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Richard Sherman and Steven Jackson rescued a slow Thursday in the NFC West. We'll deal with some of the fallout here. Around the NFC West: March 8, 2013 Arizona Cardinals McManaman: Options in free agency St. Louis Rams ...

The San Francisco 49ers welcomed Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson into their locker room following a 27-19 victory over the Detroit Lions on Sunday night. Immediately I wondered to myself whether Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll would counter with ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Coach Jim Harbaugh sought to inspire greatness in his San Francisco 49ers by telling them about Muhammad Ali. By the time San Francisco hammered out a 27-19 unanimous decision over the Detroit Lions on Sunday night, Harbaugh's qua...

Imagine if actor Geno Segers, who was a defensive lineman at Western Carolina University in the late 1980s, had played every college game on national TV. His career likely would have been much different. "One game against East Tennessee State ...

Michael Vick's new contract puts the finishing touches on his return from exile. And it has meaning far beyond his value to the Philadelphia Eagles.

This "Law Firm" isn't waiting for a verdict in the NFL lockout. New England running back BenJarvus Green-Ellis trains at the Miami gym where Muhammad Ali fought, flew an F-16 with the Air Force Thunderbirds last month and works out with several NFL ...

Float like a butterfly, sting like a Law Firm. Boston Herald reporter Ian R. Rapoport has revealed one of the more interesting conditioning stories of the lockout. BenJarvus Green-Ellis has been working out at the historic 5th Street Gym in Mia...

NEW ORLEANS -- New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan compared himself to Babe Ruth, calling his shot. Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross wasn't about to pull a Joe Namath, Muhammad Ali or Mark Messier. A year after Ross made a Super Bowl prediction ...

Shaun Assael delves deeper into the legal action taken against the Cincinnati Bengals' Chad Ochocinco after he refused to pay a bill issued by a Cincinnati-area clothing store, including an item by item record of what the wide receiver walked away with.

This story appears in the March 7, 2011 issue of ESPN The Magazine. Face it: both fans and jocks believe all sorts of fictions. Time for our myth-busting team to set the sports world straight. Myth 1: Sex saps athletic prowess Muhammad Ali bought ...

In the current issue of The Magazine, Peter Keating busts 13 of the most pervasive and bone-headed myths in all of sports.

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Page 2 presents part two of its list of the least cool athletes ever.

The man who once called himself "the straw that stirs the drink" in the Bronx is advising the New York Jets to chill out. New York Yankees legend Reggie Jackson thinks the Jets should shut up and concentrate on getting ready for Sunday's playoff g...

Today's athletes know Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as an idea rather than as a man. But that doesn't mean his message has been lost.

Let's hope Brett Favre realized, as he was lying face down on the frozen turf in Minnesota Monday night, that it's time to hang 'em up. Otherwise, an adult needs to step in to save Favre from himself, and save us from Favre in the process.

What's so wrong about Tim Tebow standing up for what he believes? Don't we praise Muhammad Ali, John Carlos and Tommie Smith for similar stands?