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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.

Jim Delany has led the Big Ten since 1989 and upped the conference's women's sports participation numbers. Val Ackerman picks his brain in her latest edition of Man Up.

In her new column for espnW.com, Val Ackerman will talk with prominent male executives to get their ideas about where women's sports are headed.

Carmelo Anthony is in Puerto Rico to unveil remodeled basketball courts at a public housing complex and play a bit of softball with celebrity friends. During the unveiling in San Juan, Anthony said he was looking forward to bonding with the Knicks...

Carmelo Anthony is in Puerto Rico to unveil remodeled basketball courts at a public housing complex and play a bit of softball with celebrity friends.

A dozen exceptional student-athletes -- already honored as National Player of the Year in their respective sports -- are contenders for the 10th annual Gatorade High School Athlete of the Year Award. On Tuesday in Los Angeles, one boy and one girl wi...

Few people can better turn an NBA yarn than Charles Barkley. Case in point: This linked video, posted this weekend on Dirk Nowitzki's newly launched YouTube stream, of Barkley in the locker room at a celebrity softball tournament. The Round Mound ...

With the Stanley Cup finals, French Open and Women's College World Series taking to the air this week, we asked our writers to weigh in on what they'll be watching most closely.

Pacers forward Danny Granger will play Thursday despite a sprained ankle.

The headline, the tweet, and the unfair significance of Jeremy Lin.

ROXBURY, Mass. -- "Get that homework out, we ain't sittin' on no luxury chairs today!" It's 10 a.m. on a Saturday at the Vine Street Community Center in Roxbury, and hulking basketball coach Larry Merritt is taking no excuses. "Tell them if the...

It's the holy grail of sport: a championship. You lift weights for it. You practice for it. You study for it. All to experience that moment on top. That one thing that can confirm, without question, that it's all worthwhile. Phil Jackson, coach of...

We've finally reached critical mass. It's time to blow up the NCAA and find a new approach to college sports.

Elena Kagan used to swing a mean softball bat, but the ante is upped now that she's a Supreme Court nominee who's taken a swing at the NFL. Courtside Seat weighs in on the Coyotes and Mark Cuban, too.

The Utah Jazz honored late owner Larry H. Miller by retiring the No. 9 and renaming the court at EnergySolutions Arena.

As the decade draws to a close, ESPN RISE looks back on the 10 years that saw high school sports hit the big time by giving you our lists of Top 10 athletes, stories and more from the past decade.