Sports

The NBA’s second half begins today, but the biggest hardcourt matchup will be in the college ranks.

"The job of a sports writer isn't easy" claims hundreds of columns I've read over the years. These men watch and write about baseball for a living which sounds like a step above working in a hospice. It must be awful.

Today's biggest sports news: the Australian Open's men's final is set, the NBA All-Star game rosters have some surprises, and you should sign this petition making the day after the Super Bowl a national holiday.

Yesterday we discussed the disappointments so far in the young NBA season. Today we'll take a look at some pleasant surprises.

The Major League Baseball season is winding down, and for some high-profile players and one particular manager, it probably feels like the longest season of their careers. So who was this year's biggest disappointment?

Professional cycling really don’t impress us much. These guys have been chemically and physically engineered from birth to become pedal monsters and ride biked made by NASA engineers that could withstand the wind resistance produced by a nuclear holocaust.

Chris Trotman/Jamie Squire/Rob Carr/Christof Koepsel/Mike Ehrmann, Getty Images 2011 was a wild year in the world of sports. Sadly, much of the drama occurred off the field and left many of us vainly searching for an answer to the question, “How could they have let this happen?” But ...