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Jeff Gordon's 700th career start -- coming Saturday at Darlington -- is meaningful beyond the number. That he's still competitive makes it truly special.

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.

The NHL is back. After a 113-day lockout and 625 canceled games, professional hockey will open a shortened 48-game season on Saturday. The question is -- to paraphrase the Dallas Cowboys' social media swipe from a week ago -- does anyone care? ...

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.

NASCAR is "repurposing" its Research and Development Center to address aerodynamics and other issues that have impacted the quality of racing, particularly at 1.5 tracks in the Sprint Cup Series.

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?).

Not your most natural pairing, but NASCAR driver Kevin Harvick and NHL player Jeff Carter are friends and support each other.

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...

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...

The "Waddle & Silvy Show" on Wednesday opened the new ESPN Chicago Cadillac State Street Studio at 190 North State St.

"Lord, I want to thank you for my smokin' hot wife tonight, Lisa, and my two children, Eli and Emma. Or as we like to call them, 'The Little E's,'" Pastor Joe Nelms said during the pre-race invocation Saturday night at Nashville Superspeedway. To ...

Detroit indie band Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. debut their ESPN Music blog with a riff on Motor City sports heroes and uninvited guests.

We're just one month into the season and, for me, the racer of the year award is already a dead solid lock. It's J.J. No, not Jimmie Johnson, who's going for an unprecedented sixth straight NASCAR Sprint Cup championship. Certainly, he's a top ...