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The New England Patriots and the New York Giants aren’t playing in such a “new” situation. Kind of reminds me of the year 2007 when the Giants and Patriots faced each other in Super Bowl XLII and the 18-0 Patriots fell to the Giants, 14-17. Well, we will see a rematch as these two teams face off once again in a few weeks.

As both Harbaugh brothers were eliminated today, let’s go back [...]

MIAMI - For Chris Bosh, it was a “stinker.” Erik Spoelstra said it was “sloppy.” Shane Battier called it a “clunker.” As for LeBron James, he was no mood for descriptive words.

“I don’t even know what that means,” James said when told Battier’s word of choice had been “clunker.”

Well, LeBron, it doesn’t mean [...]

Joe Paterno, who won more Division I college football games than any other head coach, died at the age of 85.

His family issued a statement Sunday morning.

“It is with great sadness that we announce that Joe Paterno passed away earlier today,” the family said. “His loss leaves a void in our lives that will never [...]

SALT LAKE CITY (AP)—Sarah Burke was an X Games star with a grass-roots mentality—a daredevil superpipe skier who understood the risks inherent to her sport and the debt she owed to it.
The pioneering Canadian freestyler, who helped get superpipe accepted into the Olympics, died Thursday after a Jan. 10 crash during a [...]

Jorge Arangure of ESPN.com passes along word from reporter Yancen Pujols that Indians right-hander Fausto Carmona was arrested in the Dominican Republic and is being charged with using a false identity.
According to Pujols, Dominican police arrested Carmona–whose real name is apparently Roberto Hernandez Heredia–while he was leaving the American consulate after renewing his [...]

Many will reflect on the life and work of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. this Monday, a holiday to honor America’s most revered civil rights leader. One of the most popular activities of Martin Luther King Jr. Day is the replaying and remembering of his famous “I Have a Dream Speech,” given on Aug. 28, 1963, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
( Click here to listen to the speech[...]

The Green Bay Packers came into their NFC Divisional Round game at Lambeau Field with the NFL’s best record and the league’s hottest quarterback. And the New York Giants left the game with a 37-20 win that seemed more like a dominant team asserting itself than an upset.
The Giants never trailed, building 10-3, 20-10, [...]

The New England Patriots dominated the Denver Broncos in the 2012 AFC Divisional Round of the NFL Playoffs. The Patriots jumped out to an early 14-0 lead, but the Broncos were able to force a turnover and look like they’d make it a game by cutting the lead to 14-7, but Tom Brady wasn’t going to let that happen. In the second quarter,[...]

In the wak of the Jerry Sandusky scandal, many wondered how it could have gone on as long as it did without something happening sooner than it did. Former Penn State head coach Joe Paterno finally broke his silence on the situation and talked about what went on.

“I didn’t know exactly how to handle it,” Paterno told Sally Jenkins[...]

When Dwyane Wade rolled his right ankle during the Miami Heat’s loss Friday to the Denver Nuggets, he was initially worried that he suffered a fracture, telling reporters, “It never hurt that bad before.”

“I’ve sprained my ankles many times, but I’ve never really sprained[...]