The statistics show that Stephen Gostkowski has been a better kicker than Adam Vinatieri over the last six years. He has made a higher percentage of field goals in his career and missed only one extra point. But he hasn’t hit that pressure kick.
Golf is returning to the Olympics after a 112-year absence and there are some pretty big names competing for the chance to design the course. Among the more well-known contenders vying for the prestigious title of "Olympic Golf Course Designer" are Jack Nicklaus, Greg...
Dual residency rule may have been violated...
Two-time European soccer champion Porto’s financing of a player signing via companies whose ownership is unclear is “a very serious matter” and requires an investigation, U.K. lawmaker Damian Collins said.
Standing under 5-feet tall, Yvonne Robles is always going to be the smallest player on the field. But soccer is one sport where size of heart and skill set regularly trumps physical size.
Former Argentina striker Hernan Crespo was the most expensive player in an auction on Monday for an inaugural Indian football league based on the successful IPL cricket tournament. Crespo was bought for his base price of $840,000 by Barasat, one of the five city franchises which will play in the Premier League Soccer tournament to be held in the eastern state of West Bengal in March-April this...
Some of the great props unveiled for the Super Bowl offer the chance to bet on how a few of the players in the big game will fare in a cross-sport competition against a player who is competing in another sport on Super Bowl Sunday. There are a handful of these for Super Bowl XLVI between the New England Patriots and the New York Giants on Bovada's NFL football odds, including two Boston-centric ...
Who plays for Borussia Dortmund and the Polish national football team Jakub Błaszczykowski in the interests of “Zenith”. Petersburg Club has already started negotiations with the Germans and 26-year-old player’s 6 million euros.
Marcus Burk, Randall Sport: Football. Position: Offensive tackle. School: Southwestern Oklahoma State. Why Southwestern: "They have the best facilities I have seen. It's a place I feel I can grow as a man and really become a better football player.
At 5, Hunter Beckett had to decide which sport to pursue — hockey or wrestling. Hunter had been competing for the Craig Bad Dogs youth wrestling program, but said he wanted to try something new. Hunter’s parents, Matt and Stephanie Beckett, had been playing hockey as he was growing up, and ultimately Hunter decided to follow his parents. Now, five years later, Hunter’s decision and hard work has ...
Steve Appleton was noted for his leadership of America's only manufacturer of dynamic random-ac
As a basketball player turned minister, I’ve observed that sport and religion have one interesting thing in common: both tend to bring out the best and worst in us. Especially in America.
ROSEMONT, Ill. - Chicago Bandits GM, Aaron M. Moore, announced the signing of catcher and the 2008 NPF Defensive Player of the Year Kristen Butler to the 2012 roster.
There were times after Yasmeen Amer began wearing a hijab that she felt conflicted and even self-conscious. She wondered how her Tabb High classmates would react to the scarf and attire traditionally worn by practicing Muslim women as a form of modesty.
Aspen Teague displays an alligator gar that he recently caught. The Muskogee High School sophomore is an avid outdoorsman and competes in local tournaments and on river systems in Texas.
Just when Travis Schmidt thought his days of playing football were over, a surprising opportunity presented itself — through a popular social media site.
Richmond Lacrosse's Jonathan Bailey has been named Pepsi Player of the Year for Zone 4.
CHESANING — A.J. Nietling may not be the tallest player on the court.
WHITEFISH — In the Vasquez family, almost everyone wrestles. There’s Rich, a former NAIA national champion who still coaches locally. There’s Will, a former standout at Columbia Falls High School. And there’s a whole group of younger Vasquezes carrying on the family sport today; even one of Will’s female nieces wrestles. But there’s one noticeable exception – Will’s oldest son, Gage. Standing 6 ...
MARK McGhee has told former club Morton they must show 'absolutely no fear' if they are to turf Motherwell out of the Scottish Cup tomorrow.
