The 2015 Pan American Games are going to Toronto. The Pan American Sports Organization awarded the games in a secret vote on Friday with Toronto receiving 33 votes to win on the first ballot. Lima, Peru, received 11 votes and Bogota seven. One vote of the 52 was null.
It's been an exciting and confusing 10 years for NHL fashion, and not just because hockey fans' Jersey Fouls have become the subject of academic discourse on blogs.
DELETED SCENE: Much like the bit in the movie where Sacha Baron Cohen's character has Paula Abdul sit on Mexican laborers, he pulls the same bit on Major League Baseball legend Pete Rose. Funny thing is Pete Rose doesn't seem to have much of a problem with it.
There's a right way to defend yourself, and there's a wrong way. These are the wrong ways.
He utters what he believes are his last words...
Just passed the 90 minute mark, the goalie lined the ball up for a goal kick but was surprised to see two fans invade the pitch, steal the ball, and put it in the back of the net. It was the goal they had all been looking for, but unfortunately it was not one that would count.
Around 2:25 a.m. Thursday, a car driven by Marie Henry skidded off the road as it was going around a curve and struck a wall. Who was first to arrive and help? Joe Girardi.
Over the years, women have proven to be stellar athletes and, over time, some experts expect women to be able to compete and defeat male athletes. But that doesnt mean they dont like downright foxy in their different uniforms.
UCF officials said that an adidas official had agreed to allow Michael Jordan's younger son Marcus to wear the Nike shoes named after his father even though the school had a deal with competitor adidas. But Adidas officials, which were working on an extension on a deal with the athletic department, said that they never granted that exemption.
Why are there always such horrific injuries in soccer?
Yankees defeated the Phillies 4 games to 2 in the World Series to win their 27th overal title.
On an August morning in 1976, French filmmaker Claude Lelouch mounted a gyro-stabilized camera to the bumper of a Ferrari 275 GTB and had a friend, a professional Formula 1 racer, drive at breakneck speed through the heart of Paris. No dialogue, just the squeal of tyres and the roar of the engine. Breathtakingly insane.
The provincial health minister wants to know if swine flu shots were diverted to the Flames while thousands had to stand in line for hours.
In a game filled with fighting, the Komets hosted Muskegon for just their second home game of the season. Blair Stayzer gets a goal in the first period, but two melees break out including Brad MacMillan coming out of the penalty box to fight.
Dinosaurs born in the early 70's, the 10 oldest players in the NBA, beginning the 2009-2010 season.
Go Phillies!
Brett Favre still knows how to win big games at Lambeau Field, even if this one came for the enemy and to a chorus of boos. or the second time in less than a month, Brett Favre sliced up his former team and stuck it to the franchise that cast him aside as the Minnesota Vikings beat the Green Bay Packers 38-26 at Lambeau on Sunday.
BREAKING NEWS: Staples Center collapse, dozens killed
An all-star cast of athletes that couldve been NFL players. I developed an offensive and defensive lineup of players based on prior football experience, size, speed, and all-around athletic ability.
The last time the Philadelphia Phillies brought a World Series title back to the City of Brotherly Love, the nation's financial sector was in complete ruin, the cost of a gallon of milk was only $2.74, fans watched the Fall Classic while huddled around their slightly-less-streamlined high-definition television sets,
A group of footballers play a Guitar Hero style game by hitting lit panels against a wall. The freestyle footballers are Paul Wood, Paul Klein, Darryl Stewart, Tom Pett, Lewis Foster & Harry Adcroft. What an incredible display of skill and timing!
While a football referee lay bleeding on the field, team members of the man responsible refused to hand over their cell phones so someone could call 911.
Lets see if we can get this all straight. The Washington Redskins are 2-5, last in the NFC East and averaging an inept 13.7 points. So what do the upper reaches of management do? They tacitly tell the salary-supporting, skybox-filling, Bentley-providing fanbase to shut up. Thats right: Signs have officially been banned.
