching changes in a league where parity provides the ...