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When Jason Collins revealed he was gay, he had an ally waiting for him in Denver. Because Nuggets power forward Kenneth Faried gets it. He doesn't rebound only for himself. He rebounds for his moms.

Shane Larkin grew up going to spring training with his father, Hall of Fame shortstop Barry Larkin. But thanks to has an inflexible youth baseball coach, Shane Larkin passed on baseball to become a star guard for the Miami Hurricanes.

"Going Big," the next installment of ESPN Films' SEC Storied series, will premiere tonight at 9 p.m. ET on ESPNU. The film chronicles former basketball star Sam Bowie's career -- one labeled a bust by some because he never fulfilled his enormous p...

Former basketball player Sam Bowie had a difficult career, marked by injuries in college and the NBA and overshadowed by his draft placement.

Nov. 13, 1979: We defer to Tom Friend's "Outside the Lines" piece to recap the event of this day 33 years ago -- when Darryl "Chocolate Thunder" Dawkins broke his first backboard: The closest witness, Bill Robinzine (God rest his soul), had to hav...

His life under fire in two different courts, Kobe Bryant has never felt so alone.

He's fooled 'em all-and maybe himself, too. But all Cliff Couser wants is respect from the man he believes is his brother, writes Tom Friend in ESPN The Magazine

Robert Griffin III is no ordinary QB -- he's a legacy who embodies the traits of his predecessors, both one and two. In ESPN The Magazine, Tom Friend explores the life of RG3 in this definitive profile on the draft's most important player.

Tony Gwynn's cancer surgery was deemed a success Wednesday, after five doctors spent 14 hours removing a malignant tumor from the Hall of Famer's right cheek Tuesday.

Tony Gwynn, the Hall of Fame outfielder who 18 months ago blamed smokeless tobacco for a malignant growth inside his right cheek, was scheduled to have surgery Monday to remove a new cancerous tumor in the same spot.

The same offensive lineman who staged a phony news conference four years ago to announce he was attending California -- even though Cal never recruited him -- will sign a legitimate letter of intent Wednesday with Division II Missouri Western State.

Editor's note: Thursday, Academy Award winning actor Cuba Gooding Jr. visited ESPN's Bristol campus to promote his new movie Red Tails, opening Friday nationwide. Gooding won the 1996 Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his work in Jerry Maguire. The...

In the year since being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, San Diego Padres bullpen coach Darrel Akerfelds has been determined to stay involved with the game he loves.

Tyrone Curry was just another ordinary high school janitor -- until a stroke of luck gave him the power to change an athletic community

Kansas power forward Thomas Robinson lost his mother and both grandparents in about a month last season. Struck by unbearable grief, he leaned on KU hoops to heal. Tom Friend follows his journey for ESPN The Magazine.

The anniversary of Sept. 11 arrives when baseball's calendar is full of hope for contenders and call-ups. That's why, for Eric Junge, the tragedy of the day inspires his major league dreams.