The Philadelphia Phillies have defeated the New York Yankees to take a 1-0 lead in the 2009 World Series. The final score was 6-1.
I fished this sign out of a garbage can outside FedEx Field. It was in the garbage can because there's a new policy that says no signs of any sort are permitted inside the stadium. Even signs sending best wishes to husbands in Afghanistan.
Bensalem police said they arrested a Philadelphia woman Tuesday after she offered to perform various sex acts to an undercover officer in exchange for tickets.
It is being reported that Charles Barkley is making a public pitch for his services as a General Manager of an NBA franchise. In classic Chuck fashion, Barkley knocks the NBA GMs league wide in stating his case.
A group of rollerbladers are on the top of a mall jumping on a sun dome until it suddenly breaks and one of them falls through and dangles over 40 feet above the malls floor.
Reggie Bush finishes off a reverse by leaping into the end zone from six yards out.
He probably fights this fan because the guy made a crack about having it his way. That will you get you a Whopper on the side of the head.
Embarrassing details have surfaced today regarding an affair between 46-year-old ESPN analyst Steve Phillips and 22-year-old production assistant Brooke Hundley. Now Phillips fears for his family's safety.
That's no stretcher!
Triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt smashes Chris Gayle for six before clean bowling the West Indies captain in a charity cricket match in Jamaica.
In a recent interview, UFC light-heavyweight Lyoto Machida reveals his winning ways and his unusual health drink.
This kid just figured out a good way to get beat up by 65,000 fans on his way out of the stadium. Look out for that red ball!
The law enforcement investigation of the deaths of Steve McNair and his girlfriend, Sahel Kazemi, concluded that Kazemi shot and killed McNair before committing suicide. But a new investigation from CBS News raises serious questions about whether the police properly investigated the incident, and whether they may have reached the wrong conclusion.
Though he was a highly successful amateur (he finished with a record of 100-5), Clay did not become a household name until he won the light heavyweight gold medal at the 1960 Olympics, in Rome.
In the latest craze that has killed several extreme adventurers, men don wing suits, jump off mountain tops and glide at speeds of 140 miles per hour. Steve Kroft reports.
LIVERPOOL fan left red-faced after ball he threw onto pitch led to his side letting in goal
Remembering the Big Loma Prieta Quake that put a stop to the World Series and changed that San Francisco area Forever!
Alex Rodriguez is turning this postseason into his personal showcase. Coming through under pressure once again, Rodriguez hit a tying homer in the 11th inning and the New York Yankees edged the Los Angeles Angels 4-3 Saturday night on Maicer Izturis' throwing error in the 13th for a 2-0 lead in the AL championship series.
Wrong.
One of the dubious pleasures of watching world-class soccer is observing the way grown men and women react when tackled. Sometimes, yes, there's genuine pain and shock there. But other times ... well, it seems just a tad over the top.
Accident in Algeria.
Do you know how hard it is to make a group that includes Marc Anthony, Jimmy Buffett, Gloria Estefan and J-Lo WORSE? Do you??? Because the Dolphins do.
The next chapter in the rivalry between seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong and defending champion Alberto Contador will take place in a majestic landscape next July -- the Pyrenees.
It's oddly entertaining to re-live the same incredible play you watched in HD in 9-bits of nostalgic awesomeness. Here are a few legendary NFL plays as they'd appear in Tecmo Super Bowl.
Malcolm Gladwell looks at the long term effects of playing football and contrasts with the experiences of dogs used in dog fighting.
USMNT striker Charlie Davies had surgery for non-life-threatening injuries after he was involved in a fatal one-car accident around 3:15 a.m. Tuesday in Arlington, Va. Davies was in stable condition Tuesday afternoon. Ashley J. Roberta, 22, of Phoenix, Md., died on the scene.
A swarm of bees hold up the World Cup qualifier between Mexico and El Salvador.
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