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The Cleveland Indians are on quite a roll. Their 1-0 win over the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday night gave them wins in eight of nine games, and starting pitching has fueled the streak. This was the Tribe's fifth shutout of the season; last year&...

Blog | May 08, 2013

Eric Karabell looks at the news and notes from Tuesday, which included a near no-hitter from Trevor Bauer at the minor league level and a near perfect game in the majors from Matt Harvey.

Blog | Conversation | May 08, 2013

The streak continues, thanks to one of the most improbable comebacks in NBA playoff history. The San Antonio Spurs won their 30th straight home game against the Golden State Warriors, rallying from 16 down in the final four minutes and getting a r...

The Boston Red Sox's 794-game Fenway Park sellout streak came to an end Wednesday night, putting a bow on the longest run of consecutive full houses in baseball history. Here are a few interesting nuggets from the streak: • What happen...

Unlucky 13? The Penguins have won 13 straight and host Winnipeg tonight. Is the streak a good thing or a bad for the Penguins' Stanley Cup chances? Of the previous seven NHL teams to post winning streaks of at least 13 games, only one went on to win ...

The streak is over, leaving one unknown for the Heat: the Spurs.

Story | Conversation | March 28, 2013

Joseph Goodman of The Miami Herald: The streak hasn't been without some lucky breaks. In five of the Heat's past six games, opponents have been without key contributors. On Wednesday at United Center, the Bulls were without starting center Joakim Noa...

Andre C. Fernandez of The Miami Herald: The streak was threatened again. Could have fooled the Heat, which again turned a seemingly precarious situation into a victory in a matter of minutes. Even with Dwyane Wade sidelined for the second game in a r...

Miami hits 25 straight wins with win over Pistons

Seth Landman recaps Wednesday in the NBA, which included fine all-around games from Dwyane Wade and Josh McRoberts, and looks ahead to Thursday's games.

Nathaniel S. Butler/Getty ImagesDon't look now, but LeBron James' crunch-time numbers during the streak are off the charts.The Heat continued their winning ways Monday night against the Boston Celtics. And surprise, surprise, it came down to the last...

Which is more impressive: 33-game winning streak or an NBA title?

Story | Conversation | March 19, 2013

Tracy McGrady, who played on the last NBA team to win 22 straight games, says the streak his 2008 Houston Rockets went on was more impressive than the Miami Heat's current 22-game win streak.

TORONTO -- The Miami Heat matched the second-longest winning streak in NBA history much in the same way that LeBron James makes shots over his defenders: casually, calmly, like it was inevitable. They did it where the streak started six Sundays ag...

Pacific has a very deep and balanced lineup, and can shoot it well from 3-point range, but do the Tigers have what it takes to pull off a tournament upset? ESPN Insider has the answer, plus best- and worst-case scenarios for all 68 tourney teams.

Story | Conversation | March 17, 2013

So, uh, I've got a confession to make. Remember the Blackhawks' 24-game point streak? The longest such streak to start a season in the history of the NHL? Well, um, I ruined that. Last Thursday I wrote a lengthy column about the streak...