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Major U.S. men's sports leagues have been preparing for the moment when an active player announces he's gay. It was never a matter of if, but when.

Before we get to the funny stuff from Adam Scott, Chandler Harnish and Gabby Douglas during this somber week, The Buzz That Was leads off with an emotional national anthem by the fans in Boston.

Memory of the last 15 years a little foggy? Fear not -- ESPN The Magazine's staff provides the notable sports championships from the last decade and a half.

Play is done. But the 2013 NBA All-Star Game isn't over. Not until we recap the high-scoring contest -- plus the entire sports weekend -- with photos: Photos of the Weekend: Feb. 15-17...

Based on the news that Danica Patrick won the Daytona 500 pole today, this is a list of famous female firsts in sports.

With Christmas just a few days away, Playbook decided to ask several athletes about their favorite Christmas present as a child. (Well, Shaq is always childlike, so he answered differently.) Danica Patrick, NASCAR driver "I remember one year my m...

When the 2011 Chase began, few would have picked Tony Stewart to win the championship. When he did, it just showed that the new (now old) way was the best way for NASCAR.

Good wishes to the Los Angeles Kings for winning their first Stanley Cup with a 6-1 victory over the Devils in Game 6 streamed across Twitter. The final vote for the newest North American Idol wasn't even close: 45 years in the making, the Kings h...

If it wasn't the best sports day in history it was certainly one of the busiest. From tennis to soccer to baseball to tracks to hockey to basketball to boxing, June 9 had everything but football.

In case you were out living a life of leisure, here's what you missed in sports over the weekend. A chestnut colt named I'll Have Another won the 138th Kentucky Derby on Saturday. Nobody was happier about the win than Rex Ryan, who celebrated de...

Our sports experience could use some fun digital enhancement. These proposed apps would really shake things up (hmm, how about a Cubs championship?).

In case you were out living a life of leisure, here's what you missed in sports over the weekend. The Final Four is set. Louisville mounted a late comeback against Florida, Kansas pounded North Carolina in the closing minutes, Kentucky creamed B...

Matt Kenseth, the newly crowned Daytona 500 champion from Monday night's season-opening NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race, will visit with the 2011 NBA champion Dallas Mavericks and Coach Rick Carlisle tonight as part of the "Night of Champions." Prio...

In case you were out living a life of leisure, here's what you missed in sports over the weekend. Kevin Durant scored 36 points in an MVP performance as the West beat the East 152-149 in the NBA All-Star Game. The game's defensive MVP award was ...

Take a shot at writing a cartoon caption. Page 2 cartoonist Kurt Snibbe will offer up a blank cartoon each weekday morning, and he will fill in the blank with our favorite reader submission at the end of the business day. So please, by all means, sh...

Lions defensive lineman Ndamukong Suh has seen his reputation with the public turn faster than he can cast aside opposing blockers, according to a poll published in Forbes magazine.