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The Violets beat Rutgers 49-24 in the final of the AAU tournament. 1961 - Floyd Patterson knocks out Ingemar Johansson in the sixth round to retain the world heavyweight title in Miami Beach.

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Data whiz and nerd demigod Nate Silver revealed a slew of details about his site FiveThirtyEight 's new home on ESPN during a conversation with Grantland 's Bill Simmons here at SXSW on Saturday afternoon.

Andrew Wiggins was 16, quiet-natured and shy, content to spend his days playing video games on the Thomas family's Xbox.

Editor's note: in honor of the retirement of Big Z's jersey this weekend, we're going out of order.

Every once in a while, a sports story comes along that's so inspiring - so improbable and such an incredible testament to the potential of human will - that whatever game the main character plays ceases to matter at all.

Jim Ross is a one-man show - really. The distinctive voice long associated with World Wrestling Entertainment visited ESPN's Bristol headquarters recently for a "Car Wash" to help promote "RINGSIDE: An Evening with Jim Ross."

Receive FREE access by logging in to or creating your Spokesman.com account. NBA: LeBron James scored a career-high 61 points, breaking Glen Rice's franchise record, and the Miami Heat defeated the Charlotte Bobcats 124-107 on Monday night in Miami.

As a high school dropout in the streets of Detroit in the late 1980s, Eric Thomas found sleep in abandoned cars and food in garbage cans.

I've spent the last several days trying to get myself to care about what NFL players say to each other on the field during games and I'm just not there yet.

Outraged by the 2014 Winter Olympics being held in Sochi despite Russia's harsh anti-gay climate, LGBT activists there and elsewhere had a dream they hoped would counter their disappointment .

Feb 20, 2014; Oklahoma City, OK, USA; Miami Heat small forward LeBron James handles the ball while being guarded by Oklahoma City Thunder small forward Kevin Durant during the first quarter at Chesapeake Energy Arena.

KUALA LUMPUR: Jamaican sprint ace Usain Bolt has been nominated for what would be a record fourth Laureus Award, while US tennis player Serena Williams is also in the star-studded short-list, organisers said yesterday.

The NBA is exploring the possibility of expanding the dimensions of the basketball court to accommodate the growing size and increased athleticism of players, ESPN reported on Tuesday.

During his presentation at the Black History Conference at Luther College last week, Sociology Professor Douglas Hartmann juxtaposed images of the April 2008 cover of Vogue magazine, featuring NBA all-star LeBron James and supermodel Gisele Bundchen with an iconic movie poster which calls up long-standing racial stereotypes of black men as ... (more)

New York Knicks point guard Raymond Felton was arrested Tuesday on weapons charges after a lawyer for Felton's wife turned in a loaded gun allegedly belonging to the basketball star, saying she didn't want it in... By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer The Sochi Olympics are over and the NHL is back after freezing its schedule so that the world's best ... (more)

The Kings star and his father, Slovenia coach Matjaz, helped his home country of Slovenia, enormous underdogs to even make the Olympics, reach the quarterfinals on the grandest stage.

The England rugby team were tired of the speeches after the defeat to France in Paris earlier this month An interim report into the findings of the controversial England Commission to improve the national team will be delivered to the FA board by FA chairman Greg Dyke on Thursday.

History of baseball spring training in South Florida. Most consecutive years a South Florida city has hosted an MLB team in the spring: 1. HEAT Champs back home as LeBron nurses broken nose: Miami hosts Chicago on Sunday in its first home game in 20 days.

With free agency coming up, I hope the Seahawks entering free agency keep in mind that their value for endorsements is greatly enhanced by playing for a Super Bowl winning team.